The phrase "a former operator of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone or something that previously held the role of an operator in a specific context, such as a business or machinery.
Example: "The company was founded by a former operator of the local power plant, who had extensive experience in energy management."
Alternatives: "a previous operator of" or "an ex-operator of".
The bride's father was the chief executive of Kinney System Inc., a former operator of parking lots and garages in New York.
In Omer Fast's 2011 video work 5,000 Feet Is The Best, a former operator of Predator drones explains that the distance is ideal for watching the target's cigarette flare like a beacon.
A previous donor to the Conservative party is Wafic Said, a former operator of a kebab restaurant who made millions in commissions on a 1985 British Aerospace arms deal to sell Tornado fighters to the Saudi royal family.
Mr. Blah is a former operator of a plant that produces animal feed and, like Mr. Taylor, is a graduate of Tajura Military Training College in Libya, where he studied from 1985 to 1989, Agence France-Presse reported.
The Appellate Division in Brooklyn has upheld a ruling by the State Supreme Court Justice John S. Lockman of Nassau County ordering a former operator of a Mobil gas station in Bay Shore to pay attorney's fees as well as cleanup costs in a 1999 case involving contamination from leaking underground storage tanks.
His investors, by the way, include Renée Zellweger, Ron Perelman, Larry Gagosian and Jon Bon Jovi, but their names were offered by a former operator of the Blue Parrot, not by Mr. Chapman, who preferred to trumpet the local produce he will serve, not celebrity connections that might strike a snooty note.
The former operator of a crematory was sentenced to 12 years in prison after relatives of some of the 334 people whose bodies he left to decay on his property confronted him on the stand about why he did it.
He was named a Scientific and Technical Consultant to the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2004 "in recognition of work in science and skepticism," Former operator of a skeptical blog Smoke & Mirrors for his state's primary newspaper, on occasion he has been an investigative collaborator with the Independent Investigations Group IIGG) of Los Angeles for their $100,000 Challenge.
Catskill Development recently obtained the audiotapes from lawyers for the former operator of the Akwesasne casino, Mr. Kaufman, who has also sued Park Place.
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that New York City owns the name Tavern on the Green because the former operator of the landmark restaurant in Central Park had trademarked the name "fraudulently".
Anthony Bosch, the former operator of the clinic, is said to be coöperating with the league's investigation, and is expected to provide names and other specifics about his former clients.
