christopher mcgilton

field engineer

About

39+ years telecommunications industry experience maintaining, provisioning and translations on multiple Class 4 and 5 telecommunications systems. 5ESS, GTD5, DCO, EWSD, DMS-250, AXE-10, DEX-400, DEX-600, DEX-600E, Motorola CDMA, Lucent ECP/OMP, Nortel CDMA, Metaswitch. Proficient on Windows 10, 7, XP, 2000, Vista, 98, 95. Proficient on MS Office; Word, Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Publisher, OneNote. Proficient in Telnet, SSH, PC setup, configuration, repair, remote desktop using Putty etc. and file retrieval using Splunk, direct telnet logs, etc. Have used and edited Unix and Linux on various systems. 29+ years experience as a Church Music Director. Well versed in the Liturgy and Liturgical practices as well as multiple musical idioms and styles. Specialties: Expert on the Kurzweil 250 legendary digital keyboard.

Country

united states

City

stow

Industry

music

Skill

switches, telephony, telecommunications, wireless, computer network operations, ethernet, networking, ip, voip, frame relay, t1, lan wan, network design, mpls, network engineering, wan, troubleshooting, provisioning, sip, cisco technologies, wireless networking, fiber optics, sip trunking, tcp/ip, routers, network administration, cdma, atm networks, optical fiber, ss7, unified communications, lte, dsl, isdn, tdm, voice mail, network architecture, ds3, evdo, ospf, routing, cellular communications, dwdm, metro ethernet, cisco routers, adtran, qos, cisco ios, system deployment, cabling

Experience

network operations center engineer

kc installation

2018-3 - 2019-10 · 1 yr 8 mos

Provided vendor-level technical support to multiple carriers for multiple telephony technologies, 5ESS, GTD5, DCO, EWSD.

engineer

broadstreet communications

2001-6 - 2001-11 · 6 mos

Provided advanced technical support to the field for the Lucent 7 R/E.

translations engineer

adelphia business solutions

1999-5 - 2001-6 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Performed translations and switch provisioning for the Lucent 5ESS

field technician

ldds

1993-5 - 1995-6 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Installed, maintained and serviced dialers, CSU/DSU's and voice mail systems

pbx and key system and nurse call technician

executone

1991-6 - 1993-5 · 2 yrs

Installed and serviced key systems, PBX systems and Nurse Call systems.

switching systems technician and supervisor

united states air force

1980-6 - 1991-6 · 11 yrs 1 mo

Installed, maintained, serviced, provided training for tactical telecommunications and aircraft warning and communications systems. Was a warehouse supervisor for the AWACS aircraft. Desert Storm veteran in Saudi Arabia. Won two 2nd Place awards at the 1988 Air Force Worldwide Talent Contest. Selected for the Tops In Blue Touring Show and the U.S. Air Force Air University Band .

field engineer

bayforce

2020-1 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

choir director

saints cosmas & damian parish twinsburg ohio

2009-11 - 2011-6 · 1 yr 8 mos

Parish choir director, an accompanist, cantor, soloist and parish music program coordinator/organizer. (Part-Time Position)

music director

holy trinity parish bedford heights ohio

2007-3 - 2009-11 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Parish music director, choir director, accompanist, cantor and soloist. (Part-Time Position)

music director

our lady of lourdes parish burgettstown pa

1999-5 - 2007-1 · 7 yrs 9 mos

Parish music director, choir director, accompanist, cantor and soloist. (Part-Time Position)

engineer ii

worldcom

1995-10 - 1999-5 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Provided technical support, surveillance to the field and NOC support for multiple telephony technologies. DEX-400, DEX-600, DEX-600E, Notrel DMS-250, Ericsson AXE-10.

music director

st eugene parish wendell nc

1995-10 - 1999-5 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Parish music director, choir director, accompanist, cantor and soloist. (Part-Time Position)

music director

st philip neri parish midwest city ok

1989-11 - 1993-5 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Parish music director, choir director, accompanist, cantor and soloist. (Part-Time Position)

director of music

our lady of hope parish bedford ohio

2016-4 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

Director of Music (Part-time position) Some examples of my work:

senior network analyst

verizon

2002-5 - 2006-12 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Provided Tier III technical support and surveillance to the field for multiple telephony technologies, wireline and wireless, Lucent, Nortel and Motorola.

director of music

st peter and paul parish

2012-11 - 2016-3 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Director of Music (Part-Time Position) Some examples of my work:

network analyst iii

windstream communications

2007-1 - 2018-3 · 11 yrs 3 mos

Provide Tier 3 technical support and surveillance to the field for multiple telephony technologies, 5ESS, GTD5, DCO, EWSD.

Education

community college of the air force

chapman university

west haven high school

chapman college

leadership

community college of the us air force

electrical engineering

university of maryland

general studies

cuyahoga community college

2008-1 - 2008-1 · 1 mo

community college of the air force

electrical engineering