Experience

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  Eddington Consulting

  • Germany
  • Manufacturing
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • Owner

    • Jan 1995 - Present

  • Senior Telecommunications and IT Consultant

    • Jan 1995 - Present

    Jon Eddington has over forty years experience in the telecommunications, computer systems and office automation fields, with extensive knowledge of computer and voice networks (local, wide area and international), contact centres, telephone systems, video conferencing systems, and mission-critical systems. Over the last 15 years, Jon has managed projects and provided consulting services for many universities, colleges, school boards, hospitals and healthcare, all levels of government, and private sector organizations. He has held various technical and management positions in the telephone industry (with Bell Canada, GT&E Data Services, General Telephone Company of Florida); the insurance industry (Manulife Financial); and the U.S. Armed Forces.

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  Canadian Telecommunications Consultants Associa...

  • Senior Telecommuncations and IT Consultant

    • 1995 - Present
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  Graycom Analysis

  • Senior Telecommunications and IT Consultant

    • 1995 - 2011
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  Manulife Financial

  • Toronto, Ontario

  • Various postions in Information Technology

    • 1983 - 1994
    • Toronto, Ontario

    Responsibilities while working at Manulife included: Planning, design, and implementation of LAN's, WAN's, Trading Systems, Trading Floors, Computer Rooms, and Backup Sites for 250 Traders and Back Office Staff.Designed, planned, and implemented all technical facilities during the constr...

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  Bell Canada

  • Toronto, Ontario

  • Asst. Director of Office Automation

    • 1981 - 1983
    • Toronto, Ontario

    Responsibilities while at Bell Canada included planning of automated office systems inside Bell Canada for 16,000 managerial and professional personnel and their 4,000 office support staff.Part of CSO (Computer Systems Organization), the AOS District served all divisions of Bell. Responsibilitie...

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  Manulife Insurance Company

  • Toronto, Ontario

  • Senior Technical Analyst and Manager

    • 1971 - 1981
    • Toronto, Ontario

    Responsibilities included manager of technical support, consulting, planning and project leadership for a wide range of Data Communications, Telecom, Office Automation, and Computing projects. Designed Manulife’s first branch office voice, e-mail and data networks in eleven countries.

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  General Telephone and Electronics - Data Servic...

  • Tampa, Florida

  • Supervisor, Systems Analyst

    • 1968 - 1971
    • Tampa, Florida

    Accomplishments while at GTE Data Services included playing a key role in the design of the GTE on-line real time Service Order and Customer Inquiry System for the General Telephone Group of 600 Telephone companies (implemented in GTE corporate computer centres in California, British Columbia, Fl...

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  U.S. Army

  • Augsburg, Germany

  • Specialist 5

    • 1966 - 1968
    • Augsburg, Germany

    Served on active duty in Germany for two years during the Viet Nam War. Assigned to the 724th Maintenance Battalion HQ. Designed, equipped and staffed a new computer centre in Augsburg Germany to provide Logistics support for the U.S. 24th Mechanized Infantry Division, supporting 28,000 men, 2,...

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  GTE

  • Management Trainee

    • 1965 - 1966

    Completed an intensive three month Management Training Program. Assigned as trainee supervisor at the GTE Telephone Equipment Repair Factory prior to military service.