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Murray Gillespie, Managing Director and Gilcom Owner
40 years professional experience in Telecommunications
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| Murray is the Managing Director and Owner of Gilcom. Murray has a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from Canterbury University. With 20 years experience in the former NZPO as a Professional Engineer, Murray was involved in Network Design and Management (formerly District Engineer for 8 years in Gisborne), and Telecom (District Telecom Manager, Taranaki, at time of resignation). Murray was the former Chairman of the NZ Standards Committee SC605, WG2, and a member of the IT/17 Joint AS/NZS Committee (Integrated Telecommunications Cabling Systems for Commercial Buildings), at the time the AS/NZS 3080 was first ratified. Murray is a past President of the New Plymouth Rotary Club, and a Paul Harris Fellow. |
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John Bungay, Sales Manager
30 years experience in Telecommunications in Taranaki
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| John has had extensive experience in installing, maintaining, and servicing telephone systems, and in particular, on large customer sites. John joined Gilcom in 1996, and is reponsible for all sales in the Taranaki area. John is well known in Taranaki as a highly respected and skilled professional. Some of the sites that John has had extensive experience with managing customer requirements include: Southern Cross Hospital, Mitre 10 Mega in New Plymouth and Mitre 10 in Stratford, Weatherfords, and Taranaki Sawmills. John holds a National Certificate in Telecommunications Level 4 Electronics, is a Registered Electrical Service Technician, and a Registered Training Assessor for the Telecommunications Industry. |
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Garry Murfitt, Project Manager
Over 40 years experience in Telecommunications
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| Garry is Gilcom's most experienced telecommunications cabling installer with over 40 years experience in the industry, 24 of these being with the former NZPO and Telecom. Garry was a former tutor in the Training School in Auckland and is a very experienced cable jointer. Garry was Project Manager during the recabling of all of Taranaki Health's premises in 1993, and has maintained ongoing onsite installations, management and documentation of this cabling ever since. Garry has worked extensively on many of the larger commercial and industrial sites in Taranaki, including Methanex, Natural Gas Kapuni, McKee, Ballance, the Taranaki Regional Council, and Puke Ariki as Project Manager for these large installations. Garry is an experienced Fibre Optic Cable Installer and terminator. Garry is a Registered Telecommunications Cabler, and an Accredited Installer of the Krone, Leviton, and Molex integrated cabling solutions. |
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Alan Wheatley, Engineer
Over 25 years experience in Telecommunications
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| Alan has had extensive experience in installing, maintaining and servicing telephone systems and associated periperal equipment (callista/telephone accounting software, and voice mail). Alan has Network Hardware knowledge and is tertiary qualified. Alan is a Certified LG Aria Installer. Some of the more notable installations Alan has been responsible for include the Stratford District Council, the Waterfront Hotel, and MItre 10 Mega. Alan has had extensive experience installing active LAN and WAN hardware.. |
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Kathryn Gillespie, Office Manager |
| Kathryn has 11 Years experience in being responsible for all administrative office support for Gilcom. Kathryn is experienced in the use of MYOB and handling Creditor and Debtor Payments. |
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Carl Wilson, Network Installer |
| Carl is an experienced telecommunications cabling installer. Carl had 6 years experience working on major sites in Auckland, including Middlemore Hospital, Xtra and Pacific Retail Group before joining Gilcom. Carl is a Molex and Systimax Certified Installer. |
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Blake Sinclair, Trainee Technician |
| Blake is the newest member of the Gilcom team and has been with Gilcom since 2008. Blake is currently working towards his National Certificate in Telecommunications. |
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