Christopher A. Mitchell

Senior Director, Infrastructure & Operations at Firstlight Media

Christopher A. Mitchell has a diverse work experience spanning over multiple industries and roles. Christopher A. currently holds the position of Senior Director, Infrastructure & Operations at Quickplay. Prior to this, they served as President/Founder of Small Town Strong.

Earlier in their career, Mitchell worked at DIRECTV as Sr. Director - Technology, Software Engineering. Christopher A. also had an extensive tenure at AT&T, where they held various roles such as Director, Software Eng / Tooling & Process Development, Director, Software Eng / DevOps & Release Management, and Director, Service & Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps. During their time at AT&T, they implemented Agile DevOps methodologies and achieved significant improvements in incident and outage reduction.

Before their transition into the telecommunications industry, Mitchell held positions at Quickplay, where they served as Director, Service Operations Center / Service Support, Manager, Service Support, and Network Operations Center Manager. Additionally, they gained valuable experience in leadership and training management as Operations Chief / Senior Air Director / Lead Instructor / Training Manager in the United States Marine Corps.

Mitchell also possesses entrepreneurial experience as the Owner/Manager of Farmers Inn Inc. and has served as a Boys Basketball Coach at Hiawatha High School.

Overall, Mitchell's work experience demonstrates their strong leadership abilities, technical expertise, and a commitment to driving operational efficiency and process improvement.

Christopher A. Mitchell attended Northern Illinois University from 2013 to 2015, where they studied Business Administration, Management, and Operations. It is unclear whether they obtained a degree during this time. Prior to their time at Northern Illinois University, Mitchell attended Kishwaukee College, where they pursued a field of study in Education. No specific years of attendance at Kishwaukee College were provided.

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  • Senior Director, Infrastructure & Operations

    November, 2022 - present