A bit of personal history, self-aggrandizing, product promotion, and a Metallica reference. I was tasked to get the Cisco Fire Jumper certification a couple of years ago as my company was pursuing the Master Security Partner designation. The company certification consisted of a huge audit of expertise and client interactions as well of hours of presentations in order to determine worthiness. The whole process was quite the undertaking. At that time, Cisco had recently acquire

I recently attended a global summit in San Diego last week where I learned much about the ongoing modernization efforts in technology. One topic covered was the launch of a completely new certification portfolio that essentially draws a line in the sand between traditional skills and those now being demanded in the workforce. As I was contemplating the impact of this from multiple vantage points, several things stuck out. Repeatedly, I’m seen many of our customers struggle wi

The saying goes that there are three kinds of people in this world, those who can count and those who cannot. When it comes to learning new concepts or skills, there are “readers”, “seers” and “doers”. Readers can spend time scouring books or other written media to translate into results. Seers, typically learn through reading as well but for the content to stick they require watching examples or maybe participating in a lecture. Doers, likewise learn through the written w