Who are you?

Hello Ashok

Congrats on your certification!  If you want to move forward to achieve storage certifications, the E20-001 (Information Storage and Management) Associate level certification is the place to begin. The course and exam provides a broad foundation of storage knowledge, something everyone in the industry should master.  Learn more about it here.

And, please let me know if you decide to pursue it...I'll be waiting to hear from you!

Michelle

Hi Christopher,

A hearty congratulation on achieving your Specialist level certification, that's a great achievement!

You are now eligible for Knowledge Maintenance, a great program that proactively offers no-cost training if/when technology changes in your area of certification.  Learn more about it here.

So, expecting to move onto the Expert level :-)

Michelle

Hi Caleb,

Best of luck on your E20-001 exam!  Feeling calm and confident is a good sign, will be thinking about you today as you are sitting for the exam!

Michelle

Oh, and making wine?  That sounds like a great hobby :-)

Welcome Chris, Calob, Nikos, Ashok (and anyone else I may have missed!!).

Once you are a Proven Professional, you have access to the Proven Professionals ONLY community. You can access many of your benefits there - things like Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Maintenance. You can even sign up to help write new exams.

If you have trouble accessing that community, follow the troubleshooting tips on this page.

Looking forward to seeing you in all of our communities.

1. Your location (as detailed or broad as you feel comfortable  with)
   • Home - Port Clinton, Ohio
   • Work - Sandusky, Ohio
2. Your technical strengths
   • Windows Server, eClinical Works, currently studying for CCNA
3. One thing most people  don't know about you
   • I own a small farm.

Welcome -

Small farm, very cool. Is it a working farm? I'm from Massachusetts and the area I live in has a bunch of small farms. On Sunday's we love driving around and picking up an assortment of goodies from each.

ddProven

Thanks, glad to be here!

Well, it's a half-working farm!! We just bought it in January and plan on planting hay sometime soon. It's only 40 acre, but it's a good start. We'll be buying some miniature herefords and hogs in the spring as well. Long term plans are to have a small farm stand, but we are still working on gutting and rennovating the house.

Brand new member of this community. Could find the "Introduce yourself" topic referenced in my welcome e-mail so this looked like the most likely place...

1. Work in and around the Washington, DC area.

2. Technical Project Management, PMP Certified, IT Consulting and Strategy Implementation, infrastructure and IT optimization

3. I'm an avid hobby photographer and have a true case of the "travel bug".

Hi James

A great, big welcome to the community!

Can you tell me more about the welcome eMail and the link that was provided?  Looks like we might want to take a look at that to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to reach this commnity to learn and share.

A travel bug, are you?  I think we have quite a few of those in this community, where did your last travels take you?

Michelle

BTW, my last travel was to Utah, US for a week of mountain hiking.  Just beautiful!

1. Lived southeast of Boston my whole life - I can't escape!
   
2. Storage Area Networks - FCP, iSCSI, FCIP, FCoE, IP; RecoverPoint; Worked with all OS but spent the most time with Windows and Solaris based systems
   
3. I'm part Native American (Abenaki/Blackfoot) and maintain the crafting and dance traditions of the family
   

Hello MichWa,

It's very interesting to read that you are  maintaining your American Indian traditions.  I also am part (a small part) Narragansett Indian, but my family never introduced me to the culture.  Can you tell us more about your traditions?

Also, are you an EMC Proven Professional or interested in becoming one?  This is a great place to get advice and meet others....maybe even some from southeast of Boston :-)

Michelle

I'm a Storage Ops Specialist currently living in the Dallas, TX area but on short term assignment in Sacramento, CA.  Originally from the Boston, MA area.

Technical strengths?  Lots of all around skills (Unix Engineer), mostly in the BRS area lately with Networker, where I picked up my first cert last January (EMCPA) and working on the Specialist Cert exam for next week.  Planning on adding certs in the VMax area and Data Domain as well.

One thing most people don't know about me is:  I have worked at Corporate twice since 1993, which is why I have a really low badge number, but only 7 total years working at EMC.  It's funny when someone sees my badge and asks "Is that number right?"  Yes, it is.

Kevin

Hi Kevin! Nice to see another UNIX engineer!! So if you started in 93, how many digits is your badge number?

Hi Gina,

My badge number is 4 digits.  Definitely a good conversation piece when it comes up.

1. Your location (as detailed or broad as you feel comfortable with)
   
   • Sydney, Australia
     
2. Your technical strengths
   
   • Backup and Recovery (EMCPA, EMCISA, EMCIE Avamar)
     
   • CLARiion, DPA and Networker trained.
     
   • Backup and Recovery (Windows)
     
3. One thing most people don't know about you
   
   • Private Pilot