IT‑IS Networking

Credentials

20 entries spanning 1993–2026, in chronological order. Lapsed and superseded certifications are kept rather than quietly dropped — the track a career took is part of the record, and only showing what is currently valid misrepresents the journey.

1990–1993

Electrical Engineering

University of North Florida

University of North Florida, Jacksonville. 1990–1993.

R12 May 1993; R13 May 1994 · Superseded

AutoCAD Design Certification, R12 and R13

Autodesk

The first certification of the career, earned while still at university and working as a drafting technician.

1993–1995

Environmental Engineering

University of Florida

University of Florida, College of Engineering, Gainesville. 1993–1995.

1995 · Superseded

MicroStation Design Certification

Bentley Systems

Bentley MicroStation design certification, earned immediately before the CSX railroad map digitisation work.

1996 · Lapsed

MCSE 2000+I

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer + Internet on the Windows 2000 track, held continuously from 1996 — the systems and data layer beneath the network architecture.

25 component exams
EL2629 August 1997; EL2649 September 1997 · Superseded

InfoImage on NT — Foundations and System Administration

Unisys

Document imaging platform training taken in Chicago, immediately before the StorComm clinical imaging work.

1999 · Lapsed

Top Secret Clearance

United States Department of Defense

Held 1999 to 2004 for Department of Defense and special operations work. Lapsed; re-clearable.

Accredited 26 July 1999 · Lapsed

Compaq ASE — Intel/Windows NT Specialist

Compaq

Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer, covering server hardware, storage arrays and NT platform integration.

2000 · Superseded

CCNA

Cisco

Cisco Certified Network Associate — the first step onto the track that led to the CCIE two years later.

2001 · Superseded

CCNP

Cisco

Cisco Certified Network Professional, on the way to the lab.

2002 · Superseded

Cisco BBSM Certification

Cisco

Building Broadband Service Manager — the platform behind hospitality guest access, walled-garden entry pages and billing to a guest account.

4 August 2002 · Lifetime Emeritus

CCIE #10042

Cisco

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert, earned 4 August 2002, maintained for twenty years and carried to Lifetime Emeritus in August 2022.

2003–2011

Cisco Expert-Track Written Examinations

Cisco

Four expert-track written examinations passed across eight years. These carried CCIE recertification through successive cycles — the exam record behind twenty years of maintaining #10042.

4 component exams
2003

Cisco Specialist Examinations

Cisco

Five specialist and technical examinations passed in 2003, mapping directly onto the cable plant, quality of service and voice work of that period.

5 component exams
2012 · Lapsed

JNCIA

Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks Certified Associate, taken in January 2012 as the City of Jacksonville estate took on Juniper security platforms.

2012 · Lapsed

JNCIS-SEC

Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks Certified Specialist, Security.

2012 · Lapsed

JNCIP-SEC

Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks Certified Professional, Security — the professional tier of the Juniper security track.

2015 · Not renewed

TOGAF

The Open Group

The Open Group Architecture Framework — the formal vocabulary for work already being done at the City of Jacksonville.

2021 · Active

FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot

Federal Aviation Administration

Commercial remote pilot certificate for small unmanned aircraft under 14 CFR Part 107.

Scheduled October 2026 · In progress

CCDE Written

Cisco

Scheduled for October 2026 as the qualifying exam to return CCIE #10042 to active status.