Re: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling

Sorry I meant Ernest !! I'm in San Diego and have accidentally
started adding o to every name.

Humphrey

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Humphrey Cheung <not5150_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Ernesto... that site was one of the first five or so that I
> looked at. He's not in there.
>
> Humphrey
>
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Ernest McCaleb <emccaleb_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Humphrey,
>>
>> Be 99.99999% sure he's a fraud. Everyone with a CCIE is located somewhere
>> on the Internet associated with their number.
>>
>> Take a look at this link also:
>> http://www.cciehof.com/
>>
>> 42,
>>
>> Ernest McCaleb
>>
>> - My god, it's full of stars
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 1:03 AM, Humphrey Cheung <not5150_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> This is a strange situation at my friend's company... wanted to get
>>> some ideas. I'm helping him verify the status of a supposed CCIE.
>>> I'll keep the names anonymous.
>>>
>>> Company hires new network admin
>>> Network has crashed dozens of times since the new guy has been hired
>>> Network admin claims to be a CCIE
>>> Network admin doesn't divulge a number... doesn't sign his emails with
>>> his number, doesn't have his number on LinkedIn
>>> Looking at the guy's job history, he's worked at big name company's...
>>> but generally lasts less than a year
>>> Quick Google/LinkedIn/Facebook/Twitter/etc search shows no hits for
>>> his name and anything saying CCIE or a number (permutations of first
>>> name and common nicknames were used in the search just in case we were
>>> missing anything)
>>> Since there's no number, can't use the Cisco verification tool because
>>> it requires a first/last name, cert type and number
>>>
>>> Any pointers on where else to look? I think we're about 90% sure this
>>> guy isn't a CCIE... but I think there's no actual smoking gun that
>>> says, "this first name and last name is not and never has been a CCIE"
>>>
>>> I'm at Cisco Live until Thursday evening.. if you want to unicast me.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
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