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

Who cares if he is a CCIE or not if the network has crashed a dozens
times since he has started...

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Humphrey Cheung <not5150_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> As previously stated... he's not on that site. It was one of the
> first ones I checked.
>
> Humphrey
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:41 AM, Jameeluddin Mohammed
> <jameeluddin.m_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Did you try to find him on CCIE Hall of Fame list available, which is listed
>> based on the ccie verification tool.
>> I could check many candidates status using just thier first, last name on
>> this websites.
>>
>> http://www.cciehof.com/
>> http://cciehof.weebly.com/
>>
>> -Jameel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Humphrey Cheung <not5150_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree that people should be a bit careful with personal info.
>>>
>>> What's very strange is this guy has a full LinkedIn profile... name,
>>> university, past jobs, supervisor names, hundreds of connections,
>>> recommendations, everything is complete... except for a CCIE number.
>>>
>>> Humphrey
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Sidney D'Souza <mail.sidney_at_gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I agree with Rob that personal info should be hidden considering the day
>>> > and
>>> > age we live in but hiding your educational qualifications from your
>>> > employer
>>> > is for me being too paranoid. Its like saying you ll have to take my
>>> > word
>>> > for it that I am a CCIE.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> >
>>> > Sid
>>> >
>>> > Nobody's really listening, until you make a mistake...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > From: me you [mailto:anunda19_at_gmail.com]
>>> > Sent: 13 June 2012 11:02
>>> > To: Sidney D'Souza
>>> > Cc: Humphrey Cheung; Cisco certification
>>> > Subject: Re: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Don't assume anything about him because he hides is personal info. I try
>>> > to
>>> > hide all my personal information because you never know when someone
>>> > will
>>> > use your personal info the wrong way.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Rob
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Sidney D'Souza <mail.sidney_at_gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > People take pride in displaying their CCIE# so your friend should have
>>> > smelt
>>> > something fishy when the guy refused to disclose his CCIE number. Just
>>> > tell
>>> > your friend to take it up with HR and demand his credentials. His number
>>> > can
>>> > be verified on the Cisco web site below.
>>> >
>>> > https://sso.cisco.com/autho/forms/CDClogin.html
>>> >
>>> > You will need to create a CCO ID before you can verify a Certification
>>> > number.
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Sid
>>> > Nobody's really listening, until you make a mistake...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>>> > Humphrey Cheung
>>> >
>>> > Sent: 13 June 2012 09:03
>>> > To: Cisco certification
>>> > Subject: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling
>>> >
>>> > 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,
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Humphrey Cheung, CISSP #365719, CCNP, CCDP, CCIP
>>> >
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