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Certifications

23 credentials,
one continuous thread

Networking in the late nineties, support as a formal discipline in the 2010s, identity at Okta, and AI and cloud now. Read top to bottom, the list is the career.

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PMI PEOPLECERT AWS SALESFORCE OKTA TSIA CISCO MICROSOFT CHECKPOINT RIVERBED

AI, cloud & service management 7

The current chapter — where support operations, AI and cloud meet.

  • PeopleCert
    ITIL® v4 Foundation
    PeopleCert
    Issued Aug 2025 · Valid to Aug 2028 · ID GR671803585SS
  • Salesforce
    Salesforce Certified AI Specialist
    Salesforce
    Issued Feb 2025 · ID 5828497
  • Salesforce
    Salesforce Certified AI Associate
    Salesforce
    Issued Feb 2025 · ID 5823065
  • Salesforce
    Salesforce Certified Associate (SCA)
    Salesforce
    Issued Jan 2025 · ID 5678234
  • Amazon Web Services
    AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
    Amazon Web Services
    Issued Oct 2024 · Valid to Oct 2027 · ID AWS04596623
  • Amazon Web Services
    AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
    Amazon Web Services
    Issued Aug 2024 · Valid to Aug 2027
  • Project Management Institute
    Project Management Professional (PMP)®
    Project Management Institute
    Issued Jul 2024 · Valid to Jul 2027 · ID 10496444

Identity 3

The Okta chapter — identity as the front door to everything.

  • Okta
    Okta Certified Consultant
    Okta
    Issued Nov 2019 · Expired Feb 2026
  • Okta
    Okta Certified Administrator
    Okta
    Issued Jan 2019
  • Okta
    Okta Certified Professional
    Okta
    Issued Dec 2018

Support as a discipline 3

The Riverbed chapter — where instinct became method.

  • TSIA
    Certified Support Professional II (CSP-II)
    TSIA
    Issued Jan 2013
  • TSIA
    Certified Support Professional I (CSP-I)
    TSIA
    Issued Jan 2012
  • Riverbed Technology
    Riverbed Certified Solutions Professional – Network Performance Management
    Riverbed Technology
    Issued Jan 2013

Networking & infrastructure foundations 10

The 3Com/HP era — the groundwork everything else was built on.

  • Cisco
    Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
    Cisco
    Issued Jan 2003
  • Cisco
    Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
    Cisco
    Issued Jan 2003
  • Cisco
    Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
    Cisco
    Issued Jan 2003
  • Cisco
    Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
    Cisco
    Issued Dec 2002
  • Check Point Software
    CheckPoint Certified Security Engineer (CCSE)
    Check Point Software
    Issued Apr 2002
  • Check Point Software
    CheckPoint Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
    Check Point Software
    Issued Apr 2002
  • Microsoft
    Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)
    Microsoft
    Issued Dec 2002
  • Microsoft
    Microsoft Certified System Associate (MCSA)
    Microsoft
    Issued Dec 2002
  • Microsoft
    Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
    Microsoft
    Issued Dec 2002
  • SCO
    SCO Certification (System V)
    SCO
    Issued Jun 1997 · Expired Dec 1998

The one that changed things

TSIA

TSIA Certified Support Professional I, 2012 — the Riverbed-era credential where support stopped being something I worked in and became a discipline I studied. CSP‑II followed a year later.

Education

Degree, institution and year — to add.

Verification

Every credential above is listed and verifiable on LinkedIn, with issuer credential IDs where the issuer provides them.

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