Background, Certifications & Training

My certifications, training and more.

Agile Certifications & Training

Management Certifications & Training

Engineering Certifications & Training

  • 17 engineering certifications earned requiring passing 42 exams.
  • IBM Certified System Administrator – WebSphere Portal Server v5.
  • IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer, previously known as Principal Certified Lotus Professional (PCLP) on Lotus Notes / Domino R4, R5 & R6.
    – 5 certifications earned / 12 exams passed.
    – Certifications: Certified Lotus Specialist (CLS) R4, Certified Lotus Professional (CLP) R4, Principal Certified Lotus Professional (PCLP) R4, PCLP R5, PCLP R6.
  • IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator, previously known as Principal Certified Lotus Professional (PCLP) on Lotus Notes / Domino R4, R5 & R6.
    – 5 certifications earned / 12 exams passed.
    – Certifications: Certified Lotus Specialist (CLS) R4, Certified Lotus Professional (CLP) R4, Principal Certified Lotus Professional (PCLP) R4, PCLP R5, PCLP R6.
    IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator – Lotus Collaborative Solutions 
    – 4 exams passed including: QuickPlace (Team collaboration web spaces); Sametime (Instant messaging and web conferencing), Domino Document Manager (Enterprise document management) & Discovery Server (Enterprise search, knowledge management, automated taxonomy building and user profiling).
    Certified Lotus Domino Messaging Administration/Migration.
  • Master Certified Novell Engineer (MCNE) on v3 & v4.
    – 4 certifications earned / 12 exams passed.
    – Certifications: Certified Novell Admin (CNA) v3, Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) v3, Master Certified Novell Engineer (MCNE) v3 and MCNE v4.

Writing & Professional Associations

  • Published Professional Author: See the Writer page for details.
    Contributing author on two books on IBM Lotus Notes / Domino
    released by Que Publishing; Three IBM DeveloperWorks Tutorials on Lotus Domino 6 and WebSphere Portal Server.
  • Written over 200 articles on mobile tech, Agile, Scrum and more in my blog at AdamsAndBits.com.
  • Volunteered for a networking technology professional non-profit trade organization. Over several years acted in the roles of: program director; president; member of the national board of directors; and conference manager of two large 3 day long conferences, involving almost 2,000 attendees, over 125 vendor exhibitors and over 30 seminars.