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Alan

Consultant

East Tamaki,
New Zealand

Member Since: 2009/03/22

Industry: Consulting

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Points this month6,850

Total points1,335,100

Questions: 84

Solutions: 1024

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Professional Background

Consultant - Strategy / Business / Financial / IT

March 2008 – Present

New Zealand

Education

University of Warwick

BSc (Hons)

Mathematics & Business

1990 – 1993

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Languages

English

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Level Progress

Current: Level 25

Alan needs 16,900 points to level up.

LVL 26

What do levels mean?

Overall

25

1,335,100
Microsoft Excel

13

363,709
Microsoft Office

11

282,637
Exchange

11

274,366
Outlook

8

159,391
Windows OS

8

158,908
Networking

8

132,542
Active Directory

6

95,994
DNS

6

88,960
Email Servers

6

72,269
Windows 10

5

68,963
Powershell

5

67,908
SBS

5

58,262
Security

5

53,165
Linux

4

48,307
Office 365

4

47,689
VBA

4

46,226
Email Clients

4

44,989
Microsoft Applications

4

42,230
Windows Server 2012

4

38,255
Spreadsheets

4

36,050
Google

4

33,713
Windows 7

3

25,444
Software

3

24,553
Windows Server 2008

3

24,339
Azure

3

23,795
Windows Server 2016

3

23,295
Operating Systems

3

23,242
Microsoft Server OS

3

23,175
Windows

3

22,295
Storage

3

21,396
Windows Networking

3

21,016
Microsoft Word

3

20,450
Installation

3

19,733
DHCP

3

19,724
VB Script

3

18,430
Scripting Languages

2

17,030
PC

2

16,919
Google Apps

2

15,879
Android

2

15,480
Remote Access

2

15,225
Email Protocols

2

14,557
Routers

2

13,980
Gmail

2

13,821
SSL / HTTPS

2

13,700
Storage Software

2

13,088
Network Security

2

12,370
iPhone

2

11,700
IT Administration

2

11,575
Email Software

2

11,421
Network Management

2

10,952
Wireless Networking

2

10,870
Web Browsers

2

10,864
Mobile

2

10,860
Encryption

2

10,568
Hardware Firewalls

2

10,456
Vulnerabilities

2

10,250
Windows Server 2003

2

10,195
Virtualization

2

9,850
Math / Science

2

9,750
Office Productivity

2

9,600
AntiSpam

2

8,150
Cyber Security

2

8,136
File Sharing Software

2

8,002
Microsoft Access

2

8,000
Laptops Notebooks

1

7,726
VPN

1

7,500
Storage Hardware

1

7,458
Visual Basic Classic

1

6,856
Shell Scripting

1

6,816
Cisco

1

6,670
Internet / Email Software

1

6,400
Miscellaneous

1

6,308
Microsoft Legacy OS

1

6,150
Disaster Recovery

1

6,050
Linux Distributions

1

6,028
E-Commerce

1

5,930
Hyper-V

1

5,730
Printers and Scanners

1

5,550
Desktops

1

5,500
Databases

1

5,450
Windows 8

1

5,432
Networking Protocols

1

5,400
Veeam

1

5,350
Web Development

1

5,290
Programming

1

5,200
Hardware

1

5,145
Linux Networking

1

5,122
TCP/IP

1

5,098
Chrome

1

5,050
Citrix

1

5,000
Microsoft IIS Web Server

1

5,000
Unix OS

1

4,978
Server Hardware

1

4,950
Chat / IM

1

4,830
Web Servers

1

4,800
Web Applications

1

4,780
PDF

1

4,600
WSUS

1

4,598
Networking Hardware-Other

1

4,500
Peripherals

1

4,400
XML

1

4,400
Cloud Services

1

4,300
Network Operations

1

4,166
Network Analysis

1

4,110
HTML

1

4,100
Linux OS Dev

1

4,100
Adobe Acrobat

1

4,000
Apache Web Server

1

4,000
FTP

1

4,000
Microsoft SharePoint

1

4,000
Productivity Apps

1

4,000
Visual Basic.NET

1

4,000
Cloud Computing

1

3,900
Internet Protocols

1

3,834
Python

1

3,800
OS Security

1

3,566
Images and Photos

1

3,560
Cell Phones

1

3,474
Office Suites-Other

1

3,300
System Utilities

1

3,300
Ubuntu

1

3,300
Windows Live Mail

1

3,175
Ransomware

1

3,115
Microsoft SQL Server

1

3,100
Analytics

1

3,000
C#

1

3,000
Dell

1

3,000
Java

1

3,000
Microsoft Forefront ISA Server

1

3,000
Microsoft PowerPoint

1

3,000
SCCM

1

3,000
Smartphones

1

2,912
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

2,664
Golang

1

2,660
Telecommunications

1

2,502
Agile

1

2,400
Fonts Typography

1

2,400
Project Management

1

2,400
MultiMedia Applications

1

2,381
RAID

1

2,304
Network Architecture

1

2,288
Server Software

1

2,250
IP Telephony

1

2,120
Linux Security

1

2,068
.NET Programming

1

2,000
ASP.NET

1

2,000
AWS

1

2,000
Adobe Creative Suite CS

1

2,000
Content Management

1

2,000
Document Management

1

2,000
Home Security

1

2,000
InfoPath

1

2,000
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

2,000
Java EE

1

2,000
NetScaler

1

2,000
Programming Languages-Other

1

2,000
Tax / Financial Software

1

2,000