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Alan

Consultant

East Tamaki,
New Zealand

Member Since: 2009/03/22

Industry: Consulting

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Points this month5,150

Total points1,306,325

Questions: 83

Solutions: 1016

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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 45,675 points to level up.

LVL 26

What do levels mean?

Overall

25

1,306,325
Microsoft Excel

13

356,959
Microsoft Office

11

272,787
Exchange

11

270,266
Windows OS

8

154,508
Outlook

8

149,366
Networking

8

129,492
Active Directory

6

95,944
DNS

6

88,960
Email Servers

6

72,194
Powershell

5

67,358
Windows 10

5

65,838
SBS

5

58,262
Security

5

51,165
Office 365

4

47,689
Linux

4

45,632
Email Clients

4

44,564
Microsoft Applications

4

42,230
Windows Server 2012

4

38,255
VBA

4

36,276
Spreadsheets

4

35,750
Google

4

33,713
Windows Server 2008

3

24,339
Windows 7

3

24,244
Software

3

24,153
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

20,966
Microsoft Word

3

20,450
DHCP

3

19,724
Installation

3

19,683
PC

2

16,919
Google Apps

2

15,804
Android

2

15,480
VB Script

2

15,330
Remote Access

2

15,100
Email Protocols

2

14,482
Scripting Languages

2

14,430
Gmail

2

13,746
SSL / HTTPS

2

13,700
Network Security

2

12,370
iPhone

2

11,700
Email Software

2

11,346
Network Management

2

10,952
Routers

2

10,930
Wireless Networking

2

10,870
Mobile

2

10,860
Encryption

2

10,518
Hardware Firewalls

2

10,456
Web Browsers

2

10,364
Vulnerabilities

2

10,250
Windows Server 2003

2

10,195
Math / Science

2

9,750
Storage Software

2

9,538
Office Productivity

2

9,300
IT Administration

2

8,025
File Sharing Software

2

8,002
Microsoft Access

2

8,000
Cyber Security

1

7,836
Laptops Notebooks

1

7,726
AntiSpam

1

7,650
VPN

1

7,500
Storage Hardware

1

7,458
Visual Basic Classic

1

6,856
Internet / Email Software

1

6,400
Miscellaneous

1

6,308
Virtualization

1

6,300
Microsoft Legacy OS

1

6,150
Disaster Recovery

1

6,050
Linux Distributions

1

5,978
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
Web Development

1

5,290
Programming

1

5,200
Hardware

1

5,145
Linux Networking

1

5,122
TCP/IP

1

5,098
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
WSUS

1

4,598
Chrome

1

4,550
Networking Hardware-Other

1

4,500
Peripherals

1

4,400
XML

1

4,400
Cloud Services

1

4,300
Shell Scripting

1

4,266
Network Operations

1

4,166
Network Analysis

1

4,110
HTML

1

4,100
Linux OS Dev

1

4,050
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
Cisco

1

3,620
OS Security

1

3,566
Images and Photos

1

3,560
Cell Phones

1

3,474
System Utilities

1

3,300
Ubuntu

1

3,250
Windows Live Mail

1

3,175
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
Office Suites-Other

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

2,070
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