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Alan

Consultant

East Tamaki,
New Zealand

Member Since: 2009/03/22

Industry: Consulting

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Total points1,163,289

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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 24

Alan needs 86,711 points to level up.

LVL 25

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24

1,163,289
Microsoft Excel

12

326,134
Exchange

11

258,016
Microsoft Office

10

237,162
Outlook

8

144,216
Windows OS

7

127,608
Networking

7

108,717
Active Directory

6

94,644
DNS

6

86,910
Email Servers

5

66,808
Powershell

5

62,508
SBS

5

51,462
Windows 10

4

45,638
Microsoft Applications

4

42,230
Office 365

4

41,839
Email Clients

4

41,228
Windows Server 2012

4

37,905
Spreadsheets

4

35,650
VBA

4

33,826
Security

3

30,265
Google

3

28,563
Linux

3

26,232
Windows 7

3

23,544
Windows Server 2008

3

22,289
Windows Networking

3

20,316
DHCP

3

19,724
Storage

3

19,096
Microsoft Server OS

2

15,975
Azure

2

15,745
Windows Server 2016

2

15,745
Microsoft Word

2

15,300
Remote Access

2

15,100
VB Script

2

15,080
Software

2

14,803
Windows

2

14,745
PC

2

14,669
Email Protocols

2

14,482
SSL / HTTPS

2

13,700
Google Apps

2

13,254
Email Software

2

11,346
Gmail

2

10,846
Routers

2

10,780
Hardware Firewalls

2

10,406
Web Browsers

2

10,364
Encryption

2

10,268
Windows Server 2003

2

10,195
Android

2

9,980
Scripting Languages

2

9,830
Office Productivity

2

9,300
Storage Software

2

9,238
Operating Systems

2

9,192
Network Security

2

8,770
IT Administration

2

8,025
File Sharing Software

2

8,002
Network Management

1

7,952
Microsoft Access

1

7,500
Visual Basic Classic

1

6,856
Math / Science

1

6,800
iPhone

1

6,550
Internet / Email Software

1

6,400
Miscellaneous

1

6,208
Microsoft Legacy OS

1

6,150
Virtualization

1

6,000
E-Commerce

1

5,930
Hyper-V

1

5,730
Mobile

1

5,710
Installation

1

5,583
Laptops Notebooks

1

5,526
Cyber Security

1

5,500
Desktops

1

5,500
Printers and Scanners

1

5,500
Databases

1

5,450
Windows 8

1

5,432
Networking Protocols

1

5,400
Wireless Networking

1

5,220
Programming

1

5,200
TCP/IP

1

5,098
Disaster Recovery

1

5,000
Microsoft IIS Web Server

1

5,000
Web Development

1

4,990
Web Applications

1

4,780
WSUS

1

4,598
Chrome

1

4,550
Networking Hardware-Other

1

4,500
Web Servers

1

4,500
Peripherals

1

4,400
XML

1

4,400
Shell Scripting

1

4,266
Network Operations

1

4,166
Network Analysis

1

4,110
HTML

1

4,100
Adobe Acrobat

1

4,000
Apache Web Server

1

4,000
Cloud Services

1

4,000
FTP

1

4,000
Microsoft SharePoint

1

4,000
Productivity Apps

1

4,000
Server Hardware

1

4,000
Visual Basic.NET

1

4,000
Internet Protocols

1

3,834
Cisco

1

3,620
Cloud Computing

1

3,600
OS Security

1

3,566
Images and Photos

1

3,560
Linux Distributions

1

3,428
Cell Phones

1

3,424
Hardware

1

3,295
Microsoft SQL Server

1

3,100
Analytics

1

3,000
AntiSpam

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
System Utilities

1

3,000
Smartphones

1

2,862
Vulnerabilities

1

2,850
VPN

1

2,800
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

2,664
Golang

1

2,660
Linux Networking

1

2,572
Telecommunications

1

2,502
Unix OS

1

2,428
Agile

1

2,400
Fonts Typography

1

2,400
Project Management

1

2,400
RAID

1

2,304
Network Architecture

1

2,288
Server Software

1

2,250
Chat / IM

1

2,230
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
Programming Languages-Other

1

2,000
Tax / Financial Software

1

2,000

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