I wouldn't drop it. You don't want to accuse someone unnecessarily, but if
someone at the CCIE program stated that the card was bogus, I assume that
they did a name lookup and found he wasn't certified. You may want to
pursue this on two fronts: 1) contact the people employing this guy and
tell them that you're concerned that he's misrepresented himself to them
and that they should ask for his CCIE number and then follow up with Cisco
to verify. 2) Contact your local Cisco rep (if you don't know where to
find them, call Cisco and ask who covers your region) and let them know
what's going on. If you don't follow up on both fronts, you may find that
Company A fires the guy and he turns around and goes to work at Company
B. If Cisco is aware, a cease-and-desist letter from their attorneys may
be enough to stop his misrepresentation.
It really annoys me when people misrepresent themselves. The damage that
someone like this can do to the CCIE reputation is enormous.
Just my $0.02...
Craig
At 03:55 AM 10/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings-
>
>
> I recently worked on a project with a fellow who claimed to be a
> CCIE. He
>even gave me his card with the CCIE logo on it. At least I think it is the
>CCIE logo. It is a router symbol surrounded with laurels and has the words
>Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer circling it as well. After asking this
>person a few questions, I became suspicious of his credentials due to his
>apparent lack of knowledge of the fundamentals. (I never asked for his CCIE
>number because I attempted verification only after I left the account). I
>faxed a copy of the business card he gave me (homemade BTW) to someone in
>the CCIE program at Cisco. She told me the card is bogus and that she would
>send the card to the Cisco lawyers. That was three months ago and this
>person is STILL working on site there. What do you people think I should do
>now? Send e-mail to the persons that are contracting him there? He is
>charging a very high bill rate. The people he is working don't have enough
>knowledge to confirm his credentials. Should I let this go? Isn't part of my
>cert agreement with Cisco to protect the logo? I feel that Cisco isn't doing
>anything to protect us here.
>
>Mark Cohen
>CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I
>
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