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BICSI Annouces New Credential

3/13/2009
 Source: bicsi.org
 www.bicsi.org/nxtgen.

BICSI Announces New Credential
 
Tampa, Fla., March 13, 2009— BICSI, the association supporting the information transport systems (ITS) industry with information, education and knowledge assessment, announces the name of a brand new credential to be released next year. The credential allows individuals with formal education and industry-related qualifications to obtain a BICSI information transport systems credential.
 
Following an opportunity at the 2008 BICSI Fall Conference for BICSI credential holders to suggest names for this new credential, six options were selected by industry experts. The balloting for the new name was held in February 2009 and over 2,000 votes were captured. All voters were entered into a special drawing to win an Apple® 16GB iPod® Touch and the winner was Donald Wilkinson, RCDD, from Georgetown, California.
 
"The most preferred name of those who participated in the name balloting was Registered Information Transport Professional," said Jerry Bowman, RCDD, NTS, CISSP, CPP, BICSI’s NxtGEN Committee Chair. "The RITP represents a major step for BICSI in clarifying the roles and qualifications of the ITS professional. Having this professional credential will enable sales, educational and management professionals to proudly instill the same confidence in their industry knowledge and professionalism that RCDDs have for decades."
 
The application process and requirements for the BICSI Registered Information Transport Professional (RITP) credential will be announced shortly. However, interested professionals can get a head start on the process by completing the ITS Fundamentals exam that is currently available online through BICSI CONNECT. Also available through BICSI CONNECT are five ITS Fundamentals courses designed to prepare applicants for the ITS Fundamentals exam.
 
"This new credential opens the doors to the next generation of information transport professionals," said Ed Donelan, RCDD, NTS, TLT, BICSI President. "We are excited to offer this opportunity to our existing members and credential holders in the information transport systems industry and also to bring new talent into our organization. It’s going to be the added exchange of knowledge and education across many levels of the industry that will help us advance our members’ business success and expand our profession’s reach globally."
 
More information on the NxtGEN Program and future developments are available at www.bicsi.org/nxtgen.

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