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Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that submissions are being accepted for the 12th annual Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year award.
Red Hat Certified professionals are spread across industries and around the globe. They are the problem-solvers and pioneers tackling the needs and challenges of their organizations.The RHCP of the Year Award gives us an opportunity to showcase the efforts of an IT professional who has promoted open source culture, generated value and transformed IT within their organization while honoring the entire Red Hat certified community.
The Red Hat Certified Professional (RHCP) of the Year award recognizes the hard work, expertise, and ingenuity of a current Red Hat Certified Professional. The award program is open to holders of a current Red Hat certification or Certificate of Expertise in eligible countries.
To be considered for the award, applicants must provide a written essay detailing how they use their Red Hat-certified skills to deliver business impact and value to their organization. RHCPs can nominate themselves for the award or be nominated by someone else. Judges are looking for the RHCP to showcase how their Red Hat-certified skills have helped them:
- Succeed in their current job using Red Hat solutions;
- Enhance their company’s or customers’ IT environments using Red Hat solutions;
- Improve their company’s or customers’ system performance;
- Increase their company’s or customers’ system security using Red Hat solutions; and/or
- Deliver results to their organization or customers using Red Hat solutions.
Submissions for the 2018 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year award will be accepted through January 19, 2018. The winner will be announced and recognized at the 2018 Red Hat Summit, taking place in San Francisco, May 8-10, 2018. The winner will receive paid registration, flight, and hotel accommodations for Red Hat Summit.
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Randy Russell, director, Certification, Red Hat
“Red Hat Certified professionals are spread across industries and around the globe. They are the problem-solvers and pioneers tackling the needs and challenges of their organizations.The RHCP of the Year Award gives us an opportunity to showcase the efforts of an IT professional who has promoted open source culture, generated value and transformed IT within their organization while honoring the entire Red Hat certified community. ”
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