FREMONT, California, October, 2 2009 Ð Microsoft has awarded Richard Hicks, who is a senior sales engineer and product specialist on edge security at Celestix Networks, with MicrosoftÕs Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award.
According to Toby Richards, MicrosoftÕs general manager of Community and Online Support, ÒThis award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others.Ó Commented Hicks, ÒIt is with great honor and privilege that I join Dr. Tom Shinder (successful author, speaker, and noted industry expert) as only the second Microsoft Forefront MVP in the US, and one of approximately thirty worldwide.Ó
Richard Hicks has worked with Microsoft ISA Server 2006 and its predecessors for more than 12 years. Richard has designed and deployed network security solutions using ISA for SMB's, military and defense organizations, and Fortune 500 companies around the world. Richard is a Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional - Enterprise Administrator, and a Websense Certified Engineer - Web Security. Richard is a resident of Southern California. You can read his blog at: tmgblog.richardhicks.com.
About Celestix
Celestix delivers thousands of security appliances to both mid-market organizations and enterprises annually. Founded in 1999, Celestix Networks features offices in Fremont, California, Singapore, Reading, UK and Chennai, India. In addition, Celestix has significant presences throughout the United States and Japan to supplement its channel business. To date, Celestix has enlisted over 450 channel partners worldwide to help serve its end customers. For more information, call: (510) 668-0700 or visit Celestix on the Web at www.celestix.com .
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