Guimaraes Recognized During 2013 Red Hat Summit
RALEIGH, N.C. & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that Rafael Guimaraes, analyst at Petrobras,
has been named the 2013 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year. Red
Hat certifications are earned by passing rigorous practical exams during
which candidates must perform the real-world tasks required in
production environments. The annual Red Hat Certified Professional of
the Year award recognizes and honors the hard work, expertise, and
ingenuity of those holding Red Hat certifications.
Rafael Guimaraes, a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Red Hat Certified
Technician (RHCT) and Red Hat Certified JBoss Administrator (RHCJA), has
been working with Red Hat solutions for several years. At Petrobras, the
largest oil company in Brazil and one of the largest in the world,
Guimaraes conducted several key projects. The projects enhanced IT
services that significantly reduced the time spent installing new Red
Hat Enterprise Linux systems. He combined his RHCE skills with PHP
programming to develop an environment that provides collaborative remote
3-D Linux sessions. Additionally, Guimaraes applied his RHCJA skills to
create a secure, optimized, and efficient Red Hat JBoss Enterprise
Application Platform installation.
Entries received for the 2013 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year
contest spanned Red Hat certifications including Red Hat Certified
System Administrator (RHCSA), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Red Hat
Certified Datacenter Specialist (RHCDS), Red Hat Certified Architect
(RHCA), Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA) and Red
Hat Certified JBoss Administrator (RHCJA). Guimaraes was selected as the
2013 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year by a panel of experts in
the field of business and open source technology, and was honored at the
Innovation Hour during the Red Hat Summit in Boston on June 13.
Supporting Quotes
Randy Russell, director of Certification, Red Hat
"We congratulate Rafael Guimaraes for being selected as this year's Red
Hat Certified Professional of the Year. His skills, problem-solving
abilities, and innovation using multiple Red Hat technologies exemplify
what it means to be Red Hat certified."
Rafael Guimaraes, analyst, Petrobras (Winner)
"It's an honor to be named this year's Red Hat Certified Professional of
the Year. Having worked with Red Hat open source solutions for years
across a variety of projects, my Red Hat certifications and training
have proved to be an invaluable part of my ability to solve IT
challenges. Thank you, Red Hat, for this recognition."
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