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Scott Morris Joins Internetwork Expert

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Man this is huge news. Scott Morris joins the all-star team at Internetwork Expert! Scott Morris, Quad CCIE, Uber Geek, The man behind that lab, has officially joined Internetwork Expert. Scott was Vice President of Technical Training at IPexpert where he delivered and developed CCIE classroom training.

Here is Wayne Lawson’s, Founder & President of IPexperts official response:

Wayne Lawson’s Statement on the Departure of Scott Morris from IPexpert

Over the past five years, since Scott Morris joined IPexpert, we have worked together towards a common goal of making IPexpert the world’s best CCIE training organization. In this time, the company has faced many successes and challenges in our journey to stay at the top of our game.

Growing from a team of just three, a short time ago, to our staff of near 20 today illustrates the continued evolution of our business model. One effect of adding new employees to a team is that their contributions and effort draw comparisons to those already on board. As we have continued to add new faces to our group of instructors, the individual roles have evolved for each of them, based on various criteria.

In order to ensure that IPexpert’s business goals, product objectives and growth strategies continue to be realized, I felt that it was time for IPexpert and Scott to move in different directions. In our early years, it was easy to roll with issues that may arise during the course of business. Today, I bear the responsibility of ensuring the success of IPexpert for the benefit of a full staff and their families. My decisions, however difficult, must be governed by this broader interest and that of the customers we serve.

To be clear, I sincerely appreciate the contributions Scott has made with our company and, in the bigger picture, the CCIE community. We are all better for it, without question. I am confident that, as one of the most recognized network engineers around, Scott will find great success along the next path in his career.

Moving forward, I can guarantee that the IPexpert team will continue to develop, innovate and deliver the best possible products and courses in the CCIE training space. We are more excited than ever about the new product line recently announced for the R&S, Voice, Security and Service Provider tracks.

If you have any questions, concerns or comments about this announcement, I welcome you to contact me directly. We appreciate your business and the opportunity to be a part of your success!

- Wayne Lawson II – Founder & President, IPexpert, Inc.

Whoa! I remember when I first started out down the CCIE path and finding out about Scott’s $2 million Lab. It was one of the reasons that led me to IPexpert as a training company. That lab was pure marketing genius. Heck I still tell my students about it. Scott has been an inspiration to many (myself included), and no doubt he will continue his excellent work at Internetwork Expert.

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4 comments for “Scott Morris Joins Internetwork Expert”

  1. With the addition of a one-man powerhouse like Scott Morris to the one-two-three punch of the Brians/Petr, and in light of this very low-class announcement from Mr. Lawson (you may wish for us to contact you directly with our comments, but you’re the one who put this in the public domain to begin with, no?), why would anyone go anywhere else in pursuit of the CCIE? Bad move followed by bad move on the part of IPExpert…

    Posted by Scott Vermillion | June 26, 2008, 2:51 pm
  2. How the community perceives it and what really happened might be two different things. The full story hasn’t really been made public, so we can’t make any assumptions here. Going forward I’m sure IPexpert will continue to release good material (I’m working through the voice stuff at the moment and it is pretty awesome!).

    It’s definitely a big announcement for Internetwork Expert though and it will be interesting to see how this changes the CCIE training landscape.

    Posted by Arden Packeer, CCIE #20716 | June 26, 2008, 3:09 pm
  3. Hi Arden,

    Wayne and I have discussed this privately and I just want to state for the record that I am not attacking him personally or calling him as an individual “low-class.” My comment was directed at the act of making this public announcement regarding what many would consider to be a very internal matter. But at the end of the day I have no dog in this fight and so I’ll not publicly comment further.

    Best luck with voice, BTW. I am not pursuing that as a CCIE but my current project is very voice-centric. Loads and loads to be learned and I see now why many regard this to be one of the most difficult, if not THE most difficult track of all…

    Regards,

    Scott

    Posted by Scott Vermillion | June 27, 2008, 6:13 am
  4. OK, I said that I wouldn’t comment further on the matter but I would like to apologize to Wayne and to IPExpert. Certainly a direct/offline dialog to begin with would have been in everyone’s interest (or no dialog at all - again, this is really not my business in any public sense).

    Posted by Scott Vermillion | June 27, 2008, 6:48 am

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