After reviewing personal stories from nearly 600 CCIE candidates from around the globe, I am pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s “CCIE Santa” giveaway. I’d also like to thank my staff for assisting in the review of these submissions – we spent the last 2 days in the office until at least 3 AM. Matt, Neil and Sean – I couldn’t have done it without your assistance – thank you!
Faced with so many submissions – far more than we expected – selecting gift recipients became quite a challenge! We decided to create a list of varying criteria that we would like to award gifts to, then select a couple individuals that fit into each criteria.
I have decided not to disclose all of the categories we used for the selection process and I will not indicate which of the recipients fell into each category. That should prevent a chorus of others saying, “I deserved it more than that person…” which should not be the spirit of the season. 
Some of the selection criteria categories included financial hardship of self-funded CCIE pursuit, economically challenged countries / territories (different dollar values and income levels in various countries, etc.), military service, dedication to sticking to a personal goal or dream and personal / family-related issues or hardships. If I could, I would have awarded everyone with these freebies, however – as you can hopefully understand – that wasn’t possible. I do want to say – that we will be continuing various offers like this on a quarterly basis. I encourage EVERYONE to continue following our blog, our twitters and our Facebook groups for additional contests and offers! Again, I want to thank everyone for following and participating!
With that said, let’s get to it…
Recipients of full CCIE End-to-End Programs, each valued up to $10,000 are…
- Antonio McCarver
- David McFarlane
- Jeff Dodson
Recipients of CCIE 5-Day Boot Camp courses, each valued up to $5,499 are…
- Andrew S. Lee
- Kamal Yousaf
- Mac McInvaille
Recipient of a CCIE Blended Learning Solution with eBooks and hard drive, valued up to $1,999 is…
- Tom Harbert
- Kian Wah
- Abraham Jamero
Recipient of 25 Sessions (that’s 200 HOURS) of rack time at ProctorLabs.com, valued up to $700 is…
- Ronald Cannella
- Kin Wai Hooi
- Grace Maximuangu
Recipient of CCIE Lab Prep Workbook: Volume 1 eBook, valued up to $399 is…
- Piotr Kaluzny
- Phill Day
- Don Pezet
- Ronald Cannella
Please join me in congratulating the above recipients on their good fortune during this holiday season.
Your name is not on the list? All is not lost, friends…
We have a couple special offers for you as well. I have asked my VP, VP of Sales and Training Advisors to work vigerously to get in contact with each of you to extend 2 coupon codes (discounts on top of these extremely low prices) as well as a few small freebies (stocking stuffers?! 
. Please stay tuned for a personal email from one of our training advisors. I hope this encourages everyone to continue pushing forward with your CCIE pursuit – even during the holidays and during these tough financial times. Hopefully we can assist many, many more in achieving your personal and career dream and goals!
On behalf of the entire staff at IPexpert – I wish all of you a very happy holiday season and the best of luck in 2009!
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NOTICE: Please note that the products and courses being available for free or at a discount in this promotion are only applicable to IPexpert-delivered courses and products. Third-party, partner-delivered offerings do not apply.