Harrogate International Centre

Ali Al Astal, IT Network Engineer at Harrogate International Centre, achieved an outstanding result in the Cisco Systems networking exam, the Cisco Certified Network Associate level, this week when he achieved a rare and distinguished 100% pass mark. Ali attended a five-day residential course in May and since then has devoted two hours a day studying for this highly technical and industry recognised exam.

 

Harrogate International Centre installed a Cisco based client network system last year, and has invested in specialist training to deliver the best the network system can provide to meet all our client requirements, and indeed to surpass their expectations.

 

US based Cisco is the market leader in multiple computer networking systems such as routing and switching, unified communications, wireless and security, and has over 47,000 employees worldwide.  The company offer Cisco Career Certifications to professionals in the networking field and they sponsor Networking Academies in over 150 countries. Ali's exam consisted of four elements, planning and design, implementation and operations, troubleshooting and technology.

 

41 year old Ali worked at St John Fisher Catholic High School in Harrogate, in the IT support team before joining HIC in June 2006.  Before this Ali spent six years achieving a diploma and then a Masters degree at Hamburg University in Engineering and Electronics.

 

Ali also has a flair for languages and is fluent in Spanish, Rumanian, German, Arabic and English, a real boon for Harrogate International Centre when working with international clients. He hopes to take up Russian in the near future as well as working towards Cisco's final level networking exam to achieve Partner status.