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CCIE unique numbering system[edit]
CCIE program planners chose to start its numbering system with 1024 (2 to the power of 10), according to Stuart Biggs, who in 1993 led a team that created the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert program. The number 1024 was given to the Cisco testing lab, and afterward on July 19, 1993, Biggs received the second number, 1025. Terrance Slattery, the first CCIE in history to earn the certification, received the number 1026.
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Terry Slattery
Terry was helping lead CLI development and training (learn the history of Cisco CLI) as a consultant to Cisco in 1993 when he first heard about the CCIE program and inquired about participating. Brad Wright (the CCIE program manager) told Terry what he needed to do. So Terry quickly re-worked his schedule, took the written CCIE qualification test, attended the Cisco troubleshooting class and setup a time for the hands-on test, all within two weeks.
The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert, or CCIE, is a technical certification offered by Cisco Systems. The CCIE certifies the skills required of network engineers to plan, operate and troubleshoot complex, converged network infrastructures on a wide variety of Cisco equipment.