I'm a  CCIE-"dinosaurus".
I passed the lab on first attempt in August 1995.
Cisco started counting the CCIE numbers beginning with 1024.
My CCIE number is 1561.
So I was among the first 600 CCIEs worldwide at that time.
At the time of my exam passing there were about 80 CCIEs in europe.
Most of the CCIEs were in US because the program started there.
Since then I recertified a couple times.
My actual recertification is good until June 2009.
The current CCIE numbers are in the 18000s.

Countries I have travelled to (now with many photos)

I have trained people from various companies and organizations,
as well as at Cisco Paris, Cisco London and Cisco TAC Brussels
(where I have done "new-hire"-, CRIC, CID, and
SEDW - system engineers design workshop - classes).

See an (uncomplete)list of IT-staff I have conducted trainings for

Any doubts about my CCIE status ?

Course comments from students and partners

My bootcamp attendees were coming from these countries.

Since I'm conducting my CCIE Preparation Workshops (now called CCIE Bootcamp)
I have trained and prepared  over 500 CCIEs for the exam,
coming from many countries and companies , including Cisco.

" My" CCIEs are spread around the world

Hall of fame

(Note: one photo on this page is not my copyright and was shot in andra pradesh, india)