2008 Results

 

2008 Top Ten

Our list goes to eleven. 

Post Secondary Secondary
1. Kyle Clarke, KS
2. Theo Walston, AL
3. Matt Mazanec, TX
4. Brandon Underwood, NC
5. Merrill Sampson, UT
6. Alberto Sepulveda, CA
7. Joe Hughes, WA, 
8. Tory Stark, ME
9. Josh Mann, IL
10. Kevin Swartz, NE
11. Ronald Ballard, MS
 1. Christopher Kennedy, AL
2. Michael Voiland, IL
3. Michael Winstead, KY
4. Alan Nelson, NE
5. Anthony Garrett, MA
6. Trevor Shoun, DE
7. Dan Kline, PA
8. Derek Van Winkle, MS
9. Christopher Jaques, WA
10. Michael Englehorn, MN
11. David Samani, FL

2007 Results

Brand new A+ exam format and these contestants passed at a 97% rate. No more busses to take the exams in Kansas, and a new home in the New Grand Ballroom! 

2007 Top Ten

Post Secondary Secondary
1. Joshua Brooks, OK
2. Bill Sanguinetti, IL
3. Kyle Clarke, KS
4. Paul Murillo, NY
5. Brandon Underwood, NC
6. Joshua Belanger, ME
7. Patrick Morgan, FL
8. John Marques, RI
9. Ryan Baetens, MI
10.Ralph Shoop, UT
 1. Nick Stocchero, IL
2. Matthew Holmes, MD
3. Steven Gilboy, PA
4. Bill Buckley, NY
5. Christopher Kennedy, AL
6. Kevin Childers, KY
7. Corey Needham, ME
8. Aaron Swicker, MA
9. Justin Wagner, IN
10. Keith Thibodaux

2006 Results

 

2006 Top Ten

Post Secondary Secondary
1.  1. 

2005 Results

Same old A+ Objectives, and good riddance to the adaptive exams. Drive Image was a killer this year, and Mike Meyers provided a great station. 

2005 Top Ten

Post Secondary Secondary
1. David Nelson, UT
2. Reece Wilkinson, TX
3. Garrett Pridgeon, MO
4. Chris Schaefer, CO
5. Nick Liesinger, SD
6. James Whitmore, NY
7. Steven Vermillion, KS
8. James Hayes, MS
9. David Rogers, IL
10.Herbert Talley, LA
 1. Brandon Thetford, AZ
2. Jason Brammer, MO
3. Wes Baehr, OH
4. Christopher Antes, WA
5. Michael Dumont, NH
6. Christopher Bartow, CO
7. Mike Keeth, ID
8. Patrick Schram, WY
9. Michael Deitz, VA
10. Nathan Gerby, IL

2004 Results

New A+ Objectives, and good riddance to the adaptive exams. 75% of the contestants passed the CompTIA A+ Certification exams.

2004 Top Ten

Post Secondary Secondary
1. Jerry Sawyers, AL
2. Eathan Clark, MO
3. Mark Marlatt, WY
4. Thomas DeGeorge-Jones, NY
5. Stephen Vermillion, KS
6. Louis Elrod, IL
7. David Nelson, UT
8. Trent Helms, NC
9. David Jackman, IA
10.Nathan McGregor, ID
 1. David Butenhoff, VA
2. Geoffrey Sevart, KS
3. Justin Vandergrift, KY
4. Buddy Balaa, MS
5. Jordan Walsh, NC
6. Tim Hassel, NE
7. Dan Brady, NV
8. Shaneal Manek, IL
9. Kelly Cecil, WV
10. Justin Guagliata, FL

2003 Results

Bring on the new A+ exam!!! (Sorry guys, but NT is still on the new one...) This year, the big challenge was the upgrade station.  

2003 Top Ten

Post Secondary Secondary
1. Matt Rolf, WY
2. Braden Delmore, ME
3. Michael Wells, FL
4. Gary Conner, WV
5. Christopher Garner, AL
6. John Cosky, GA
7. Jesse Stroud, SD
8. Matt Campbell, OK
9. Casey Murdock, WA
10.Kellen Biard, CO
 1. John Cohoe, WA
2. Adam Budwill, AZ
3. Jason Braddy, CO
4. Christopher Weldon, TX
5. Chad Mott, MO
6. Tyler McGee, DE
7. John Chapman, NY
8. Josh Krell, OK
9. Matthew Weyand, IN
10. Dominique Braker, NJ

2002 Results

A new Windows 2000 station, a very tough Customer Interaction station, and the new adaptive A+ exam were featured this year. Overall scores were lower, but at the top they were as high as ever.  

2002 Top Ten

Post Secondary Secondary
1. Jared Morris, Valdosta, GA
2. Christian Calbes, Fontana CA
3. Tim Reigler, Grandville, MI
4. Robert Roll, Republic, MO
5. Jeromy Winesburg, Tulsa, OK
6. David McKnight, Eureka, IL
7. Matthew Flora, Cass Lake, MN
8. Jason Ingalls, Surry, ME
9. Ferney Munoz, Salt Lake City, UT
10.Mike Magnuson, Mitchell, SD
 1. Kevin Jenner, Naperville, IL
2. Jason Ludka, Mesa, AZ
3. John Cohoe, Renton, WA
4. Ben Fox, Idaho Falls, ID
5. Michael Frick, Bloomington, IN
6. Joshua Krell, Oklahoma City
7. Darrell Messer, Walker, KY
8. Paul Gentry, Southern Pines, NC
9. Tyler McGee, Rehoboth, DE
10. David Six, Bath, PA

2001 Results

This year was tough, we added some twists and kept everybody on their toes. We cannot imagine the contest getting any more difficult than this year, but who knows?? Of 61 contestants sent to take the A+ exam, 52 of them passed. 

2001 Top Ten

Post Secondary Secondary
1. Nicholas Ouellette, ME
2. David McKnight, IL
3. Sergey Rekutin, NY
4. Clint Dumas, NV
5. Gary Conner, WV
6. Jeffery Cook, LA
7. Jeromy Winesburg, OK
8. Joseph Sapp, KS
9. Robert Della Rocco, IN
10.George Lawman, IA
 1. Justin Morris, NC
2. Kevin Jenner, IL
3. Andrew Budwill, AZ
4. Ben Lambert,  NH
5. Justin Michalski, NJ
6. Greg Sevart, KS
7. Steve Jocke, OH
8. Richard Sirotnak, PA
9. Mart Wicker, KY
10. Ben Fox, ID

 

2000 Results

The 2000 contest was the most rigorous to date, and the best technicians in the country rose to the occasion. "They came, they saw, they clicked butt." 

41 out of 50 contestants passed the A+ Certification exams on Wednesday and Thursday, and many were just a question or two away from earning the cert. The 2000 Top Ten list includes:

2000 Top Ten

Post Secondary Secondary
1. Jeffrey Lee, SD
2. Jeremy Scribner, MN
3. Tsung-Hsiu Hung, FL
4. Thomas Riddle, OK
5. Jeremy Hatfield, MI
6. Glenn Landrum, TX
7. Jeremy Harkins, MO
8. Dan Hutchings, UT
9. Clint Coton, LA
10.Stan Rumford, KS
 1. Daniel Griswold, MI
2. Paul Gibbs, AL
3. Nicholas Ouellette, ME
4. Christopher Busillo, VA
5. Ben Newcomb, MO
6. Adam Gretzinger, OR
7. William Rhodes, MD
8. Brad Landrum, GA
9. Jeff Hurckes, IL
10. Jonathon Lee, CA

"The Digital Brain Drain..."

By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH   NY Times

You'll have to go to the NY Times (www.nytimes.com) and pay $2.50 to see this article, or find a back-issue from September 2, 1999. They want $400 to reproduce it here for 30 days, and since it isn't exactly a fine testimonial for Skills USA-VICA or CMT, I'm not paying the ransom. 

Essentially, the article focuses on academics and "visionaries" who whine about educational resources being focused on the massive IT labor shortage, rather than the chemistry, physics, and  bioengineering programs. Some also complain that students in these "newfangled" computer programs aren't learning to think "the way we did." 

Well, let me hop up on my pedestal for just a moment. There are well over 300,000 jobs going unfilled in the IT industry right now. (Source, ITTA) IT is now the largest business sector, having eclipsed both the healthcare and education industries. And, IT is the fastest-growing industry right now, showing no signs of slowing down. Except, that the growth rate is hindered by the lack of qualified and trained personnel. This means that whatever "Brain-Drain" might be happening in these traditional academic areas is also happening a hundred-times worse in the IT industry and will continue unabated. This labor shortage is apparent in all industries as we see record-low unemployment levels.

The writer does make two good arguments; the IT-related courses an engineering student takes at State U, such as programming or computer science, are replacing something, most likely hard science courses such as chemistry or physics. The other is that computers are not an appropriate replacement for real physical experimentation. Seeing a chemical reaction on-line is nothing like doing it yourself, and you won't remember it the same way either. CBT is similar; watching something and "virtually" doing it is much less effective than putting your hands on the hardware. We couldn't agree more.

Anyway, the article features quotes from 1999 CMT Gold Medal winner Paul Hallee and Skills USA-VICA's Thomas Holdsworth. Paul talks to the fact that his career outlook is brighter with a degree from a two-year tech school than it would be with a traditional four-year degree. The article is fair, but unfortunately alarmist at the front end. It doesn't help the vocational/career education cause one bit. 


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CompTIA Certifies Students at Skills USA-VICA Conference

August 1999 (C) 1999 CompTIA

The 35th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference was sponsored last month by Skills USA-VICA and recognized vocational students who excel in fields ranging from photography to carpentry. 

CompTIA participated in the computer maintenance technology (CMT) part of the contest, which evaluated the contestant's preparation for employment. The CMT contest consisted of a software-based written exam and hands-on activities. 

The software-based written exam chosen was CompTIA's A+ tm Certification exam. For the first time ever at the conference, on-site testing was available. CompTIA tested 49 secondary and post-secondary students from across the country for the A+ exam. Out of those students, 33 became A+ certified. The A+ exam made up 30 percent of the computer maintenance technology competition.

The hands-on part of the contest consisted of activities designed to test student abilities to resolve and identify problems that an actual A+ Certified PC service technician may encounter. Students rotated through system upgrades, system configuration, test equipment use, customer interaction, MS-DOS, Windows 95 and Windows 98 test stations. 

---The article includes four photos, and a list of 1998 winners. (A correction is promised for the October issue.) Computing Channels is a monthly magazine sent to the members of CompTIA.

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CompTIA Press Release

SkillsUSA/VICA Contest Participants Tested on A+ Exam for the First Time Abstract: SkillsUSA/VICA Contest Participants Tested on A+ Exam for the First Time Successful Students are A+ Certified LOMBARD, Ill. – July 21, 1999 – CompTIA (The Computing Technology Industry Association) today announced that its A+ certification exam was used in the National Computer Maintenance Technology
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1999 Top Ten

Post Secondary Secondary
1. Paul Hallee, ME
2. B.J. Fox, OK
3. Robert Fowler, LA
4. Shannon Breeding, GA
5. Michael Taylor, TX
6. Jeff Lee, SD
7. Thomas Reed, MS
8. Doug Scheidegger, MO
9. Dan Pope, UT
10.Tom Chavez, ID
 1. Kenny Austin, OK
2. Paul Gibbs, AL
3. Sean McMahon, KS
4. Rob Creamer, NJ
5. Tony Czeh, MD
6. Will Prater, MO
7. Lance Lefebure, IA
8. Michael Bertocchi, GA
9. Andrew Hall, PA
10.Joshua Wilson, UT

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1998 Top Ten

Post Secondary Secondary
1. Kurtis Kaspar, MO
2. Ken Goodwin, IN
3. Bill Ford, FL
4. Nick Avaneas, AZ
5. Brian Basham, OK
6. Walton Yantis, TX*
7. Spencer Price, KS
8. Devin Kathman, KY
9. Michael Cahill, GA
10.Omar Mateo, CA
 1. Andy Richards, PA
2. Jason Carr, FL
3. Shannon Breeding, VA
4. Ben Breman, IN
5. Mike Davis, NJ
6. Paul Gibbs, AL
7. Will Prater, MO
8. Joshua Swartz, CO
9. Steve Pantol, IL
10.Alan Aho, WA

*Walton won the Gold Medal in the 1999 Internetworking Contest.

 

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1997 Medalists

The first CMT...16 contestants. Where are these guys now? 

Post Secondary Secondary
Gold -- William Barnes, FL
Silver -- Ed Brown, TX
Bronze -- Bradley Dressman, KS
 Gold -- David Nixon, VA
Silver -- David Carman, FL
Bronze -- Jeremy Altavilla, AZ

 

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