Top 5 Check Point experts announced!
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Key takeawaysThis key takeaway was generated through LLMs crawling the page and coming up with an overview of the content.The article highlights community-driven recognition of top Check Point experts, reporting strong engagement and a global network of 76,207 professionals with Check Point experience on LinkedIn. It lists the top five experts as voted by the community, providing names, roles, affiliations, CPShared handles, and where available, personal or professional websites. The piece emphasizes peer appreciation across regions and showcases each expert’s public contact points for further connection or reference.
Who were named the top five Check Point experts in the community vote?
The top five Check Point experts named by the community vote are Tobias Lachmann (Data Center IT Architect, akquinet outsourcing gem. GMBH), Valeri Loukine (Senior Security Consultant, Dimension Data SA), Patrick Waters (Co-Founder and Security Architect, Bridgian), Whatcha McCallum (US Escalations Group Manager, Check Point Software Technologies), and Devin Siwak (Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Vcura Incorporated). Each entry includes the individual’s role and organizational affiliation as reported in the article.
What contact or profile information is provided for the experts listed?
The article provides CPShared handles and, where available, website links for several of the featured experts. Tobias Lachmann is listed with a CPShared handle ‘tobbela’; Valeri Loukine with ‘varera’ and a web link to a Check Point Master Architect blog; Patrick Waters with CPShared handle ‘fireverse’ and the website http://www.fireverse.org; Whatcha McCallum with CPShared handle ‘whatchamccallum’ and forum link; and Devin Siwak with the website http://www.vcura.com. These contact points are included to help readers locate or follow the experts.
What does the article say about the size and engagement of the Check Point professional community?
The article reports an impressive level of engagement around the recognition effort and cites LinkedIn data indicating there are 76,207 professionals with some experience of Check Point products. It notes that participants exchanged kudos across the globe and that the community response to the spotlight initiative was strong, underscoring both the scale and the collaborative nature of the global Check Point professional community.
Thank you all for the amazing response to our effort to put the spotlight on the world’s top Check Point experts (read our original post). It was impressive to see people handing kudos to one another, sometimes from one side of the globe to the other.
There is an incredible large group of 76,207 professionals who have some sort of experience with Check Point’s products (according to LinkedIn). Here are the top 5 according to your votes:
And here is a textual version of the above:
Tobias Lachmann (LinkedIn), Data Center IT Architect, akquinet outsourcing gem. GMBH
CPShared handle: tobbela
Valeri Loukine, Senior Security Consultant, Dimension Data SA
CPShared handle: varera
Web: http://checkpoint-master-architect.blogspot.com
Patrick Waters, Co-Founder and Security Architect, Bridgian
CPShared handle: fireverse
Web: http://www.fireverse.org
Whatcha McCallum, US Escalations Group Manager, Check Point Software Technologies
CPShared handle: whatchamccallum
Web: http://forums.checkpoint.com/forums
Devin Siwak, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Vcura Incorporated
Web: http://www.vcura.com
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