Competency and Performance Solutions

Bobbie Russell is CPS’s expert in IT and computer training. He is highly-qualified, widely knowledgeable and rigorously certified.

A life-long learner, Bobbie is one of the rare trainers who anticipate new needs as they evolve in business, and is ready to deliver the learning required. He also has both the technological and the business knowledge to customize training. Like the rest of the CPS team, he can therefore deliver targeted solutions that solve clients’ IT training needs, whether working with basic users, or with more advanced levels of technological training.

Bobbie began his IT career the Air Force Computer Communication Systems Control Technical Training School at Keesler AFB MS.  He served for eight years, including being selected to teach at Keesler.  Since then, he has consulted for many Fortune 500 companies, locally and internationally, and spent several years as VP of Information Services for an INC 500 organization. He finally chose local work, teaching and family over the demands of on-going corporate travel.

Bobbie therefore offers our customers everything they need. This includes a wide, business-based understanding of the role technology plays in business, his gift for teaching, and a deep commitment to sharing his enormous skills and knowledge with his students.

He is also a great fit with CPS’s work in global business, as he has traveled widely and is half-German, as his father too served, and he was born abroad.

Bobbie currently teaches Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA, and various customized courses for public and private sector clients. He holds the following  qualifications and certifications:

• A.A.S. Electronics Systems Technology
  

  Bobbie Russell

• A.A.S Instructor of Technologies and Military  Sciences
• Occupational Instructor Certification (OIC)
• EMC Proven Builder Associate
• Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA)
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer + Messaging *
• Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• CompTIA Network +
• CompTIA Security +

The Chinese American Chamber of Commerce’s August networking meeting was on Sunday, August 8th, 2010.

Glynis introduces the cultural framework before the participants begin the interactive "jigsaw" workshop.

The main presentation was Making culture visible: understanding the invisible similarities and differences between cultures, by Glynis Ross-Munro, President of Competency and Performance Solutions. The design was an interactive “jigsaw-based” activity that allows networking, and engages all participants in improving intercultural and global understanding.

The first example covered the way some cultures give permission to  show feelings, and some cultures value strong control over showing feelings.

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