His name is Stephen Charles Rea but you can call him “.rev” which is pronounced “The Rev” and yes that does mean reverend, but more on that a little later. Rea has several years experience in project management, change control and corporate training, in addition to IT Consultation and full-time Senior Network and Security Administration, designing, implementing, migrating and maintaining Microsoft Windows 3Networks, as well as remote site solutions such as SharePoint Exchange RPC, VPN and Terminal Services. In the past Rea has overseen migrations for Netware to Active Directory, been employed as the Systems and Security Administrator for a multi-million dollar software company supporting Native and Mixed mode Windows Environments, SharePoint implementations, VPN clients, remote offices, operating systems such as Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows XP and the Windows Server 2003 Family and has been active in the Microsoft TechNet Community. Over the past few years Stephen has been involved with and overseen the design and deployment of a SharePoint Server for New Horizons of Greensboro, in addition to providing continued training in SharePoint products and services. Rea is currently consulting and delivering Thompson, ElementK, CompTIA and Microsoft Official Courses in an ILT format at New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Greensboro to help others in the industry obtain CompTIA and Microsoft Certifications and pursue career advancement in the Information Technology Industry. While at New Horizons he successfully developed and delivered an accelerated “Boot Camp” style learning solution for the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and CompTIA Security+ Programs.

The nickname “.rev” was coined by one of Rea’s close friends several years ago after he volunteered to obtain an online ordination to perform a wedding for a couple he knew personally. This witty little joke calling him “The Rev” quickly became “.rev” as his ordination to the Universal Life Church was done officially and totally via the Internet. The name eventually stuck with him even into his profession as a Microsoft Certified Trainer and thus the tagline that started it all; “whole world…meet the rev, rev…meet the whole world.” Prior to his experience in the Information Technology Field Rea spent time in East Tennessee as a Disc Jockey for a Top-40 [CHR] Radio Station. He also spent time touring the East Coast as an Improvisational Comic. He still takes jobs occasionally doing voice over work for small and medium sized business for marketing commercials and radio advertisements, and his sense of humor can be found in any classroom he walks into.

Some of Rea’s other accomplishments include a 4 month tour of the Eastern US states with the Microsoft Across America Road Show as a Technical Specialist and Presenter. In 2005 Rea took a small sabbatical from New Horizons to join the team at Microsoft to deliver product demonstrations to Microsoft Partners, and their customers, interested in Small Business Server, Great Plains, CRM, Exchange, RMS, SQL Server, SharePoint and others. Since that time Rea held general group discussions at TechEd 2006 as a Technology Subject Matter Expert for the Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System Platform, and as a Technical Learning Guide for Windows Vista, Server 2008 and Server Virtualization at TechEd 2008. While in his spare time Rea is one of several Community Moderators at the Microsoft TechNet forums for Microsoft Office 2007 as well as Microsoft’s Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 and recently adding the new Certification Forum. Rea was also involved with the Windows (VIP) Vista Influential’s Program helping to moderate several non-public Microsoft Beta Newsgroups. In 2007 Rea was interviewed by CompTIA as part of their 25th Anniversary Celebration.

Currently Rea is working on his newest project askthemct.com which is a Technology and Certification based Blog. The purpose of this blog is to bring information to Administrators and Test Takers in the Information Technology field by written easy to follow weekly articles ranging in subject from Microsoft’s Active Directory to Information Security and Infrastructure Administration. For now the site is solely written by Rea, but future plans include adding additional Authors from the Microsoft Certified Trainer community as well as the Information Technology Community abroad.

For interested authors, contract opportunities, general questions, comments, more information about this site or to inquire about a speaking engagement please visit the askthemct.com contact page to make your request. A downloadable resume can be found in several formats on this web page. These documents have been digitally signed to protect their security and integrity. If you download a copy of .rev’s resume from any source that does not contain a valid digital signature please discard it.

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CERTIFICATIONS:
Microsoft Certified Trainer
—-Certified Since 2004
Microsoft Certified Professional 
—-MCP Windows XP Professional
—-MCSA Windows 2003 Server
—-MCSA Messaging Windows 2003 Server
—-MCSA Security Windows 2003 Server
—-MCSE Windows 2003 Server
—-MCSE Messaging Windows 2003 Server
—-MCSE Security Windows 2003 Server
—-MCDST Windows XP Professional
—-MCDBA SQL Server 2000
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
—-MCTS Connected Home Integrator
—-MCTS Windows Vista Configuration
—-MCTS Business Desktop Deployment with the BDD
—-MCTS SQL Server 2005
—-MCTS SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence
—-MCTS Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
—-MCTS Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
—-MCTS Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration
—-MCTS Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Configuration
—-MCTS Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Configuration
—-MCTS Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Configuration
—-MCTS Windows Server 2003 Hosting, Configuration and Management
—-MCTS Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007
—-MCTS Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project 2007
Microsoft Certified IT Professional
—-MCITP Database Administrator SQL Server 2005
—-MCITP Enterprise Support Technician Windows Vista
—-MCITP Consumer Support Technician Windows Vista
—-MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator Exchange 2007
—-MCITP Server Administrator Windows Server 2008
—-MCITP Enterprise Server Administrator Windows Server 2008
CompTIA
—-A+ Certified Professional
—-A+ Certified Depot Technician
—-A+ Certified IT Technician
—-A+ Certified Remote Support Technician
—-Network+ Certified Professional
—-Server+ Certified Professional
—-i-Net+ Certified Professional
—-e-Biz+ Certified Professional
—-Project+ Certified Professional
—-Security+ Certified Professional
ETA
—-Computer Service Technician
—-Certified Network Systems Technician
—-Certified Web Specialist
 
AFFILIATIONS:
[06/2008-06/2008] Microsoft/TechED -Server 2008/Vista/Virtualization Technical Learning Guide
[06/2006-06/2006] Microsoft/TechED -Windows Vista SME
[05/2006-12/2006] Microsoft -Windows Vista Influential’s Program (VIP)
[05/2006-Present] TechNet -Windows Vista/Office 07 Community Moderator
[10/1998-03/2001] The Valley Beautiful Computer Club -President
[11/1996-Present] Microsoft -Beta Tester