Instructor

Chris Clark

Chris Clark is  the president and founder of Clark Technology Group and NetCBT located in Roseville, California. Clark Technology Group provides network cabling and network design training courses and also provides telecommunications consulting.  NetCBT develops and sells computer based network cabling and network design training courses.

Chris holds both the RCDD and LAN Specialist credentials from BICSI.   He is a licensed California Contractor with a C-7 license for low voltage systems. Chris is also a certified BICSI and Nordx/CDT IBDN instructor and a member of the BICSI Engineering and Methods Committee for Local Area Network and LAN cabling design. 

Chris is one of the premier training instructors working with network designers though out the United States and Canada .  He teaches classes ranging from technician cabling training to advanced network design. Chris specializes in high speed data technologies of: 10, 100 and 1 Gb/s Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI,  ATM and Wide Area Networks. His engineering and contractor background offers a unique set of skills, which are currently being offered to clients through classroom instruction and consulting services.  Chris has trained the top communications engineers for companies such as: 3COM, AMP, Bell Atlantic, Bell Canada , Compaq Computer, Disney, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Lucent Technologies, Nortel, Pacfic Bell and MCI/Worldcom. 

Chris Clark has written and developed technical training course, technical books, technical computer based training courses (CBTs) and has been published in industry magazines.  These include:

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Technical Books

Author of the Network Cabling Handbook

 Publisher – Osborne / McGraw Hill

 ISBN – 0-213-3233-7  

Instructor

Robert Pritchett

Mr. Pritchett has taught and trained computer technicians, telecommunications engineers, electrical contractors and even Architects and Computer-Aided Design technicians in low-voltage systems and equipment and vendor-specific infrastructure design (including optical fiber) since 1984.

Robert has designed, planned and managed the installations and maintenance of both Inside and Outside Plant multimillion dollar projects throughout the Northwestern US since 1993. He has worked for years with Architects in establishing and creating successful project-specific specifications and drawings for communications systems through the use of Division 17 processes, including "smart" buildings and optical fiber-based infrastructure and Internet Telephony.

Robert Pritchett has earned a Masters of Science in Computer Systems, holds a Computer Telephony Engineer certification, is a member of IEEE in the Information Technology Section, holds various vendor-specific Infrastructure Design Engineering certifications, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet certifications, as well as an Amateur Radio Licensee and continues to be a Registered Communications  Distribution Designer and Local Area Network Specialist with BICSI.

Instructor

  James C. Waddell

Mr. Waddell serves as President and Chairman of Formare Technica, Ltd. Mr. Waddell is considered an expert on the emerging MasterFormat™ and integration of technology systems into the built environment. James has been a Building Industry Consultant for a Fortune 100 Global Telecommunication company and a Director for a Fortune 1000 Value Added Reseller. James holds numerous industry certifications including the RCDD. 

Mr. Waddell was a contributing member to the development panel for www.projcom.org a leading industry web portal and ProjCom Communicator a web based Project Management resource. James holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication Engineering. James Waddell is a recognized industry SME (subject matter expert) at the integration of communication technology into the newly built environment. He has authored "The Business of Division 17" and has given numerous industry presentations about the subject matter. James is a member of: National Systems Contractor Alliance, Construction Specification Institute where he serves as a Director for the Portland Chapter, Project Management Institute and Building Industry Consulting Service International where he sits on the Governmental Relations Committee. 

Technical Books

Author of The Business of Division 17

 Publisher – Formare Educational Press

 ISBN – 0-213-2633-4

Instructor

Kurt Reibling

Graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BS in mechanical engineering in 1978, later earning his MBA through Xavier University , Cincinnati , Ohio in May 1987.  Reibling spent the first 16 years of his career with IBM Corporation (now Lexmark) in Lexington , Kentucky .  While at IBM, Kurt held many different positions, ranging from facilities engineering and construction management, business management of plant maintenance and operations, management of plant maintenance engineering and training, marketing advisor and IBM PC Business Partner management.  On April 1, 1994 , he founded, and was President of, CommTec, the Cabling Division of Pomeroy Computer Resources.  In 2001, Reibling helped start up, and lead the sales and operations for, Cable-Optic Corporation, a division of Sysborne, LLC.  Reibling is now providing interim COO and/or Marketing Consulting services for the following companies: GPS OneStar, Fleet Corporation of America , NetGain Technologies, Palladium Communications, BBR Wireless Management.