William N. Farhood, Jr., principal of BF Datacom Inc. (www.bfdatacom.com) in Marina del Rey, CA was awarded the RCDD/LAN Specialist designation by telecommunications association BICSI on May 17. Farhood was awarded the designation after successfully completing BICSI's registration and examination requirements.
"An RCDD/LAN Specialist must first become a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD)," BICSI explained in announcing Farhood's achievement. "The RCDD is a designation for individuals who demonstrate expertise in the design, integration, and implementation of telecommunications transport systems and their related infrastructure components.
"RCDD/LAN Specialists are registered professionals in the field of local area network and internetworking design," BICSI continued. "They have a thorough, vendor-neutral understanding of both networking and cabling technologies. This enables them to successfully integrate components of these two industries to produce optimal network designs. They also have the knowledge needed to properly evaluate existing, as well as proposed designs for premises and campus networking."
The organization says that more than 5,600 professionals have attained the RCDD designation, and more than 550 have attained the RCDD/LAN Specialty designation.
Farhood has been a contributor to Cabling Installation & Maintenance magazine, and authored an article that appeared in the magazine's October 2000 issue. To read Farhood's article, "Scenic views and cabling crews," about an installation at a West Coast mutual fund company, click here.
