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Express Foundation - Role Requirements

To achieve Express Foundation Specialization, you must fulfill each defined job role: Account Manager, Systems Engineer, and Field Engineer.

Role sharing allows a single individual to fulfill similar roles across 2 or more specializations, based upon the specialization and the role. Cisco has reduced the number of unique individuals required across Express, Advanced, and Master Specializations, however, the total number of individuals required to achieve each certification level remains unchanged. A single qualified individual may fill only the AM role in up to a total of 4 specializations. A single qualified individual may fill only the SE role in up to a total of 2 specializations. A single qualified individual may fill only the FE role in up to a total of 2 specializations. Individuals may not cross-populate between the AM, SE and FE roles. SMB, CRM Express and VPN-Firewall specializations are not limited by the above allocation rules.

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Express Foundation Role Requirements:

Account Manager
Requires an understanding of core Cisco technologies and the ability to recognize key business opportunity indicators for technology solutions.

Required Exam :

  • Cisco Sales Expert (#646-203)
    Note: Exam #646-203 will retire on May 24, 2008. That exam may be used to meet the CSE requirement for this role until that date, after which it will no longer be accepted. The replacement for this exam is #646-204. Candidates for this role are encouraged to pass #646-204 instead of #646-203 beginning January 11, 2008.

    or
  • Cisco Sales Expert (#646-204)

Required Certification:

Cisco Lifecycle Services Express Course

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Systems Engineer
Presales engineer; responsible for designing comprehensive customer business solutions.

Required Prerequisite:

Required Certification:

Cisco Lifecycle Services Express Course

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Field Engineer
Post-sales engineer; responsible for solution implementation and operation.

Required Prerequisite:

Required Certification:

Cisco Lifecycle Services Express Course

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