The professional designation of RCDD/LAN Specialist was awarded to William N. Farhood, Jr. on May 17, 2002 by BICSI a telecommunications association, in recognition of having successfully completed BICSI's registration and examination requirements. In August of 2004, William N. Farhood Jr. added the designation of OSP (Outside Plant) to RCDD/NTS. On September 13, 2010, Bill was awarded another designation - ESS or Electronic Safety & Security. Very few BICSI members have four designations out of nearly 30,000 BICSI members. An RCDD/NTS/OSP/ESS Specialist must first become a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD). The RCDD is a designation for individuals who demonstrate expertise in the design, integration, and implementation of telecommunications (voice, data, video, audio, and other low-voltage control) transport systems and their related infrastructure components. The RCDD designation is globally recognized within the industry. RCDD/NTS/OSP/ESS Specialists are registered professionals in the field of local area network (LAN) and internetworking design, as well as Outside Plant. ESS represents Electronic Safety & Security, encompassing extensive knowledge of access controls, video surveillance, fire protection, and many other safety systems. They have a thorough, vendor-neutral understanding of both networking and cabling technologies, and implementation in an outdoor environment. 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. To date, more than 5600 telecommunications professionals have attained the RCDD designation. For more information about BICSI's RCDD program or other registration and training programs, contact BICSI at 800-242-7405 or 813-979-1991 or e-mail bicsi@bicsi.org. Information and a database of RCDDs is also available on BICSI's web site at www.bicsi.org. BICSI is an international not-for-profit professional telecommunications association, founded in 1974. Known for providing the highest quality, vendor-neutral technical education, BICSI offers courses, conferences, technical publications, and registration programs for telecommunications cabling distribution designers and installers. Headquartered in Tampa, FL, USA, BICSI serves 20,000 members in over 85 countries.