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Aparna Subramanian and Branden
          aSSoCiaTe                                             Network information systems team, have
                                                                Rasmussen, members of the Dakota Carrier
                                                                recently earned industry certifications.

           HAPPENINGS                                           Subramanian completed Optical
                                                                Communications Associate (OCA)
                                                                certification through Ciena. Subramanian
                                                                has served as DCN’s information systems   Aparna Subramanian
        Bismarck                                                manager since 2021. She joined DCN in 2014
                                                                as ethernet/IP technician. In 2017, she was
        Dakota Carrier Network (DCN) has                        promoted to sales engineer and moved into
        hired Shelby Jorgenson as executive/office              the role of systems engineer in January 2020.
        assistant. Most recently, she was a business            Subramanian holds numerous professional
        administrative specialist at a local engineering        certifications including Certified Information
        firm. Jorgenson studied graphic design and              Systems Security Professional, Nokia Network
        communications at Bismarck State College.               Routing Specialist II, and Carrier Ethernet
        Barb Pfeifer and Logan Mitchell, ethernet/  Shelby Jorgenson  Certified Professional v2.0.     Branden Rasmussen
        IP technicians at Dakota Carrier Network                Rasmussen, who has been with DCN since 2021, is cloud services
        (DCN), have recently earned Nokia Certified             specialist. He recently completed CompTIA Linux+ certification.
        Network Routing Specialist I (NRS I)                    This certification also includes CompTIA Systems Support
        certification.                                          Specialist and CompTIA Linux Network Professional. He also

        Pfeifer joined DCN in 2011 as a network                 holds numerous industry certifications including Veeam Certified
        support representative and became an                    Architect, Veeam Certified Engineer, VMware Certified Professional
        Ethernet/IP technician in 2014. Prior to                – Data Center Virtualization 2023, and numerous CompTIA and
        DCN, she held various roles with a national   Barb Pfeifer  Microsoft certifications.
        telecommunications company for nearly 20
        years. She earned a bachelor’s degree in office
        administration from Concordia College
        (Moorhead) and is also an MEF Carrier                     Better together
        Ethernet Certified Professional (CECP).
        Mitchell, who has been with DCN since
        March, is a graduate of Bismarck State College
        and holds an AAS in cybersecurity and
        computer networks. He also earned certificates   Logan Mitchell
        in computer networking and security and hacking from BSC,
        as well as Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies from GIAC
        (previously Global Information Assurance Certification).













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