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Our trainers spend ~50% of their time training and ~50% of their time consulting, So we can teach what we have done, not simply what we have read!
-Nutanix Authorized Instructors (NAI)
The Corder Company was founded in 1980. That's 42 plus years in UNIX and over 17 in VMware, 8+ years in Nutanix.
Comments come from VMware's MyLearn and other vendor's evaluation pages.
Our Instructors spend 50% of their time training and 50% of their time consulting.
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Chrales C. of Louisville KY Great personable instructor. Made the training a delight. Too bad it was only a week! I highly recommend him as he has a great balance of class-practical knowledge.
Paul C. of Louisville KY Jim is an excellent instructor. His real world experience helps me to relate to some of the course material.
Robert R. of Louisville KY Instructor was well versed in real applications of this product. Hardly any questions that he could not answer right away and in detail.
Jeremy B. of Cleveland OH Excellent instructor. Has in-depth knowledge in VMware, unix and other computer related topics. His humor makes the class go really smooth and everyone enjoys it. He makes learning fun. BTW, please send him to the Hawaii classes or Alaska.
Randy P. of Cleveland OH Jims real world knowledge was the major key to the success of this class and his ability transfer his knowledge to the subject matter was awesome!
Scott H. of Cleveland OH Jim is very knowledgeable about VMWare. If I had the opportunity in the future for further training, I will request Jim Corder if that is an option.
Johann H. of Columbus, OH Jim is a very good instructor and provides very detailed real-life stories of his consulting experience along with detailed explanations of the course material. Most instructors live in an isolated bubble.
Jonathan L. of Columbus, OH Jim is awesome. I have had tech. lectures for a while and he is the least boring so this makes the day-week go by real quick.
Lucas H. of Columbus, OH Jim is a very knowledgeable instructor and his real world experience makes him interesting. The class was more enjoyable and not boring because he could relate to what has to be done in the field, he is not just theory and reading from a book.
Mark C. of Columbus, OH Jim was an awesome instructor. He handled the simplest questions to the most advanced questions with ease. His consulting experience really shows that he truly understands the real world of how things work for businesses.
Paul S. of Columbus, OH Jim Corders working knowledge of the products are invaluable.
Ryan G. of Columbus, OH Jim Corder was a fantastic instructor blending deep knowledge, real-life experiences, and humor into the course. It was valuable on many fronts, both technically and for business communication and goal fulfillment.
Ryan S. of Columbus, OH Jim was wonderful and gave a great deal of real world examples and insight.
Tiberiu U. of Columbus, OH Jims training method (which combines VMware knowledge with real-life experiences from his consulting days) is very valuable. two thumbs up!
William L. of Columbus, OH Great instructor; very entertaining with lots of anecdotes. He has lots of experience in IT, and it shows. This is helpful for the course material and makes him a great instructor. Enjoyed having him as instructor.
Michael L. of Columbus, OH I loved the Jims style of teaching. It keeps you engaged in the lecture and the overall process of learn the subject matter.
Brent B. Of Des Moines, IA Jim brought a lot of real world knowledge into his examples giving us a better understanding of the material.
Chris V. Of Des Moines, IA Jim was VERY knowledgeable. His VMware and Unix were excellent. Having an instructor that is also a consultant with real world experience is a big plus.
Cory P. Of Des Moines, IA Jim was a great instructor. He has a vast knowledge of the subject matter and was able to give very good examples of why or why not something should be done.
Darin S. Of Des Moines, IA Jim is very knowledgable and I learned a lot listening to his personal experiences with VMware "stories". Good sense of humor and kept the pace well.
Laura L. of Columbus, OH What I enjoyed about Jim is that he still works in the field and has up to date knowledge and experience of "real world" issues. When asking questions on what we are experiencing he was quick to respond and knew generally what we were asking and did not have to say "I will have to get back to you". I appreciated that he is so knowledgable that he was NOT reading from the slides the entire time.
Jacobi Z. Of Des Moines, IA Jims stories were great as I would rather learn from somebody who has experienced mistakes. I learned a lot of "what not to do" because he has experienced it. However, much of his info was for larger enterprises when we mostly use small business as clients.
Jonathan K. Of Des Moines, IA The instructor dove into the what, why, and how of VMware very well.
Kevin F. Of Des Moines, IA Jim has experience and shares his experience. To me, that is what makes a great teacher. I often find teacher teach because they cant do what they teach. I know Jim has experience and I respect that.
Kyle C. Of Des Moines, IA Jim was a fantastic instructor. The biggest advantage to his methods of teaching are the wealth of personal experiences he has. Knowing the material is good and fine but having real life experiences with the course material was great. I have no complaints on Jim whatsoever!
Heath L. of Columbus, OH Instructor was very knowledgable of the subject. It is very reassuring that the instructor has used the product that he was teaching.
