Earning Criteria

• Distinguished Technical Specialists achieve Certification by successfully completing three interviews by other Distinguished Certified Technical Specialists.  The interview criteria include the skills listed above, as well as the requirements for successful leadership of engagements that had a significant, positive impact on the business of their employers/clients.
• Distinguished Technical Specialists must have repeated experience successfully facilitating the implementation of important business initiatives by promoting teaming and cross-organizational participation, and must have Initiated, lead, and influenced multi-disciplinary initiatives across organizational or geographical boundaries, coordinating the activities necessary to succeed
• Distinguished Technical Specialists must have repeated experience successfully facilitating the implementation of important business initiatives by promoting teaming and cross-organizational participation, and must have Initiated, lead, and influenced multi-disciplinary initiatives across organizational or geographical boundaries, coordinating the activities necessary to succeed.
• Distinguished Technical Specialists have experience of leading with impact, successfully introducing innovations by re-imagining existing problems through the application of new Technical Specialist capabilities.
• Distinguished Technical Specialists must have operated at executive levels, conducting complex negotiations, and reaching stable agreements and commitments.
• Distinguished Technical Specialists have demonstrated technical leadership in conducting special projects or strategic initiatives that span two or more Specialties.p
• Distinguished Technical Specialists continually develop their technical and professional knowledge and skills in technology trends and techniques in the IT industry, and in leadership skills, as well as develop and enhance their knowledge and understanding of the business and industry context of their employers/clients.
• Distinguished Technical Specialists make contributions to the profession, such as publications, research, development of training, or contributions to standards bodies or professional organizations that seek to define innovative new technical solutions, strategies, research, or technologies.  They also facilitate the professional development of multiple aspiring Technical Specialists, especially those seeking certification, through teaching, coaching, and/or mentoring.
• Candidates must already hold a valid Open CTS Level 3 Professional Development Milestone Badges plus three Open CTS Level 3 Experience Profile Milestone Badges.