Selected credentials, verified
A ledger, not a wall. I've completed 37+ courses across ten -plus platforms — and a certificate only earns a row here if an actual mechanism measured something: a lab assessment, a graded sub-course sequence, a proctored exam. Below each row states, in my words, what it tested and what it doesn't entitle me to claim.
AI Automation Explorer ↗ Six sub-courses with a passing-grade assessment. Agentic automation on a real platform — the strongest automation badge in this wallet. assessed
Explore Generative AI with the Vertex AI Gemini API ↗ Hands-on lab assessment against the Gemini API, not a video series. lab
Prompt Design in Vertex AI ↗ Prompt engineering against Gemini APIs; the skill badge, not the course. skill-badge
Python for Data Science ↗ Required working through graded Jupyter labs (pandas, arrays, real datasets). lab
Gemini Certified Educator ↗ Two-hour proctored pass/fail exam; a 14-day lockout between attempts. Education-sector credential, but it is a real exam. proctored-exam
ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity — Candidate ↗ Entry point to ISC2 with the code of ethics passed; full membership requires additional experience. Stated as candidate status because that is what it is. candidate
Intro to Critical Infrastructure Protection ↗ Security-adjacent fundamentals — context for why I care about trust boundaries, not a practitioner cert. foundational
Google AI Professional Certificate (7 courses) ↗ ~8 hours of general AI fluency for professionals. I'm labeling it honestly: this is literacy, not an engineering credential — some old descriptions called it 'specialist'. Not anymore. literacy