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JANUARY 16, 2013 - EXPERTS OF THE YEAR

The results are in! Congratulations to the top Experts and all of the exceptional people who help make Experts Exchange the #1 technology site in the world. Winners will receive a platinum-plated trophy in the spitting image of the hard drive that recorded the first solution on Experts Exchange, back in 1996.

The Best of 2012 | The Top Ten Lists | The Top Fifty Zones

The Best Of The Best of 2012

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The expert with the most points for the year

hanccocka
5,369,940POINTS

most points throughout the year, starting the year off with 0 points

RainerJ
719,787POINTS

most points from assists

hanccocka
892,796POINTS

most solutions to questions

hanccocka
3,624ANSWERS

highest percentage of accepted solutions out of questions participated

Gertone
94.85%SOLUTIONS

highest percentage of points within a zone

hanccocka
58.60%PTs in VMware

Most points from articles

hanccocka
404,962POINTS

Solutions posted through mobile.e-e.com

aarontomosky
158MOBILE SOLUTIONS

Author of the YEar

hanccocka

hanccocka has been a prolific Author, with 20 articles published this year (most of which earned high views and votes reflecting community popularity). His articles are easily identified with the common theme of "How To:..."; we look forward to seeing more of them in the future.

Impact Award

SouthMod

When we put out the call for people to beta-test EEv10, we were thrilled at both the response and at the time and energy members put into the task. SouthMod stood out among all of our testers; his tireless efforts will be reflected in the ongoing improvement of Experts Exchange for years to come.

The Top Ten Lists

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Expert of the Year
Username Points
hanccocka 5,369,940
CodeCruiser 3,083,066
Ray_Paseur 2,929,988
DaveBaldwin 2,465,895
kaufmed 2,340,546
ve3ofa 2,254,610
thinkpads_user 2,025,616
mbizup 1,902,797
slightwv 1,881,899
arnold 1,836,127
Rookie of the Year
Username Points
RainerJ 719,787
The_Barman 572,961
roopeshreddy 553,452
smckeown777 460,918
Rajkumar-MCITP 404,639
liorkr 367,649
JonNorman 332,401
xDUCKx 325,600
xBouchardx 320,122
sarang_tinguria 282,480
The Ally
Username Assist Points
hanccocka 892,796
Ray_Paseur 533,298
DaveBaldwin 505,665
ve3ofa 436,646
nobus 428,379
thinkpads_user 412,986
arnold 386,138
Rancy 365,635
CodeCruiser 359,232
slightwv 331,274
The Juggernaut
Username Answers
hanccocka 3,624
Ray_Paseur 2,013
CodeCruiser 1,946
DaveBaldwin 1,904
kaufmed 1,586
thinkpads_user 1,549
ve3ofa 1,462
nobus 1,385
Rancy 1,335
slightwv 1,334
The Sniper
Username % Solutions
Gertone 94.85%
oBdA 93.51%
woolmilkporc 90.96%
breadtan 85.62%
robert_schutt 85.55%
dlmille 85.20%
joewinograd 84.69%
johanntagle 83.95%
ValentinoV 82.32%
RobSampson 82.28%
The Titan
Username % Points - Zone
hanccocka 58.60% pts - VMware
willmcn 57.49% pts - FileMaker
dgofman 51.85% pts - Adobe Flex
mlmcc 48.43% pts - Crystal Reports
hanccocka 46.00% pts - Virtualization
sjef_bosman 42.83% pts - Lotus Notes
sjef_bosman/td> 42.12% pts - Lotus Domino
jason1178 41.33% pts - WordPress
pcelba 34.76% pts - FoxPro
_agx_ 34.08% pts - ColdFusion
The Scribe
Username Points
hanccocka 404,962
matthewspatrick 149,007
Ray_Paseur 144,380
younghv 118,275
DanRollins 110,855
alanhardisty 93,655
ValentinoV 84,020
demazter 81,429
sdstuber 68,967
jason1178 62,509
The Addict
Username Mobile Solutions
aarontomosky 158
kevinhsieh 123
erniebeek 75
alanhardisty 61
Xaelian 59
breadtan 57
slightwv 50
thinkpads_user 49
MegaNuk3 47
woolmilkporc 45

The Top Fifty Zones

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Below are stats from the 50 most active zones based on the total number of questions asked and answered, and the number of page views for the year 2011.

Network Routers
donjohnston 224,535 Points
mat1458 88,051 Rookie Pts.
donjohnston 154 Answered
donjohnston 48,672 Assist Points
.NET
CodeCruiser 1,250,847 Points
roopeshreddy 216,828 Rookie Pts.
CodeCruiser 771 Answered
CodeCruiser 135,303 Assist Points
Visual Basic Programming
MartinLiss 305,852 Points
eemit 121,889 Rookie Pts.
MartinLiss 196 Answered
MartinLiss 36,290 Assist Points
Microsoft Operating Systems
arnold 445,936 Points
PantherTech 46,335 Rookie Pts.
arnold 324 Answered
arnold 81,035 Assist Points
Linux
arnold 575,354 Points
un1x86 81,924 Rookie Pts.
arnold 415 Answered
arnold 116,911 Assist Points
VMware
hanccocka 4,683,012 Points
piyushranusri 20,439 Rookie Pts.
hanccocka 3,146 Answered
hanccocka 763,554 Assist Points
MS SharePoint
ACH1LLES 839,432 Points
RainerJ 528,166 Rookie Pts.
ACH1LLES 505 Answered
ACH1LLES 91,955 Assist Points
VB Script
RobSampson 617,324 Points
The_Barman 34,053 Rookie Pts.
RobSampson 346 Answered
RobSampson 59,234 Assist Points
SQL Server 2008
ScottPletcher 751,815 Points
Jared_S 100,441 Rookie Pts.
ScottPletcher 567 Answered
ScottPletcher 127,445 Assist Points
Databases Miscellaneous
slightwv 135,921 Points
pourfard 8,500 Rookie Pts.
slightwv 89 Answered
slightwv 24,604 Assist Points
Miscellaneous Hardware
Callandor 402,308 Points
ZShaver 9,896 Rookie Pts.
Callandor 378 Answered
Callandor 127,053 Assist Points
MySQL Server
johanntagle 667,203 Points
et_me 22,100 Rookie Pts.
johanntagle 416 Answered
Ray_Paseur 95,244 Assist Points
Hypertext Markup Language
COBOLdinosaur 480,673 Points
JonNorman 44,682 Rookie Pts.
COBOLdinosaur 346 Answered
COBOLdinosaur 68,475 Assist Points
Microsoft IIS Web Server
ve3ofa 156,626 Points
xDUCKx 20,567 Rookie Pts.
DaveBaldwin 80 Answered
DaveBaldwin 26,284 Assist Points
Miscellaneous Web Development
Ray_Paseur 263,454 Points
JonNorman 17,900 Rookie Pts.
COBOLdinosaur 193 Answered
Ray_Paseur 64,984 Assist Points
Active Server Pages (ASP)
padas 313,884 Points
roopeshreddy 40,334 Rookie Pts.
padas 212 Answered
padas 40,163 Assist Points
Miscellaneous Programming
TommySzalapski 159,048 Points
eemit 22,350 Rookie Pts.
TommySzalapski 104 Answered
TommySzalapski 36,778 Assist Points
Microsoft Applications
dlmille 209,792 Points
RainerJ 61,139 Rookie Pts.
dlmille 112 Answered
boag2000 24,150 Assist Points
Microsoft Office Suite
dlmille 360,632 Points
The_Barman 118,656 Rookie Pts.
dlmille 199 Answered
ssaqibh 25,950 Assist Points
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
COBOLdinosaur 388,002 Points
lightspeedvt 28,100 Rookie Pts.
COBOLdinosaur 277 Answered
COBOLdinosaur 57,340 Assist Points
Hard Drives & Storage
hanccocka 478,697 Points
B_Denison 28,964 Rookie Pts.
hanccocka 313 Answered
hanccocka 98,084 Assist Points
Computer Servers
andyalder 708,673 Points
smckeown777 16,533 Rookie Pts.
andyalder 540 Answered
andyalder 179,621 Assist Points
Virtual Private Networking (VPN)
RobWill 92,479 Points
henkva 25,400 Rookie Pts.
RobWill 56 Answered
ArneLovius 19,574 Assist Points
Microsoft Operating Systems
erniebeek 240,648 Points
TimotiSt 36,007 Rookie Pts.
erniebeek 156 Answered
erniebeek 38,211 Assist Points
C++ Programming Language
jkr 412,207 Points
qibdip 3,086 Rookie Pts.
jkr 272 Answered
jkr 46,448 Assist Points
Delphi Programming
sinisav 207,930 Points
MichaelStaszewski 15,932 Rookie Pts.
sinisav 144 Answered
Thommy 29,734 Assist Points
Crystal Reports Software
mlmcc 1,216,807 Points
5teveo 7,664 Rookie Pts.
mlmcc 826 Answered
mlmcc 168,784 Assist Points
SQL Query Syntax
sdstuber 302,618 Points
pourfard 67,036 Rookie Pts.
sdstuber 198 Answered
sdstuber 39,306 Assist Points
Network Switches & Hubs
donjohnston 214,529 Points
TimotiSt 127,546 Rookie Pts.
donjohnston 152 Answered
eeRoot 39,959 Assist Points
Microsoft Word
GrahamSkan 670,337 Points
Rgonzo1971 18,750 Rookie Pts.
GrahamSkan 415 Answered
GrahamSkan 55,573 Assist Points
Exchange Email Server
Rancy 1,401,946 Points
Rajkumar-MCITP 386,800 Rookie Pts.
Rancy 1,054 Answered
Rancy 285,209 Assist Points
Windows 2003 Server
iSiek 353,155 Points
sarang_tinguria 93,372 Rookie Pts.
dvt_localboy 270 Answered
dvt_localboy 67,967 Assist Points
Programming for ASP.NET
CodeCruiser 821,516 Points
roopeshreddy 459,478 Rookie Pts.
CodeCruiser 508 Answered
CodeCruiser 106,404 Assist Points
Microsoft IIS Web Server
mbizup 1,846,747 Points
macarrillo1 31,816 Rookie Pts.
mbizup 1,173 Answered
boag2000 253,891 Assist Points
C# Programming Language
kaufmed 1,095,114 Points
roopeshreddy 157,922 Rookie Pts.
kaufmed 729 Answered
kaufmed 153,761 Assist Points
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software
dlmille 1,680,179 Points
The_Barman 551,633 Rookie Pts.
dlmille 958 Answered
dlmille 111,878 Assist Points
Windows Server 2008
dariusg 670,806 Points
sarang_tinguria 164,350 Rookie Pts.
dariusg 493 Answered
hanccocka 149,667 Assist Points
MS SQL Server
acperkins 598,222 Points
pourfard 162,853 Rookie Pts.
acperkins 476 Answered
acperkins 106,820 Assist Points
JavaScript
leakim971 1,058,620 Points
JonNorman 218,008 Rookie Pts.
leakim971 596 Answered
leakim971 90,818 Assist Points
Windows XP Operating System
nobus 249,287 Points
liorkr 31,864 Rookie Pts.
nobus 256 Answered
nobus 86,666 Assist Points
Outlook Groupware Software
apache09 1,410,245 Points
Rajkumar-MCITP 109,248 Rookie Pts.
apache09 897 Answered
apache09 155,624 Assist Points
PHP Scripting Language
Ray_Paseur 2,741,100 Points
un1x86 91,663 Rookie Pts.
Ray_Paseur 1,918 Answered
Ray_Paseur 494,996 Assist Points
Microsoft Visual Basic.Net
CodeCruiser 3,054,116 Points
roopeshreddy 60,986 Rookie Pts.
CodeCruiser 1,929 Answered
CodeCruiser 353,950 Assist Points
Java Programming Language
CEHJ 834,981 Points
knsp 24,942 Rookie Pts.
CEHJ 617 Answered
134,895 Assist Points
Active Directory
mkline71 906,030 Points
sarang_tinguria 255,648 Rookie Pts.
mkline71 747 Answered
mkline71 169,503 Assist Points
SQL Server 2005
ScottPletcher 508,423 Points
pourfard 68,056 Rookie Pts.
ScottPletcher 373 Answered
ScottPletcher 82,104 Assist Points
SBS Small Business Server
RobWill 739,219 Points
smckeown777 63,698 Rookie Pts.
RobWill 502 Answered
RobWill 103,126 Assist Points
Oracle Database
slightwv 1,830,883 Points
fmanjarr 10,110 Rookie Pts.
slightwv 1,299 Answered
slightwv 325,182 Assist Points
Miscellaneous Networking
giltjr 247,975 Points
TimotiSt 50,912 Rookie Pts.
giltjr 181 Answered
giltjr 69,661 Assist Points
Windows 7
Run5k 821,262 Points
CSI-Windows_com 88,452 Rookie Pts.
Run5k 617 Answered
Run5k 164,383 Assist Points

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