Brode Training and Consulting was founded in 2000 by Rick Brode. He is the author of all the courseware and has been teaching EMC Legato NetWorker and UNIX/Linux courses since 1997. He worked for EMC/Legato from 2003-2006, during which time he wrote EMC's NetWorker 7.3 course.

His technical background consists of over 15 years of UNIX system administration experience with the majority of the years working with SunOS/Solaris. Rick's experience includes being a Senior Member of the Professional Technical Staff at Princeton University supporting the Solaris environment on campus, and being a Sun system administrator for one of the leading Artificial Intelligence labs in the country, located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He has also been a Sun Certified Trainer and is a CompTIA CTT+ CertifiedTrainer.

The purpose of BTC is to provide high-quality, low-cost EMC NetWorker training.