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(See Stephen Bio page for current Awards and Recognitions)
AWARDS and EVALUATIONS
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RECOGNITIONS and COMMENTS
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- partial extracts of select passages from portions of comments, emails, evaluations or letters included.
- Recognized for Excellence by the Canadian Information Processing Society, National Accreditation Council. From their draft report:
- Each year the faculty and students elect a "Master Teacher" from among all faculty members. For three of the past five years the award [nomination] has been given to Stephen Ibaraki of the BCOP [Business Computing Co-op Program]. This recognition of Mr. Ibaraki's outstanding effort and commitment by his students and his peers indicates that the BCOP program is fortunate to involve efforts from a dedicated individual who is viewed as a role model by his peers and a mentor by his students. Officials of the college are to be congratulated on their ability to recruit and retain such a highly valued individual.
- Rating of 4.7 and 4.8 [4.83] over two years on a five-point scale by British Columbia Telephone Company (BCTEL) at their Education Facility ranked within the top three in North America:
- It is my pleasure to commend Stephen Ibaraki for his contributions to the Information Technology Training Group. His invaluable contributions include instruction, preparing and evaluating student materials and regular and professional input, when requested, on improvements and assessments of existing materials. He used these skills in instructing Office Systems and Operating Systems [IBM VM/CMS
Mainframe Operating System] at the Education Development Center found his
knowledge to be current, extensive, and extremely accurate. He is absolutely
professional, considerate, and most intuitive. Stephen Ibaraki is of the finest
caliber in both instruction and development. He is a valued member of the
computer community and extends his assistance and extensive skills with
enthusiasm and precision and extremely good rating as the expected average for
an instructor is 3.
- From the Parliament Buildings:
- I wish to congratulate you on your achievement in winning the R. P. Walrod
Memorial Scholarship in science.
- From the President of the B.C.S.D. Computer Users’ Group:
- I am most pleased and honored that you will provide the keynote address to the B.C. School Districts Computer Users’ Group A.G.M.
- From the Pacific Office Systems Association:
- On behalf of our organization, thank you for your excellent presentation on Dial-up Databases...pleased to have your article for addition to our next issue of WORDS WEST. Once again, Stephen, thank you very much for providing an informative session to our members and for loaning us the enclosed copy of your COPA
Computer Seminar Notes.
- From the British Columbia Institute of Technology:
- Stephen has an excellent grasp of the computer field and he is always available to share his time and information with students and peer alike. Stephen is also a veritable fountain of knowledge in the computer industry and a delight to his colleagues.”
- From Transcender Corporation:
- I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the thorough review of our product. Because of your comments, you have helped us to improve the next version of our [NT] WorkstationCert product. Thanks for providing the in-depth explanation of Windows NT user policies. We will be making corrections based on each comment that you gave us
.... Technical Support Manager, Transcender Corporation - Bart Scruggs
- Awarded the highest rate for any consultant ever. From the Canadian Office Products Association (COPA):
- I would like to thank you for the enlightening article on the Computer Supply Market. The association is very pleased to have you on board as our contributing editor on this very important subject. As for the numerous seminars you have conducted on our behalf [COPA’s specialist in the information processing field], again, I thank you for the excellent work you have done. We have rarely seen so much enthusiasm shown towards our half day and full day specialized seminars.
You will be speaking at the T-Bird Show [2 hour seminar]. We will cover seminar cost of $3000.00 plus room at the Westin Hotel and meals and travel expenses. Please continue to write the articles for the COPA and Diane asks that you please give her a overview of the next couple of articles as indicated in her last letter. She would also like you to continue with articles for BOARD TALK ie: ‘Important Trends’ on a bi-monthly basis, as we are printing them as ‘Dealer Reports.’
Both directors of COPA, involved with COPA Conversation, it was agreed that your articles were of great interest to the members and found that we would be pleased to have you contribute additional articles related to the computer industry.
- From the Association of Dutch-Canadian Business and Professional Men:
- On behalf of the Netherlands Businessmen’s Association, I would like to thank you very much for a first class presentation current hardware and software trends in the computer market.
- From High Country Computers Ltd:
- High Country Computers Ltd., thanks you very much for the opportunity of using your Lotus Text
- From the Calgary Thunderbird Show seminar (featured speaker, Sept 22/85 Westin Inn):
- Stephen Ibaraki is the National Director of Microcomputer Product Distribution for DataTech Systems Ltd., a Nationwide Canadian Based Computer Company...
...Mr. Ibaraki has extensive experience in the areas of Field Engineering, System Design/Implementation, Mainframe/Minicomputers, Microcomputers, Computer Peripherals, Networks, Computer Communications, Application Software (ie. word-processing, database, spreadsheets, accounting, etc.), IP Supplies, Teaching, Writing, and Marketing. Previously, he was Operations Manager/Senior Systems Design Analyst for a DataTech
Service Bureau. Due to his wide-ranging background in computer technology,..
...As the Managing Coordinator for Training Services, Mr. Ibaraki has produced a number of Technical Journals on computers and has been involved in the computer education of numerous major corporations and educational administrative staff. With his diverse background in all areas of the computer industry from systems design to writing and teaching, Mr. Ibaraki is frequently requested as a guest lecturer and has designed, implemented and presented a number of computer literacy courses and seminars....
- From the Secretary-Treasurer:
Software programming seminar was organized for the attendance of the Nisgha, Prince Rupert, Smithers, Kitimat, and Terrace School Districts.
- All of the participants at the seminar rated the materials produced and the contents of the seminar very highly and would not hesitate to recommend this introductory software [programming] seminar.
- Datatech Systems Ltd.:
-...Stephen was employed at DataTech from 1976 to 1979 when he left to pursue higher education. In 1981, he returned to us to perform the duties of Operations Manager and Systems Analyst among others. As outstanding all-around DataTech Professional Nationally (1981), he was awarded a trip, trophy, and bonus.
Stephen has proved himself to be a versatile, creative and hardworking individual. He is possessed of superior memory and ability to successfully complete many tasks simultaneously.
Some of his accomplishments while with us are:
- developed a business plan and budgets for national computer program
- acquired and maintained dealers across Canada
- designed and developed the microcomputer training courses and seminars for various professional clientele
- managed microcomputer technical support people and marketing staff
- created training manuals, sales and computer literacy manuals and various technical reports
- From consulting services to senior
field engineers and clerical staff for the largest computer
servicing/design company with one of two component-level design/diagnostic/repair systems [$250,000 each] in the country.Location -- DataTech Systems, Eastern Region HQ, Mississauga Ontario:
- ... I wish to thank you for the excellent seminar, which you presented.
The training will be invaluable to our company allowing us to maintain our national leadership role in computer servicing and computer product sales. In addition, the workshop on word processing to our clerical staff will ensure the efficiency of our contract processing. I look forward to engaging your company for ongoing training and would not hesitate to recommend your services to anyone.
- A typical responses from users worldwide:
[CompuServe]
To: ??, 76170, 3414
From: Debbie or Bob Becker, 73267,714
Don't recognize the number to match it to a name,
but wanted to thank you for your great job on the
templates, study sheets, etc. for 532.
They helped me in my studying for the test enormously!
Would it be okay for me to pass these on to students
in my classes? I'd be happy to credit you for them!
Deb
- From: James Magee 71544.3044@CompuServe.COM
To: Stephen Ibaraki sibaraki@capcollege.bc.ca
Subject: Thanks
Stephen, Thanks for the 532.zip file. The material is invaluable for preparing for and understanding the concepts of the course.
I apologize for the delay in thanking you for your kindness in sharing your notes with me. I was able to see the file on the Compuserve server. However, due to technical problems, it took me a week before I was able to download the file.
As always, thank you for your continued support in my Novell career.
Regards - Jim Magee
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