CAREER SUMMARY
NAME   Stephen K. Ibaraki, ISP
TELEPHONE   604 812 5717
OCCUPATION   teacher, researcher, writer, international expert
Stephen Ibaraki, ISP, Profile:

  1. Born in BC Canada; a third generation Canadian.

  2. Built his first analog computer in 1960's, then worked with digital, including building an early micro-system and advising on micro-based technology in the 1970's.

  3. Since the earliest wide-spread micro-computers, authored columns on micro computers leading to writing for magazines, and journals. Interviewed as an expert by the press. Some examples: IT World Canada, IT Business, Computing Canada, Computer World Canada, HiTech Career Journal, National Post/Financial Post. Throughout the 80s’ to the present, writer/contributor of articles on business and IT: HiTec Career Journal; Xephon [HQ England] professional Journals, BC Business magazine, Business Examiner, Business to Business magazine, Canadian Office Products Association Conversation/Connection newsletter, Network Professional Association, CCW magazine, POSA West, and newspapers.

  4. Speaking regionally, nationally and internationally.

  5. Founded Cepelle Computer Consultants; co-founded iGEN Knowledge Solutions Inc.

  6. Writing book length manuscripts, guides, exams, reviews, articles, handouts, techical advisories, interviews, and papers—some as early as the 1980s’; freely sharing the works. This has enabled students, users, and IT professionals to freely copy and paste the materials into their own management reports, papers, and articles and to use in their jobs. Topics include, Operating Systems, Assembler, Office Technologies, Novell Networking, Unix derivatives, Microsoft Networking, Enterprise Networking, Video Technologies, MSDOS, Hardware, COPA IT guide, Visual Basic, C, C++, C Sharp, .NET, Marketing and Sales, Presentation Graphics, Desktop Publishing, NT Technical guide, to Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Enterprise Servers. Many of Stephen's work, he has provided free access anonymously without any name attached including software utilities. If faculty sold the guides in the bookstore he would request a portion of their proceeds go to a scholarship fund. In the late 80's, when the first year text books could not be delivered and he donated his Canadian Office Products Association IP book as a replacement. Then there's the case of the enterprise networking design templates downloaded by IT professionals/companies worldwide, and freely given to students. Xephon in England, sells a 280-page report, condensing or summarizing the ten briefings Stephen held in London in April 2000. This is a summary version of all the material that conference attendees paid 1038.50 pounds or 2284.20CDN to receive. Each attendee received ten consultancy guides [in e-format], about 2000 powerpoints, authored by Stephen. Stephen provides these materials to his students freely and gives them the right to copy from it.

  7. Donated time in the past includes: Providing advisory services on computers to the Sisters of Atonement Convent which provides meals and care to the needy; Providing advisory services and computer equipment to Lions Gate Hospital Rehabilitation; Providing advisory services to BCMHP [people with mental challenges]; Writing weekly for CIPS “News from National” now called CIPS Connection, serving as an expert for media interviews, in (currently) 50 IT topic areas, interviewing the world’s top computer professionals to provide valuable information for future planning for business people and IT professionals and provide useful tips on success to computing students, sponsoring the Information Systems Professional (ISP) designation by promoting it’s usage and by providing a statement of it’s value used by CIPS in their ISP development programs; As a Smartforce [now called Skillsoft] expert, leading worldwide Internet broadcasts and live question and answer sessions – all on leading-edge technologies; Writing articles/reviews/columns on computer-related topics; Speaking before students at schools such as Alpha Secondary, and Collingwood School; Speaking to business people about computers and planning for the future such as for the Federal Business Development Bank, BCA-CEA Career Conference, BC School District Groups, Dutch Growers Convention, Netherlands Businessmen’s Association, the POSA group; Workshops and seminars for students on leading edge technology.

  8. While at Datatech Systems, a national company in many areas of computing: Datacenters, Minicomputers, Microcomputers, Consulting, Training, Field Service, Software Development. Employed from 1976 to 1986, duties included:
    • Systems analyst
    • Datacenter manager
    • Product manager and director for microcomputer products


    Significant achievements include:

    • Accomplished Datacenter Manager
    • Top datacenter salesperson
    • All-Star Team Award for all-around excellence—nominated by peers
    • Setup the first computer dealer network
    • Authored a marketing and sales guide for use by the dealers
    • Introduced and then trained the field engineers on microprocessor technology
    • Chosen to represent the company as the featured speaker for the September 22, 1985, Canadian Office Products Association (COPA) Trade Show at the Westin in Calgary.


  9. While at Capilano College from 1987 to present, performed many tasks: computing program co-convener, technical advisor, research for advanced professional programs, designer for the sponsored Chevron/Hitachi/Seanix client/server labs, Novell Education Academic Partner (NEAP) manager/coordinator, Microsoft Authorized Academic Training Program partner (AATP) technical coordinator, accredited Prior Learning Assessor (certified to assess academic credits for prior learning and experiences), and throughout the entire period Stephen was an actively teaching, award-winning member of the computing faculty.

    Beginning with an idea in 1992, involving thousands of hours, Stephen led the college into being one of the first Novell Education Academic Partners (NEAPs) in the country in 1993. Concurrently, Stephen became Novell certified in 1993/4, and he designed the first computer laboratories supporting both Novell and academic curriculum. In 1994, Stephen integrated certified Novell curriculum in the computing programs. In the mid 90's, Stephen designed the first government sponsored CJS LAN program for the college. In 1995/6, Stephen trained and mentored eight faculty members, chosen from throughout the college, to become Novell certified. There's a writeup in the college Informer -- a copy can be found at http://www.stephenibaraki.com/CapInformerProrfile2.pdf. In 1996/7, Stephen designed the first evening-based, certification programs, and he led the college to become a Microsoft Authorized Academic Training Program partner (AATP). He became the first regular faculty member to become a Microsoft Certified Trainer. In 1997, Stephen designed the first computer labs to support all academic programs, Novell and Microsoft curriculum. In the latter 90's, Stephen taught and mentored computing faculty to become Microsoft certified. In 1997, Stephen led and/or supported the design of the first Network Specialist Program and the design of the new Computer Specialist Program in 1998, and the advanced Technical Computing Professional program. The TCP was at that time, the most technologically advanced certification program [as far as could be determined], leading to an academic diploma in computing. To build the college profile, Stephen led 10 international briefings in London in 2000, followed by acting as an expert in more than 15 worldwide Internet broadcasts. Stephen has freely shared thousands of pages of guides/interviews/exams/manuscripts/papers/powerpoints/articles plus he achieved teaching awards, the All-Star Team Award, Gary Hadford Award, IT Hero Award, NPA Career Achievement Award...

  10. Post-secondary teaching career or training assignments include: BC Telephone Company (BCTEL) Education Center, Okanagan College, BCIT, NVIT, AECL (Nordian) and Capilano College where he has been teaching since January 1987. Significant achievements include: the highest of student evaluations and teaching awards.

  11. In the 70's to early 80's, Stephen:
    • designed and implemented a Transistor-Transistor-Logic (TTL) digital testing system for the computertized autowaiter system for Joette Ventures.
    • designed and implemented an electronic-based water-level testing system for Valley Irrigation and Water Works.
    • designed and implemented a simple mainframe monitoring system for Datatech Systems.
    • co-founded with Dr. Darryl Sherrin, in the interior of BC, the KeloByte Computer Club.
    • for papers such as the Kelowna Capital News, Penticton Herald, created and wrote amongst the first computing columns.
    • designed and taught amongst the first extension computing courses for Okanagan College.
    • awarded "All Star Team" award by Datatech Systems (later purchased by a major company).
    • designed, tested, or implemented amongst the first networking systems including Novell's first networks
    • Walrod Scholarship as high-ranking science student
    • Pacific region defense command scholarship


  12. Specially designated and selected as the only, "Official IP," consultant to more than 3000 corporations and the trade organization for the entire office products industry providing business, strategic, business models, tactical, marketing, operational, value chain, and technical advisory services. In 1985, Stephen was chosen nationally to speak at the Canadian Office Products Association (COPA) Trade Show held at the Westin in Calgary. Subsequently, Stephen was chosen to be the official IP consultant for COPA and their member corporations with the highest of recommendations. Due to the value of his services, he was awarded the highest consultancy rate ever given out as the official IP consultant for the Association. He helped transition the group into new business strategies for marketing and servicing the latest technologies. Together with advising their member corporations, Stephen contributed articles to their COPA Conversation magazine with its international readership, and he was requested to speak throughout Canada at their trade shows and to their member corporations. He was chosen as official advisor/consultant to their members. In addition, he authored a several hundred page strategic planning, business, operations, marketing, research, and technical consultancy book/guide published by COPA and distributed to their member corporations by the Trade Association. Included in the guide was a 10-year roadmap of upcoming innovations in all facets of Information Technology such as processors, memory, interfaces, storage, printers, peripherals, communications equipment, networking, PCs, large systems, operating systems, application software, power equipment, and so on categorized in more than 50 areas. The analysis allowed the industry to strategically plan for upcoming trends.

  13. In 1986, requested by DataTech Systems to train their computer field engineers on microprocessor technologies with recommendations following.

  14. Instructional lead in the Audio Plus Project at NVIT, an early project in real-time distance education by the Knowledge Network, in 1987.

  15. Awarded by Atomic Energy of Canada, in 1987; to design, and implement the first pc-based radiopharm traffic system, provide consultancy and training. The system was featured in an article in BC Business magazine. Selected to provide advisory services to AECL and then Nordion International, radio pharmaceutical facilities.

  16. Awarded the BADM Excellence in Teaching Award, 1988, Capilano College. Nominated for excellence in teaching, by the student body. Perfect 5 out of 5 on "overall category" of teaching evaluations: last assessment done in the late 90s’ by Capilano College. Awarded Most Inspirational Instructor Award, by the students in the late 80s’ by NVIT (programs offered in association with BCIT).

  17. Stephen taught for the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and the affiliated NVIT. BCIT requested Stephen to present seminars on computing technology to the business establishment of BC. BCIT profiled Stephen:
    "Stephen Ibaraki is a renowned expert in the computer industry. He has extensive experience in the area of computer system design, implementation and maintenance, and training."
    See http://www.stephenibaraki.com/bcitseminar_brochure.htm.

  18. In the late 80s’: Selected as a top writer (one of four finalists in Science and Technology category) by the Western Magazine Foundation, out of more than 530 entries and by a panel of 69 judges in UK, Canada, and the US. Requested to speak at: BC School Districts Computer Users Group, Annual General Meeting. Requested to speak at many other conventions or sessions including: the United Flower Growers convention at Canada Place; Netherlands Businessmen’s Association meeting; Burnaby District Business Education seminar, and so on. Selected to give the keynote address for the graduating class of Accelerated Computer Systems Management. Accorded the highest of ratings for an independent advisor/trainer, 4.7 and 4.8, by BCTEL Education Development Center.

  19. Granted the CIPS Information Systems Professional (ISP) professional designation in 1991.

    The publication CIPS Connections is produced by the non-profit, impartial so very much respected, prestigious Canadian Information Processing Society [CIPS]. CIPS is the official voice of the computing industry, produces the only government recognized professional designation [ISP], and accredits the computing programs of universities.  Members include CEOs or CIOs of organizations and corporations; senior IT officials of government agencies; valued added resellers; major consulting firms/businesses/accounting firms, colleges and universities, and so on.  In addition, most senior computing professionals are members plus computing students. CIPS also received added international attention when they hosted the 2002 World Computing Congress, which is the world's only global congress with official representation of the Information Technology Federations from more than 60 countries and most major research institutions.

    CIPS members consist of IT business professionals who undergo yearly demanding professional development in terms of considerable time, energy and costs. This is required to stay abreast of the rapidly changing and dynamic field. In addition, national IT federations such as CIPS are beginning to add government recognized professional credentialing to ensure standards; much like in the medical, legal, accounting and engineering professions. For example, a four-year degree majoring in computing science, combined with four years of proven and carefully documented professional development is considered equivalent to and qualified for a professional designation. The four years of education deemed equivalent to actively working in the IT field where there is management, high-level analysis, synthesis, evaluation and judgement—focal points to be qualified for a professional designation and recognizing professional development through a variety of measured means. Also, there must be ongoing provable and documented professional development (involving management, high-level analysis, synthesis, evaluation and judgement) to continue to hold a professional designation. The movement is to standardize and to recognize the value of high-level professional development which is required for IT professionals.

    A summary of accreditations/partnership/...etc/  achieved include:

    Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS): Information Systems Professional (ISP)

    Certified Novell Instructor (CNI)

    Certified Novell Engineer (CNE)

    Certified Novell Administrator (CNA)

    Microsoft Certified Solution Provider (MCSP)

    Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

    Microsoft Site Builder III

    Microsoft BetaTeam

    Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

    BC sponsored Prior Learning Assessor (PLA)

    IBM NetTeam

    Intel IPD
    Chauncey Certified Technical Trainer (CTT) and certification exam question author
    Okanagan [University] College 1973 to 1980 (graduated 1980) completing undergraduate studies in Physics/chemistry & Accounting & Engineering.
    ..etc.

    Stephen Ibaraki has taught extensively as a college faculty member in business and computing for 25 years earning an Excellence in Teaching Award, the Most Inspirational Instructor Award, and perfect teaching evaluations. He designed curriculum, entire programs, and taught courses related to computer science (programming logic, assembler, C, C++, VB, operating systems, data communications, Unix), information systems (business systems, SQL databases, networks, Microsoft, Novell, micro applications), and business (advertising multi-media support, marketing, quantitative methods or financial math). Various duties included as senior faculty, technical manager of advanced professional programs, head of research of advanced professional programs, computing convener [akin to computing head].

    Stephen Ibaraki designed and implemented the first client/server labs sponsored by Chevron/Hitachi and featured in the media, the first industry/academic/CIPS accredited programs, and received letters of commendation and/or recommendation from the college board chair, college president, dean and has been profiled in college publications for his achievements. In 2002, he was invited to present at the World Computing Congress, the only Canadian college faculty member and company chairman invited to do so. He retired from teaching in Jan 2005 from the public degree-granting CC School of Business . In 2005, his work was cited along side Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and the current director of the World Web Consortium (W3C), in a paper on the Semantic Web by the Boeing Phantom Works for the W3C.

    Earlier Stephen Ibaraki graduated from college (OUC) completing undergraduate studies in science, engineering, and accounting. Amongst his notable achievements he received a scholarship as an outstanding, top-ranking science student as well as one from the defense command for his academic scholarship and as a future leader. Stephen went on to achieve his government legislated IT credentialing, the ISP professional designation/accreditation from CIPS (which integrates computer science, information systems, business, and demonstrated high-end professional-level practice and development). Stephen also undertook graduate studies in business from the UK and in Canada (AU). In his Masters studies, he achieved an unprecedented official 100% (101.257% unofficially). Stephen also has achieved major industry certifications.

  20. Profiled by Focus, the parents magazine, the ALMA MATTERS, the alumni magazine for teaching excellence. The profile requested by the graduating class of ACSM (computing) program for 1993.

  21. July 27th, 1994, from the non-profit, Canadian Information Processing Society, College Program Accreditation Council Accreditation 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…"

  22. Circumstances and scheduling permitting (and typically difficult), Stephen’s last major speaking engagement was in London though he did carefully weigh subsequent speaking requests for example to speak/present in the latter part of 2002 from such diverse groups as Comdex USA and the World Computing Congress. Stephen was requested by Xephon (based in England), a leading European publisher, consultancy, conference sponsor, and marketing research firm to lead ten back-to-back briefings held over two days at an international conference for enterprises, in London England, April 2000. According to Dr. Kaminski [portions extracted from a letter], "As an organiser of international conferences and head of research at Xephon, a large-systems consultancy in the UK, I have been privileged to know Stephen in a professional capacity. I have been fortunate to work with many of the foremost figures in the IT sector - none has been more commendable than Stephen Ibaraki…Stephen achieved the highest ratings of any speaker. He has also produced the most written material, and the most slides of any speaker at a Xephon conference. Furthermore, he is the only international speaker who has given ten presentations back-to-back during a conference...His decision to pursue a career in education, rather than in commercial IT, is an example of Stephen’s ability to place the needs of others before his own. His belief in the importance of education has been an immense benefit to Canadians, and to Canada. Stephen has always striven to do more to help others - his work to provide support and recognition for women in IT is a sterling example. We live in an era where the need for top-quality education is becoming paramount, and the achievement of this will secure Canada's position on the world stage. It is through the work of people like Stephen that this will come about…."

  23. Stephen has encouraged professionalism in the IT industry including providing his views on the ISP designation. For example, in brochures and on the back of the CIPS membership cards for 2001 carried this quote: "As a globally recognized standard, the ISP brings tremendous value to my work as an educator, writer, researcher, and speaker."

  24. Selected by Smartforce (now called Skillsoft) in 2000 to provide live Internet broadcasts on technology with live Questions and Answers. Skillsoft/Smartforce, the world's largest e-learning company in 65 countries with 300,000+ learning objects and more than 4.5 million users, 2500+ clients, webcasts available to Internet users. “Stephen Ibaraki, ISP, is world-renowned with a career stretching over 35 years... Stephen's global expertise is evident in numerous international IT briefings, his last held in London, and he reigns as the seminar leader for Worldwide Internet Broadcasts..." 

  25. Co-founded iGEN Knowledge Solutions Inc. in 2000, and acting as Chairman and chief architect. The core of the company as expressed by its founders is to give back through mentoring and by providing resources.

  26. Awarded the IT Hero Award, by Information Technology Association of Canada and Industry Canada, 2001. The only teacher selected in BC. From ITAC:
    "Congratulations. Your community has identified you as an IT Hero. In many ways this award is recognition for bravery. The adoption of new technology to solve problems, strengthen the bonds of community or to equalized each citizen's share of our vast resource of information isn't for the faint of heart. It takes vision, courage and tenacity to introduce a new innovation. Your community has determined that you possess these qualities. This award is a way of recognizing that and expressing gratitude for all that you have accomplished. On behalf of ITAC, the Information Technology Association of Canada, and Industry Canada, I am pleased to present this award and salute your significant contribution. I wish you continued success in your present and future ventures." Linda Oliver, Executive Director, Government Relations.

  27. Awarded Gary Hadford Professional Achievement Award by the Canadian Information Processing Society, 2001:

    Nominations were based upon members "recognized by their peers for their integrity and expertise, for their outstanding achievements in fields related to information processing, and who have a high degree of competence in their field." The award citation comments on: Stephen Ibaraki, I.S.P. is recognized for his knowledge, skill and experience to the IT industry as a writer, researcher, consultant, and advisor to the media.

  28. Inducted into the Canadian IT Hall of Fame, 2001 due to Stephen being a recipient of the professional achievement award:

    The CIPS Hall of Fame was created in 1997 to honour those people who have made an outstanding contribution to the Canadian Information Processing Society and the Canadian IT Profession as a whole. This is a first class group of individuals and corporations who must be recognized for all of the extra time, energy and commitment they have devoted to their profession. [Note: Stephen Ibaraki was inducted and honoured at the Annual INFORMATICS Conference as the recipient of the Gary Hadford CIPS Award of Achievement.]

  29. Chosen out of IT professionals worldwide, profiled in their MCP publication and on their web site, by Microsoft, 2001:

    "…highlighting the career of an individual who is leading the industry."

  30. The Network Professional Association in cooperation with NetWorld+Interop 2002, Network World Magazine and Network Computing magazine presents the inaugural award for Career Achievement to Stephen Ibaraki, ISP, of iGEN Knowledge Solutions Inc. Stephen Ibaraki, took home the highest honor as recipient of the Best Networking Professional - Career Achievement Award as the Network Professional Association hosted its first Awards for Professionalism ceremony at Networld + Interop 2002, which took place at noon, May 8, 2002 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The NPA is the voice of the global networking industry with ties to industry publications such as Network Computing magazine and Network World magazine and major vendors including Pearson Technology Group, Network World, IBM, Sun, Novell, Microsoft and others. They also work with the largest trade show in the sector, NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas; sponsor the Mobile & Wireless World conference; and sponsor the yearly NPA awards for professionalism in cooperation with NetWorld+Interop.

  31. Nominee, 2003, Career Development Award of Excellence, from the Career Management Association of BC.   The award recognizes the continual demonstration and commitment to the advancement of career development through research, theory, practice, and leadership, as well as innovation and creativity in program development and service delivery.
     
  32. In August of 2003, Stephen received a request from WSGR in Palo Alto, CA to provide his expertise. He provided his services to Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (wsgr.com).

    "Represented more companies that received venture financing than any other law firm   over the last five years. Completed more than 400 public equity and debt offerings over the last five years, helping clients raise more than $90 billion. Advised clients on more than 1,000 M&A transactions over the last five years, valued at more than $260 billion. Defended more securities class action cases than any other U.S. law firm during the period from 1999 to 2002."

    Head-quartered in Palo Alto, WSGR "is the leading law firm representing technology companies at all stages of their growth, as well as the investment banks and venture capital firms that finance them. Over the past four decades, the firm has established its reputation by having an unmatched knowledge of its clients’ industries, as well as deep and long-standing contacts throughout the technology sector. WSGR distinguishes itself by taking the time to understand its clients’ business needs and by providing a full range of legal services designed to scale with their growth. The firm is equipped and experienced in helping to start entrepreneurial ventures, successfully take them through their Initial Public Offerings and follow-on financings, and then counsel them on a myriad of business issues – including taxation, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation... WSGR regularly advises more than 300 public companies and 3,000 privately held companies. The firm’s clients include leaders in virtually every segment of high technology, as well as the leading venture capital funds and investment banks that support these companies."
     

  33. Receiving a request from Bill Cullifer, executive director of WOW, who handles speaker engagements, Stephen presented on November 18th, 2003 at Comdex Las Vegas, the world's largest conference and trade show. He presented on Building Business Models for Web Services.
     

  34. In November of 2003, Stephen received an invitation from the council manager, Michael Dzik, to join the Technology Media & Telecommunications Council of the Gerson Lehrman Group. Due to their acknowledged expertise, council members advise investment groups. Stephen was admitted as a Member of The Council of Communications Advisors for Gerson Lehrman on December 1, 2003. "The Councils of Advisors are international associations of academic and industry thought leaders consulting for leading investment professionals worldwide. The Councils of Advisors improve investment decision-making and accelerate business innovation by providing an open forum for discussing best practices in science, engineering, medicine, and technology. Founded in 1999, The Councils of Advisors consist of thought leaders from leading research institutions worldwide."

     

  35. Prominent individuals were requested to contribute to CEOnetworking's top ten 2004 business trends. 80 industry experts contributed over 225 predictions. Unfortunately, only a few could be included.  "As a recognized expert in your field" two of Stephen's predications (quotes) were included in the Top 10 2004 Business Trendsfor publication at Comdex and in the media. Contributors of note included Tony Scott, CTO of General Motors; Patrick Lo, Chairman and CEO, NETGEAR; Dan Tapscott, Coauthor of "The Naked Corporation"; Geoffrey Ramsey, CEO and Co-founder, eMarketer; and columnists John C. Dvorak, Kevin Maney and Mark Jones.  
     

  36. Stephen's business predictions published worldwide. See  The Real Technology Trends of 2004  
     
  37. Starting in the fall of 2003, Pearson Technology Group, (a business unit of Pearson Education, which is part of the Pearson Family of companies), is publishing Stephen's interviews in their newsletters and on their web site. Stephen's interviews represent the largest intellectual repository of valuable in-depth interviews with the world's leading business and IT professionals, and prominent political figures. Pearson is the world's largest publisher of books, resources, and training materials for business, technical, and computing professionals. Most major brands are part of the Pearson corporate family.
     
  38. Since 1996, Stephen has conducted discussions with the world's best which he has shared with the non-profit Canadian Information Processing Society. As of November 2003, the interviews/reviews are published by the non-profit Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), the non-profit Network Professional Association (NPA), and Pearson Publishing. CIPS is the voice of the IT industry and profession. The NPA is the global voice of the networking sector and profession. Pearson is the world's largest publisher.
     
  39. Nomination put forward by the executive director: by a vote of the board on December 15, 2003, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Network Professional Association, the global voice of the networking sector. Announcement late January, 2004. See NPA Press Release:Network Professional Association Appoints Canadian Stephen Ibaraki, ISP to NPA Board of Directors
     
  40. Appointed to Society of Industry Leaders, Vista Research Group from invitation by group, January, 2004. "Vista's Society of Industry Leaders is an elite assembly of high-quality practitioners and thought leaders from every major market sector."
     

  41. As of April, 2004, Stephen Ibaraki has been elected to the Board of Directors of HR Online Inc. The HR Online Inc. Board of Directors includes: Mr. Jack Carthy, Mr. Casey Cleland, Mr. Stephen Ibaraki, Mr. Jo Surich, Mr. Monte Wiederhold.
     

  42. Network Professional Association presented the Awards for Professionalism 2004 at Networld+Interop, Las Vegas.
     

  43. Special Paper entitled, "Web Services and the Enterprise Environment" by Stephen Ibaraki, appears in the July, 2004 issue of MQ Update Journal, published by Xephon in the UK and read by enterprises worldwide.
     
  44. Stephen's interviews now appearing in Culminis, world's largest user group organization.
    Also see Culminis IT Hero Recognition: iGen and NPA.
     
  45. iGen Knowledge Solutions was featured as a case study in the most widely used college business management book, "Essentials of Contemporary Management" by McGraw-Hill Ryerson, due to the innovative business model it uses. Stephen provided a description and explanation of this business model.
     
  46. January, 2005, Stephen was elected to a four year term on the  board of directors  of  Network Professional Association (NPA).
     
  47. In 2005, the editor of Ferguson Publishing Company/College & Career Press, requested an interview with Stephen for a new book entitled, "What can I do Now?: Computers" which describes computer-related careers. The book provides resources, guidelines, recommendations, best practices, and mentorship to aspiring computing professionals.
     
  48. InformIT one of the largest web portals and an arm of Pearson Technology Publishing, will be including Stephen's interview articles beginning April 2005 providing support for the diverse global computing industry and computing professionals at all levels.
     
  49. "On behalf of the faculty and students involved in the third year Leadership course, we thank you for your contribution of time, energy and knowledge in the 'Case with a Leader' session on March 15, 2005....." - Gerrie Waugh, Faculty, School of Business, Capilano College.
     
  50. Stephen was appointed as CIPS Director-at-large by acclamation to the national board of the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), May 2005. See CIPS, Director-at-large Profile.
     
  51. July, 2005, Stephen appointed to the Editorial board of CaC Publications and he will also contribute as a writer.
     
  52. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)develops and administers the standards that guide the world wide web and develops interoperable technologies to lead the Web to its full potential. In May 2005, Boeing Phantom Works IDeAS, posted a position paper to the W3C on Frameworks for Semantics in Web Services. Within the paper, Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of worldwide web and current director of W3C) is cited together with Stephen Ibaraki for their research about the Semantic Web.
     
  53. Education/Teaching summary
     
  54. Microsoft Certified Professional Hall of Fame nominee finalist.
    On June 20, 2005, received notification from a leading Windows IT Pro magazine: “Congratulations! You have been selected as one of the top 5 candidates for the MCP Hall of Fame…” They requested a quote. To evangelize about “professionalism” and to support the vision of Culminis, plus CIPS, and the NPA, Stephen Ibaraki contributed this quote:   “Let us work together in building valued recognition for IT Professionals in the workplace and community, and in government, industry, academia, and the media. It's about unifying IT Professionals towards a 360 degree IT Pro VIP ecosystem sharing (V)alue, and emphasizing (I)ntegrity, and (P)rofessionalism.”
     
  55. Link to an article that appeared on Business Opportunities of Blogs with China Information World (CIW), the No. 1 "print" Newspaper in China in this sector. CIW is an arm of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) which controls and regluates the IT Industry in China. Articles that appear in print with CIW are then also featured in CCIDNET(www.ccidnet.com). CCIDNET, the only website of MII, ranks No. 1 by the independent Alexa service which puts them amongst the top websites worldwide and thus also in China. The article appeared in CIW and in CCIDNET at http://media.ccidnet.com/art/2613/20050828/320285_1.html or media.ccidnet.com or translated version.
    The article also appears in:
    See http://www.techweb.com.cn/news/2005-08-29/18284.shtml or www.techweb.com.cn or translated
    See http://www.ciw.com.cn/itnews/tbbd/2005/08/30/5305.html or www.ciw.com.cn or translated
    See http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2005-08-29/0924705520.shtml or tech.sina.com.cn.pdf
    See http://www.21www.cn/Archives/20059/19.10384.html or www.21www.cn or translated
    See http://www.36588.cn/user1/1/archives/2005/10077.shtml or www.36588.cn or translated
    See http://column.chinabyte.com/360/2090860.shtml or column.chinabyte.com or translated
     
  56. Stephen's work featured in ChinaValue.net, the No. 1 Business/Economics/Financial/IT News/Blog channel in China.
     
  57. Stephen Ibaraki's articles rank in top ten of recommended articles in ChinaValue.
     
  58. Stephen Ibaraki Article on the Keystone Advantage and Business Ecosystems including interview with Dr. Marco Iansiti and quotes from Roy Levien. See article or media.ccidnet.com, in CCIDNET, No 1 portal in business/IT sector in China.
    The article also appears in:
    See http://net.chinabyte.com/chwssh/35/2202535.shtml or ChinaByte.com
    See http://it.sohu.com/20051121/n240765864.shtml or sohu.com
    See http://tech.qq.com/a/20051121/000206.htm or tech.QQ.com
    See http://tech.163.com/05/1121/11/2331H6I6000915BF.html or NetEase.com
     
  59. Stephen Ibaraki was invited to be a Moderator at the 2005, e-Financial WorldExpo
    For Stephen Ibaraki interviews with featured experts, see:  
  60. Other Websites  featuring Stephen Ibaraki interviews with leading IT and Business leaders, including:
    • Stephen Ibaraki's exclusive interview with international financial authority, Andrea Klein. See December, 2005 issue on page 13 of JobLineCanada.com's Career paper
    • Stephen Ibaraki's interview with Randy Cassingham, (Celebrated humorist, journalist, author, publisher; World-Renowned Internet and technology expert; Founder: ThisIsTrue.com, StellaAwards.com, HeroicStories.com, SpamPrimer.com;...) on Talking Electronics site. Another link
    • Stephen Ibaraki's interview with Dave Sanders, (Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) recipient, founding visionary, and president of Culminis). See the second last headline on Webdesign-India site. Another link.
    • Stephen Ibaraki's interview with Adam Engst, (Macintosh Luminary and celebrated publisher of the multi-award winning TidBITS) appears in Tidbits.com website. Another link. It also appears in Mail-Archive.com and Macosx.com.
    • Stephen Ibaraki's interview with Yukihiro Matsumoto, (Creator of Ruby) appears on Blinklist.com website . Another link.
    • Stephen Ibaraki's interview with John Coggeshall, (Technical Consultant for Zend Technologies), appears on Coggeshall.org website . Another link.
    • Stephen Ibaraki's interview with Stephen Mill, Regional Manager for Robert Half Technology. See October, 2005 issue on page 13 of JobLineCanada.com's Career paper
    • Stephen Ibaraki's interview with Thomas Moore, see Exam Cram2 and see Informit.com

    Click here to see more sites featuring Stephen Ibaraki Interviews
     
  61. In 2005, Stephen Ibaraki was the first professional awarded the "new and updated" CNP (Certified Network Professional) designation from the NPA.
     
  62. In 2005, Stephen Ibaraki was recognized by the International Network Professional Association (NPA) to be an international "Distinguished Fellow", due to his:.
    "...significant contributions to the IT industry and work as an outstanding, prominent, and distinguished professional in the networking industry sector (encompassing the internet, mobile computing, telecommunications, security, networking, business continuity/disaster recovery, interoperability, privacy/identity, …)....Fellows represent the “Hall of Fame” of the Networking Industry and Profession..."
    Moreover, Stephen is an invited founding member to the international College of Distinguished Fellows and is now serving as a Director on the NPA Distinguished Fellows Board.
     
  63. Stephen Ibaraki facilitated cooperation between CIPS and NPA. See newsletter and associated story.
     
  64. As an acknowledged international expert in business and IT, Stephen Ibaraki has been asked for annual predictions from noted business and IT authority, and publisher, Mitchell Levy. See article on 2006 Trends. In 2003, Stephen contributed predictions, out of which two were selected from an elite group of top-ranking global experts. In 2005, Stephen contributed 3 detailed and in-depth predictions, of which all three were selected for publication in the book, Happy About Knowing what to expect in 2006. The books are available through Amazon.com and other book channels.
     
  65. Beginning in 2005, Stephen is serving as an international mentor for the Microsoft IT Academy program where he is helping "students during their early IT experience" and supporting a life-long learning model of continuous improvement and career development". Together with technology, discussions, include job strategies, job opportunities, alternative professional paths; best practices in professional and teaching experiences; networking and user group activities; guidance, and encouragement. Moreover this role is extended to college / university faculty members worldwide by providing support and assistance, and giving advice on business and new technologies.
     
  66. Due to his significant contributions and experience in the IT and Business industry, Stephen received a speaking request for an event hosted by Joblinecanada. Stephen is committed to professionalism and serving the public, business and IT community.
     
  67. Because of the value, service, and community outreach provided to IT Leaders, Stephen accepted an invitation to cohost a web log with Microsoft serving a world-IT view for IT managers with a launch date of December 2005. The web log provides dynamic commentaries, text and audio interviews (podcasts), with video and web casts planned for the future. See http://blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanagers/
     
  68. Stephen is serving on the Advisory Board for the Prithvi Institute, a registered and established NGO working at the grass-roots level in India for the empowerment of people, and rural economic development in 300 villages. In addition Stephen is providing funding support for this important group and the iGEN executive lead by CTO Derek Wallace is contributing web expertise.
     
  69. Membership in the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD).
    Stephen will focus on these issues:
    Professionalism: Professionalism, IT governance linked with corporate governance enabling differentiation / competitive advantage / focus strategy, credentialing as a profession, community service, the public good, mentorship and leadership, collaboration
    Corporate: Compliance management, brand protection and promotion, client privacy, digital identity and shadow, accountability, liability, management and anticipation of risk, IT governance in-line with corporate governance, IT representation at the executive level including with boards, IT enabling differentiation / competitive advantage / time-to-market / innovation / alliances / focus strategy (Porter)
     
  70. Stephen Ibaraki is invited to be a moderator for a panel discussion at the 2006 WorldExpo Wireless and Mobile Expo & Conference. Moreover he has been invited to serve on the conference committee to collaborate with and provide counsel regarding the latest IT issue, give special input and professional advice on many aspects of the planning. As an honorary advisor he will receive a special acknowledgement of his input on the event website and show guide.
     
  71. CIPS Director Stephen Ibaraki I.S.P., DF/NPA, CNP, MVP has been invited as a conference advisor and panel moderator (serving if scheduling permits) for the upcoming WowGao WorldExpo IT conferences:
    • Wireless & Mobile Expo & conference
      June 7 & 8, 2006
      National Trade Centre, Toronto, Canada
    • Government & Health Technologies Conference & Expo
      March 8 & 9, 2006
      Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, Canada
    • e-Financial World Expo
      Date: T.B.A.
      Location: T.B.A.
     
  72. In November, 2005, Stephen Ibaraki is interviewed for the iQ publication from Cisco where he speaks about best practices for attracting, hiring and retaining IT professionals. See other article.
     
  73. Stephen Ibaraki is interviewed and is often quoted in IT magazine and articles due to his significant contributions and experience in the IT and Business industry. See Articles
     
  74. ITAC is the voice of the Canadian information and communications technology industry. Together with its affiliated organizations across the country, the association represents 1300 companies in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry in all sectors including telecommunications and Internet services, ICT consulting services, hardware, microelectronics, software and electronic content. ITAC's network of companies accounts for more than 70 per cent of the 566,000 jobs, $130 billion in revenue, $5.2 billion in R&D investment, $20.7 billion in exports and $11.5 billion in capital expenditure that the sector contributes annually to the Canadian economy. ITAC announces new CIPS / Microsoft Blog in their member news. See ITAC announcement CIPS and the Canadian IT Manager Blog
     
  75. Stephen Ibaraki, initiated and now manages the Culminis MS Exchange Support Network portal for the international Network Professional Association as a member benefit. The NPA Vancouver CESN portal contains technical and product resources for Microsoft Exchange.
     
  76. To support professionalism and benefits, Stephen contributed to CIPS / Microsoft Blog and to Happy About member benefits.
     
  77. Stephen Ibaraki is cohost of Canadian IT Managers (CIM) web log which provides dynamic commentaries, (see Grant Buckler's articles "Beauty and the blog" in itbusiness.ca and "Corporations enter a new frontier" - Page 1 and Page 2 in Computing Canada), text and audio interviews (podcasts), etc. See also listing of Stephen's postings.
     
  78. Computing Canada, which is the No.1 bi-weekly newspaper in Canada for the business technology sector, will now be highlighting Stephen's CIPS, Microsoft IT Manager's Blog interviews in each of their editorials. Computing Canada will also give a blog article posting date, article excerpt, and URL to the Microsoft Canadian IT Managers Blog so their readers can get more. In the Blog, Stephen is co-hosting regular blog posts and expert interviews on technology and the IT industry. This will happen for all of Computing Canada's issues of their publication.

    This links the No.1 IT Professional body, the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS); the No.1 community for IT Managers, the Microsoft hosted Canadian IT Managers Blog with 50, 000 unique users; and the No.1 business technology publication, Computing Canada, which counts amongst its readers 40,000 IT Managers.

    This new initiative provides an opportunity to connect IT professionals to collaborate, share experiences, attend training, increase adoption, reach out to the community, promote professionalism, and to expand broadly. And it provides a way of supporting IT professionals in their jobs by providing the latest information, best practices, recommendations, and adoption road-maps from the top experts in the field.
     
  79. On December 16th, 2005, Computing Canada (CC) "formally broke the story" that Stephen Ibaraki is the recipient of the "2005 IT Leadership: Lifetime Achievement Award." See Newsletter).
    Patricia MacInnis, Editor, Computing Canada: "Stephen Ibaraki is the kind of person who runs directly into the fire, knowing there will be some good coming from the experience. During the course of his career as consultant, mentor, teacher and writer, CC’s Lifetime Achievement honoree often worked 20 hours a day, seven days a week to advance the agenda of Canada’s high-tech industry."

    The IT Leadership Awards represent the highest of honours for the business technology industry with an estimated size of 500,000 to 800,000 professionals from business, industry, government, media, and education.

    The CC awards in association with CIPS "... were created to recognize the achievements of IT professionals whose ideas and works have made a positive impact on their organizations...we continue to hear stories of outstanding leadership, teamwork and overall excellence... Computing Canada’s IT Leadership Awards are the first of their kind, recognizing outstanding achievements at the individual and team level... [from CIPS:] recognizing excellence within the industry ..."

    Computing Canada is the No.1 bi-weekly newspaper whose broad audience also includes almost "...40,000 IT managers and decisions-makers in corporate Canada. Established in 1975, it is Canada's longest-standing business technology publication and is considered the best source of news and analysis on technology issues that matter to medium and large Canadian businesses...Computing Canada has the largest editorial team of any Canadian publication in its category, reporting and investigating on news, topics and concerns that affect the management of information systems departments in business, government and educational organizations..."
     
  80. Stephen Ibaraki, received official notice (certificate and letter) from Microsoft in January 2006, of his Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award. "MVPs are awarded for their demonstrated technical expertise, willingness to help others and commitment to technical communities...MVPs are technology's best and brightest," and a "stellar group of individuals from around the world who have demonstrated a willingness to reach out, share their technical expertise with others and help individuals maximize their use of technology."
     
  81. 3 Top Honors for CIPS Board Member, Stephen Ibaraki: Lifetime Achievement Award; the Most Valuable Professional Award; and the Distinguished Fellow Award.
     
  82. Stephen Ibaraki, MVP, I.S.P., DFNPA, CNP, Achieves the Top Three Honors for 2005/2006: International, Canadian, and now from Microsoft. See announcements in China.
     
  83. Computing Canada (CC) partners with Stephen Ibaraki, I.S.P., DF/NPA, CNP, MVP. Computing Canada's new editorial feature, Blogged Down, features Stephen Ibaraki's upcoming interviews in the Canadian IT Managers forum (CIM). Stephen Ibaraki's first featured interview is with Roger Sessions, founder and CEO, ObjectWatch Inc. For a listing of featured interviews, see:  Computing Canada (CC) "Blogged Down" Editorials
     
  84. Stephen Ibaraki has been appointed to Application Development Trends (ADT) Board of Advisors.
     
  85. Distinguished Fellow and Microsoft MVP, Stephen Ibaraki, was keynote speaker at the CIPS Professional Development Day in Vancouver, BC, on February, 2006. (see speakers and schedule).
     
  86. Stephen Ibaraki Snapshot Profile:   Small Sampling of some background and professional affiliations
     
  87. Stephen Ibaraki, I.S.P., CIPS National Board Director, was appointed to the Federal Government Computers for Success Board.

  88. In May 2006, Stephen Ibaraki is elected as a “founding” CIPS Fellow “granted only to a select number of individuals from the IT community—those who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of Information Technology…" Fellows can "now use the designation FCIPS." Fellows can be of any nationality or residency. The inaugural council of Fellows will make recommendations for future Fellows. See CIPS new membership and CIPS Fellow Members.

  89. Culminis Leader Update (under Leader Highlight)
    "Culminis would like to add our congratulations to those of other IT Pros from around the world to Stephen Ibaraki for the recognition he received this year for years of devotion to the IT profession. He was elected as Vice-President of the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) and will automatically become CIPS President next year. He was also formally inducted as a CIPS Fellow at the CIPS national board meetings and the CIPS Awards dinner.
    Awarded "only to outstanding leaders and people of influence within the IT Community" and "granted only to a select number of individuals from the IT community-those who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of Information Technology", Fellows can be of any nationality or residency. Fellows are amongst a select group of elite professionals specially selected and will collectively influence matters of professionalism, the labour market, initiatives in education, public policy and the government, the future of IT, business, and the industry as a whole."

  90. Stephen Ibaraki quoted in several Microsoft articles by Lauren Gibbons Paul, "Adapting to Software as a Service", and "Calculating your rent option", and "When to buy, when to rent" (article also in Microsoft Midsize Business Center).

  91. Stephen Ibaraki - Microsoft articles, "Making your life easier with CRM ".

  92. May 28, 2006, Stephen Ibaraki, (Profile), was elected by acclamation as Vice-President of the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS). In May 2007, Stephen Ibaraki will automatically transition to President of CIPS and in May 2008, Stephen Ibaraki will transition to past-president serving on the executive committee of the CIPS national board. See CIPS Connections

  93. In July, 2006 Stephen Ibaraki was quoted in a Ottawa Business Journal article entitled, "IT: Plugged in, wired up, stressed out".

  94. In the August 21, 2006 issue of the National Post, John Boufford, CIPS president and Stephen Ibaraki, CIPS vice-president, were quoted in an article entitled, "Crossing Guards of the Information Highway". Stephen Ibaraki was also quoted in another article entitled, "Software Makes the Grade"

  95. Stephen Ibaraki wrote an article in November, 2006 issue of Computing Canada entitled, "IT Skills Shortage Needs to be Addressed". (See page 2 for continuation of article).

  96. Stephen is quoted in the Computing Canada article by Peter Thompson, CEO of RIS entitled, "Retiring Boomer about to leave a big hole in the market for skilled legacy system workers".

  97. CIPS Vice President, Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P. was quoted in an article in November issue of National Post, entitled "IT Industry Needs New Blood" (cont'd page 2) by Danny Bradbury (Nov. 22, 2006 - Section FP Working, WK1, page 1). See print version

  98. Stephen Ibaraki, together with Mark Relph and Barnaby Jeans (Microsoft Canada); Kate Gregory (Gregory Consulting); Barry Gervin (Objectsharp Consulting); are judges for the MSDN Canada Code Awards
    MSDN Canada Code Awards is a program targeted at the broad Professional Developer audience in Canada. The concept was designed to deliver a comuunity award program that recognizes contributions of Developers & Development teams for their technical excellence, outstanding contributions in the community, business savvy or all round passion for the art of Development....

  99. Stephen Ibaraki serves on the Board of Directors and on the executive committee as Chief Strategy Officer of ChinaValue (www.chinavalue.net). Stephen authored the business plan for ChinaValue which holds No. 1 ranking in the world's fastest growing economy of 2.2 trillion dollars, 9.9% growth, 120 million internet users and slated as the world's largest by 2010 with more than 200 million, 400 million cell phones (bigger than the next 3 countries combined), and predicted to be the world’s largest economy within 20 years. In two years [as of September 2006] with sixty 3rd party indicators of its No.1 position, Chinavalue is the No.1 Professional Content 2.0 Corporation and Professional Community in China with 10,000 writers/researchers and growing; the largest professional blogs and Web 2.0 professional-ranked community generating 100,000 research articles on business, finance, economics, investments, technology and 21 sectors of industry; the first and largest business + industry wikis [group edited encyclopedias]; 10 million readers who are in the "professional" ranks in China and rapidly growing; relationships with 1000 magazines and the top web sites (ranked in the top 10 worldwide); a strategic advisory role and media partnership with CCTV (China Central Television with 1 Billion viewers); a role with the masters programs of the top universities in China;... ChinaValue's executive team include the top leaders in business and media in China and its influence and extensive relationships hits the top ranks of business, education, media, technology, and industry. ChinaValue's focus is business and industry content and professional community or Knowledge + Talent.

  100. "CANADIAN ALL-STAR EXECUTIVES.” October 9th-22nd 2006: Canadian Business, the 5th Annual THE BOSS ISSUE, Canada’s All-Star Execs, The 6 Best Managers in the Country. Stephen Ibaraki, MVP, FCIPS, is invited to the All-Star Executive Panel as a member of the judging panel to select the best Canadian Business Executives for the All-Star Executive issue of Canadian Business. Over a long and exhaustive period of three months as judge, Stephen researches and reviews the business measures that define the winning all-star senior business executives. Stephen is the first MVP invited to serve on the distinguished All-Star Executive Panel:
    - See The Cover and The All-Star Judging Panel .

  101. In the November 28, 2006, John Boufford, CIPS president and Stephen Ibaraki, CIPS vice-president, were quoted in an article by Peter Thompson in the Globe & Mail's Technology Quarterly entitled, "Can we close the gap?".

  102. In November, 2006, Stephen Ibaraki joined principals Graham Jones and Jing Chen to form IT Volunteering, a purely volunteer not-for-profit organization committed to finding donated IT solutions and services for not-for-profit groups and charities. (See Our Principals). Also see November, 2006 Press Release.

  103. December 2006: Stephen Ibaraki, CIPS Fellow, NPA Distinguished Fellow, and Microsoft MVP, as founding co-host of the CIPS/Microsoft IT Managers Connections blog, in one year drives the blog to the top 10% of all blogs within Microsoft blog technet properties worldwide. This is a considerable feat since Microsoft online properties rank amongst the top sites worldwide. The blog receives extended reach through pick up in notable Canadian publications. As the only recipient of the ICT Industry’s Computing Canada IT Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award, Stephen Ibaraki blogs receive pickup on the itbusiness.ca website and are referenced in every issue of Computing Canada from the Editor page.

  104.  December, 2006: The 9th annual edition of the widely regarded "Happy About Knowing What to Expect" book series which provides predictions on the global economy, business, and technology. The accuracy rate is 85% for the last two years. Top global leaders from all sectors are invited to make predictions for the annual Happy About book series whose readership include 10,000 CEOs worldwide. From this elite group of thousands, 50 are chosen for their predictions. As an acknowledged international expert in business and IT, Stephen has been again been asked for annual predictions from noted business and IT authority, and publisher, Mitchell Levy. His predictions appear under three separate trends. His predictions rank at the top.

  105. In January 24, 2007 Stephen Ibaraki was quoted in a ITWorldCanada.com article by Nestor E. Arellano entitled, "Canadian IT Industry needs image makeover, say analysts".
    (See also ITAP News)

  106.  Stephen Ibaraki, received official notice from Microsoft in January 2007, of his Most Valuable Professional (MVP) re-Awarding for 2007. MVPs are similar to CIPS Fellows who are awarded for their outstanding contributions to information technology and the industry (Stephen is also a CIPS Fellow and NPA Distinguished Fellow) with the addition: MVPs are chosen from 90 countries and the estimated pool of 200 million IT professionals worldwide; MVPs can not be Microsoft employees but are independent experts; MVPs must demonstrate continuing outstanding contributions to be re-awarded. Stephen was the first in Canada to be awarded in his category in 2006. As an MVP, Stephen has received an invitation to attend the MVP World Summit in March 2007 which Stephen will be attending. To find out more about Stephen's MVP status, go to the Microsoft MVP profile site at:
    https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=bf2fce10-19af-45a0-a2f5-f57f666c4280

  107. Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P., DFNPA, MVP, CNP, is invited to the SecTor Conference Advisory Committee:

    "SecTor is very fortunate to have an impressive group of leading security and industry professionals on our Advisory Committee. These individuals play a critical role bringing the world's best speakers and minds to the Toronto stage for the benefit of all in attendance. If networking and being plug into the Security Community are priorities for you, then we highly recommended introducing yourself to these folks."
    http://www.sector.ca/advisory_committee.htm

    "Illuminating the Black Art of Security. SecTor brings to Canada the world's brightest (and darkest) minds together to identify, discuss, dissect and debate the latest digital threats facing corporations today. Unique to central Canada, SecTor provides an unmatched opportunity for IT Professionals to collaborate with their peers and learn from their mentors. Held at the Toronto Metro Convention Centre in downtown Toronto, SecTor runs two full days, November 20th and 21st. The event features Key Notes from North America's most respected and trusted experts. Speakers are true security professionals with depth of understanding on topics that matter. SecTor is a must attend event for every IT Professional."
    http://www.sector.ca/default.htm


  108. Due to Stephen Ibaraki's multiple award-winning international leadership profile in business, industry, government, media, research, and education, Stephen was invited to be the leadoff speaker in the IT Executive Alignment Tour 07 from Microsoft Technet running February through March 2007.
    "Session 1 - Industry view: IT as a Strategic Asset
    Stephen Ibaraki will provide the introduction to the day, setting the context for the remainder of the discussion. He’ll talk about aligning IT to the business goals."
    http://www.microsoft.com/canada/technet/alignment/

  109. February 2007, Stephen Ibaraki is taking on the role as Vice-Chair for the NPA together with his roles as an international Board Director, Chair for the Distinguished Fellows Council, Managing Editor and co-publisher for the NPA Journal, and a Board Director on the Accreditation/Certification Council.

  110. From an estimated 200 million ICT workers, 3800 are nominated to be Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals or MVPs through a lengthy vetting process. MVPs are an independent global body of experts in more than 90 technologies and 90+ countries specially chosen for their outstanding technical and community contributions. From the 3800, Stephen Ibaraki was amongst five specially chosen and who were uniquely profiled for the 2007 MVP Global Summit held in March 2007 and featured in the Microsoft MVP Global Summit News Release which includes Microsoft Chairman Gates, Vice-President Kaplan, and Senior Director/GM of MVP Global, O'Driscoll.
    The link to the news release: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/mvpsummit/default.mspx
    Stephen also appeared in an interview for InsideTrack which goes out to 80,000 Microsoft employees.

    *****
    Stephen Ibaraki
    MVP Award: Windows Server, Customer Experience

    Home: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanager

    "Coming together at the MVP Global Summit fuels our resources as MVPs to better serve the estimated 200 million ICT professionals - working as an independent body of expert volunteers whose priority is service and enhancing the user experience."

    President-elect for the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) and vice-chair for the international Network Professional Association (NPA), Stephen Ibaraki is an award-winning college educator, writer, speaker and IT professional with more than 30 years experience working with technology. In addition to being a Microsoft MVP, Ibaraki is a CIPS founding Fellow, NPA founding Distinguished Fellow, the only recipient of the information and communication technology (ICT) industry's Computing Canada IT Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award, and an inaugural recipient of the IT Hero Award from Industry Canada and the Information Technology Association of Canada. ... ...Ibaraki also co-founded the CIPS/Microsoft IT Managers Connections blog and ITVolunteering.org, which connects IT professionals to charities with Microsoft technologies. As a result of his award-winning international leadership profile and passion for volunteerism within the technical community, Ibaraki is serving as a keynote speaker at the IT Executive Alignment Tour '07 from Microsoft TechNet, running February through March 2007.
    ***

  111. March 16, 2007 issue of Computing Canada (also see), Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, ISP, CIPS vice-president, article entitled "The community should unite for security"

  112. News (MS Summit) about Stephen Ibaraki posted in Top 10 China portals.

  113. The CIPS session at the Massive Technology Show, being held at the Convention & Exhbition Centre in Vancouver BC in March 28, 2007, features CIPS Vice-president, Stephen Ibaraki . Stephen shares his insight "IT as a Strategic Asset."

  114. March 28, 2007 issue of Tri-City News, article by Sarah Payne about Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, ISP, CIPS vice-president, entitled "PM tech leader wins honour"
        "A technology expert living in Port Moody has been handpicked from 3,800 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) for his contributions to the industry and volunteer efforts in the community.
        Microsoft chooses the MVPs from over 100 million information, communication and technology (ICT) workers around the world. Stephen Ibaraki was one of the 3,800 chosen from over 90 countries to form the global body of top-ranking experts in more than 90 technologies.
        Ibaraki was also honoured as an MVP in 2006 but this was the first year that Microsoft went the extra step of highlighting five outstanding ICT professionals at the week-long MVP Global Summit held in Seattle earlier this month.... [see more] .....    "

  115. "Stephen Ibaraki, Executive Board Director, ChinaValue.net (No.1 China-based professional community) 15,000+ writer/researchers; top 50 university partners; top 100+ magazine alliances; strategic partner, CCTV (1 billion viewers); top 10 portals content provider; 200,000 professional members; 10 million audience; 1 million pageviews/day; real time intelligence on business, investments, finance, economics, technology, law, education, industry, government, media; first and largest professional business blogs, wikis, and "digging" tied to vertical search engine, on 21 industry sectors; -- http://www.chinavalue.net/index.html"
    - Hu Yong, Executive Board Director; Editor-in-Chief; Senior Executive Vice President of Media Strategy for ChinaValue.net

  116. Stephen Ibaraki, I.S.P., quoted in article in CIPS supplement in the May 15, 2007 issue of the Halifax Chronicle Herald: Business section (p.C4 & C5), entitled "IT Employers looking for broad skills set".

  117. May, 2007, Technet Magazine featured an article by Stephen Ibaraki entitled "Business of IT"

  118. Stephen is extensively quoted in a Microsoft article, "Ways to Lose Your Competitive Advantage", see article in Microsoft Midsize Business Center

  119. Stephen Ibaraki is the President of the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) for 2007-2008. Then in May 2008, Stephen Ibaraki will transition to past-president serving on the executive committee of the CIPS national board.

  120. Stephen Ibaraki joins two other industry experts on October, 2007 as part of the Ignite your Career Webcast series. Topic: Becoming your own boss. (See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-ca/community/bb738057.aspx).

  121. Stephen Ibaraki's article in Security Matters magazine, entitled "Emerging threats forcing many businesses to rethink their IT security."

  122. Stephen Ibaraki is quoted in the CNS Magazine in the September/October 2007 article by Martin Slofstra, entitled "Security for All"

  123. Stephen Ibaraki is quoted in ITWorldCanada.com in the August 30, 2007 article by Rafael Ruffolo of ComputerWorld Canada, entitled "University of Fredericton seeks IT pros for e-MBA"

  124. Stephen Ibaraki is quoted in an October 17, 2007 article in ITWorldCanada by Rafael Ruffolo of Computerworld Canada, entitled "CIPS looks beyond I.S.P. Week to global credibility".

  125. Stephen Ibaraki joins two other industry experts on November 15, 2007 as part of the Ignite your Career Webcast series. Topic: Industry Insight for the IT Pro. (See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/events/bb819576.aspx). See the November 15, 2007 event.

  126. Stephen Ibaraki is quoted in an November, 2007 article by Shannon Montgomery of The Canadian Press, entitled "As tech jobs rise, changes are needed to lure youth to the field, say experts". Also see http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/071107/technology/technology_cyberfile_tech_jobs and http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071108/youth_it_071108?s_name=&no_ads=.

  127. Stephen Ibaraki is quoted in an November, 2007 article by Martin Slofstra, entitled "Social Networks - What does Facebook mean to business?".

  128. 2007 CIPS Updates from CIPS President, Stephen Ibaraki:
    Fall/Winter 2007 CIPS Update 1
    Fall/Winter 2007 CIPS Update 2

  129. Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, MVP, was a member of the Executive Judging Panel, to select the Canadian Business  All-Star Executives of 2007.
    CEO: Tony Franceschini, Stantec Inc.
    CFO: Bob McFarlane, Telus Corp.
    COO: D. Scott Patterson, FirstService Corp.
    Sales: Tim Hockey, TD Bank Financial Group
    CIO: Rick Green, CHC Helicopter Corp.
    Most Innovative: Steve Bolliger, Vincor Canada

  130. Announced by Microsoft: Jan 1, 2008: Ibaraki Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Recognition for 2008.    Quoted from Microsoft: “technology's best and brightest," and a "stellar group of individuals from around the world.” From more than 30 million IT professionals, a select few are recognized as global independent experts and recognized for their outstanding contributions.
    https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=BF2FCE10-19AF-45A0-A2F5-F57F666C4280

  131. McKinsey Advisor, Ibaraki’s Predications Selected for "Happy About: Knowing What to Expect in 2008".
    Happy About Book series. December 23rd 2007: The 10th annual edition of the top-ranking, best-selling book series which provides predictions on the global economy, business, and technology. The accuracy rate is 85% for the last two years. Top global senior executive leaders from all sectors are specially invited to make predictions for the annual Happy About book series whose readership include 10,000 CEOs worldwide. From this elite group of thousands, 50 are chosen for their predictions. Stephen Ibaraki, Fellow, Distinguished Fellow, and Microsoft MVP, is selected again—his predictions have been chosen each year that he has contributed. Consistently, Stephen's predictions appear under several separate trends, and he is uniquely the most quoted amongst the chosen 50.
    http://www.happyabout.info/economy.php

  132. Ibaraki Specially Invited as Senior Judge for 2008 MSDN Code Awards: the program is targeted to the Professional Developer and is the largest of it’s kind. It’s a special community awards program that recognizes contributions of Developers & Development teams for their technical excellence, outstanding contributions in the community, business savvy or all round passion for the art of Development. Due to Stephen Ibaraki's leading top-ranking role in the industry, he is invited to be on the select panel of judges. The awards program begins in November 2007 and ends in May 2008.
    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-ca/codeawards/default.aspx

  133. Due to Stephen's recognized global expertise in business and technology, he was specially invited to be the opening keynote for the ACCC National Council of IT Deans summit in March, 2008 and then stay for 2 days of meetings. The ACCC represents all colleges and institutes with about 25 to 30% being degree granting. Other speakers on the agenda included from: ICTC, HRSDC, Cisco, ACCC Director, Deans of IT from across country, MS (2 speakers: President, and Director). Stephen's opening keynote supported a context for the following 2 days of meetings and presentations. As noted from the ACCC: "Thank you for accepting our invitation to give a keynote address at ACCC's National Council of Information Technology Deans (NCITD) meeting scheduled to take place at Microsoft Canada Co....The main theme of this meeting will focus on the challenges in recruitment and enrollment in ICT programs. We would be interested to hear your views on the current state of IT and how colleges and institutes might do to address the skills shortages in this industry." (See letter.)

  134. A partial listing of articles for and in which Stephen Ibaraki has been interviewed, quoted or has written.

  135. Stephen Ibaraki is very interested in reviewing the hardware/software of vendors for an international audience. His work though all of its sources, (research, writing, speaking, strategic advising, management consulting, interviews ...) is targeted to users and enterprises globally; and is available to 600 million Internet users. His shipping address, phone number and other particulars are below including a profile of his work.



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