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• Canadian Office Product Association (COPA) see Brochure (pdf format)

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RECENT APPOINTMENTS, ACTIVITIES AND RECOGNITIONS

• 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.)
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Stephen Ibaraki joins two other industry experts on November 15, 2007 as part of an 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.
  
  
• Stephen Ibaraki joins two other industry experts on October 2, 2007 as part of an Ignite your Career Webcast series. Topic: Becoming your own boss. (See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-ca/community/bb738057.aspx).
  
  
• 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.
  
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  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.
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• 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



• 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
  
  
• "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.
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Stephen Ibaraki, I.S.P., CIPS National Board Director, was appointed to the Federal Government Computers for Success Board.
  
  
• Stephen Ibaraki has been appointed to Application Development Trends (ADT) Board of Advisors.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 3 Top Honors for CIPS Board Member, Stephen Ibaraki: Lifetime Achievement Award; the Most Valuable Professional Award; and the Distinguished Fellow Award.
  
  
• 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."
  
  
• 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..."

• 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.
  
  
• To support professionalism and benefits, Stephen contributed to CIPS / Microsoft Blog and to Happy About member benefits.
  
  
• Stephen Ibaraki is cohost of Canadian IT Managers web log which provides dynamic commentaries, text and audio interviews (podcasts), etc. See listing of Stephen's postings.
  
  
• Stephen Ibaraki, initiates 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.
  
  
• In November, 2005, Stephen is interviewed for the iQ publication from Cisco where he speaks about best practices for attracting, hiring and retaining IT professionals.
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Because of the value, service, and community outreach provided to IT Leaders, Stephen accepted an invitation to co-host 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/
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• In 2005, Stephen Ibaraki was the first professional awarded the "new and updated" CNP (Certified Network Professional) designation from the NPA.
  
  
• Stephen Ibaraki is a 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.”
  
  
• July, 2005, Stephen Ibaraki appointed to the Editorial Board of CaC Publications and will also contribute as a writer.
  
  
• In 2005, Stephen Ibaraki's work was cited alongside 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 2002 Recipient of Best Networking Professional - Career Achievement Award by Network Professional Association in conjunction with NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2002, Network World magazine and Network Computing magazine. "This award honors a networking professional who has demonstrated the highest level of professionalism and work ethics within the industry. This individual should serve as a role model in the network computing community and may be considered by peers as an industry luminary. The submissions will be judged based on the individual’s ethical standards and years of experience." 
  - For more information see Networld+Interop Daily article (pdf)  and Vancouver Sun article.
  - See Articles:  Association honors network professionals ( Kudos to your colleagues)
  - See further coverage at NetworkWorldFusion  and Network Computing (The Daily Blog)
  - See: Network Anatomy
  - See: Certification Magazine
  - See: Victoria Times Colonist
  - See: Business Wire
  
  
• Stephen Ibaraki: Whiz Kid  an article in the Business section of the Vancouver Sun Newspaper (Article also carried on www.canada.com website in the Technology Section)
   
• Stephen Ibaraki was selected from across Canada as the Canadian Information Processing (CIPS) 2001 recipient of the prestigious Gary Hadford Professional Achievement Award. Stephen Ibaraki is also a newly inducted member of the Canadian Information Processing Society Hall of Fame which was created in 1997 to honour people who have made an outstanding contribution to CIPS and the Canadian IT profession as a whole. (See also Article by Paul Luke in the Business section of the Vancouver Province and profile in the Vancouver Sun.) 
  
  
• Nominated CIPS Vancouver "Innovators in Technology"  Awards
  • IT Rising Star (2002)
  • IT Career Achievement (2001, 2002)
  
  
• Nominees for the CIPS Innovators in Technology Awards (2001). Category: IT Career Achievement in Technology included:.
  Al Donald, former CEO and President of Westech Information Systems
  Jim Grey, President and CEO of Radiant Communications
  Stephen Ibaraki, Teacher, BC-based College
  Garry Rasmussen, President and CEO of TELUS Enterprise Solutions
  Robert Wilband, retired President and CEO of Prologic
  Jim Yeates, Chairman and CEO of Burntsand
  
  
• Recipient of IT HERO AWARD from Industry Canada and Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)
  
  See ITAC News Release for more information. For Canadian Information Processing (CIPS) article, see  IT Heros.
  
  - ITAC 2000/2001 Annual Review  (pdf)
  
  
• Due to his professional standing, Stephen Ibaraki is quoted in the information Systems Professional ISP brochure and on all CIPS membership cards: (see CIPS Brochure)
  "As a globally recognized standard, the ISP brings tremendous value to my work as an educator, writer, researcher, and speaker."
  -   Stephen Ibaraki, ISP, Senior Faculty Member, Capilano College, North Vancouver
  
  
• Profiled by Microsoft
  "Read his Success Story, the second in a series highlighting the careers of individuals who are leading the industry with Microsoft certification."
  
  
• Article in Business in Vancouver
  -   see cover story Article
  
  
• North Shore News
  -   see article, Stephen Ibaraki,  Recipient of 2001 Gary Hadford Professional Achievement award
  -   see article, Best Network Professional,  2002 Network Professional Association Award
  
  
• Letter of Congratulations from Capilano College Board of Directors
  
  
• Since 1996, Stephen Ibaraki 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.



• 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 Trends for 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.
  Also see  The Real Technology Trends of 2004



• November of 2003, Stephen Ibaraki received an invitation from the council manager 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."



• Stephen Ibaraki 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



• 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.

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