Elected CIPS founding fellow profile: Stephen Ibaraki FCIPS, I.S.P., ITCP | Canada's Association of Information Technology Professionals

Stephen Ibaraki FCIPS, DFNPA, FGITCA, Microsoft MVP Awardee (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), I.S.P., ITCP

Multi-award winning entrepreneur, board chairman, executive board director, senior executive officer, president, industry analyst, researcher, business strategist, writer, author, keynote speaker, senior invited advisor to the fortune 500 on strategy and technology, senior IT/business professional/educator
Invited International Program Committee (IPC) and invited Chair/Owner Stream 3 Session 3, “ICT Capacity Building and Economic Growth”, IFIP 2012 World Computer Congress (IPC IFIP WCC2012, March 2012)
Invited Founder and Chair ACM Professionalism and Certification Committee (PCC, Feb 2012); Chair ACM Professional Development Committee (PDC) which includes Webinar Committee (WC) and PCC
- ACM: World’s largest educational, scientific, professional association well known for their Turing Awards (Nobel Prize of Computing) and special interest groups such as SIGGRAPH
- 1.5 million users of their digital library; 1 million readers of their primary journal
- over 700 chapters
- 78 publications: including 40 journals and transactions, eight magazines, and 30 newsletters
- 504 conference and related workshop proceedings in its portfolio
- 36 SIGS and some like SIGGRAPH have over 30,000 attendees at their conferences
Elected 2012 FEAPO Board Director (Feb 2012), co-chair communications working group
Invited FEAPO Board Summit (LA, March 2012)
Invited industry chairman and speaker, the 13th Great-Idea International ITO and BPO Delegation visiting China during April 16th – 24th, 2012, in Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuhan and Beijing, participating key events, such as the 2nd CIO Summit and the 2nd China Service Outsourcing Innovation Development and Investment Promotion Summit (COIP) in Suzhou, and the 2nd Green IT Forum and the 6th China Service Outsourcing Industry Development and Cooperation International Forum (CODC) in Wuhan
Invited industry chairman and speaker ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), (May 2012)
Chair panel session Global Industry Council, IFIP World Computing Congress (September 2012)
Invited industry chairman and panel speaker ISACA World Congress (June 2012)
Invited industry chairman, global expert and speaker V Astana world Economic Forum (May 2012)
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award (January 2012--also 2006, 2007, 2008. 2009, 2010, 2011) as quoted from Microsoft: “MVPs are a select group of experts representing technology's best and brightest people”
Vice-Chair and Executive Board Director IFIP IP3 (November 2011)
Chair and moderator EA panel session (October 2011), IFIP World CIO Forum ; invited Vice-Chair IAB World CIO Forum (December 2010)
Acting Chairman (October 2011) and Founder IP3 Global Industry Council (IP3-GIC) part of the UN-founded and UNESCO-consultative body (2010), first council of its kind—also serving as founding director on the council and Chief Officer Strategic Relations
Appointed Board Director, Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO-Sept 2011), Co-Chair Communications Committee (June 2011)
Co-opted Board Director IFIP IP3 (Sept 2011)
Appointed by acclamation by GITCA and Microsoft, first GITCA Fellow (August 2011) for making “an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the computing profession, IT community, and/or the industry” – to be formally recognized at TechEd NA or TechEd EMEA
Appointed Chair (October 2011), formerly Co-chair ACM Practitioners Board, Professional Development Committee (Summer 2011); the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world’s largest educational, scientific, professional organization well known for their Turing Awards (Nobel Prize of Computing)
Founding charter delegate, FEAPO (June, 2011); co-chair communications working group (Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations)
Appointed to IFIP IP3 Board of Directors (May 2011), as Founder Global Industry Council (GIC)
First global World CIO Forum (WCF), November 2011, Vice-Chair of the International Advisory Board (appointed December 2010)
Invited FEAPO Creation Summit (Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Associations--January, 2011 and June 2011)
Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Windows Live (January 2011); previously awarded in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006.
Founder IP3 Global Industry Council (IP3-GIC) part of the UN-founded and UNESCO-consultative body (2010), first council of its kind-- serving as founding director on the council and Chief Officer Strategic Relations
Appointed Chairman of the Board, The Vine Group, international investment banking and merchant banking group (July 2010)
Invited global leader and executive, MS Global User Group Summit (2010)
Invited World Computing Congress (WCC), IP3 Day Presenter and Chair of the international panel presentation and discussion from 3 continents on IT Professionalism, What does Industry Want?; Participant IP3 AGM and Board Meeting; Participant Seoul Accord Meeting (2010)
Invited global leader and VIP executive by the China government, International Financial Services and BPO Delegation/Summit China--Shanghai, Kunshan, Hangzhou, Ningbo, and executive delegate to Beijing multinational fortune corporations summit (2010)
Executive Board Director, Chief Strategic Alliance Officer, Business Plan author, ChinaValue, world's largest: professional networking and professional services platform, online business social media/wiki/blogs with 2 million entries, business & market intelligence research services / event management group in China; 600,000 researchers / writers / employees / shareholders (100 million reach through partners, more than 1 million premium contributors in 2010); Executive Board Director, ChinaKSP, ChinaSNS2 (2010)
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award in Windows Live, "technology's best and brightest...exceptional group ...who have demonstrated a willingness to reach out, share their technical expertise with others and help individuals maximize their use of technology" (2010)
Requested/invited, appointed by the IP3 Board, UN-founded IFIP IP3 Senior Vice-President Strategic Relations (2010)
Appointed, Advisory Board, Neil Squire Society, non-profit organization, innovating new services and technologies for empowering people with special needs, disabilities, and accessibility challenges (2010)
Appointed, Board Director, Vine Group, international investment, venture, and merchant banking group (January 2010)
Invited global leader and executive Forbes CIO Network forum (2009-present)
Invited global leader and executive McKinsey Quarterly Executive Panel and forum (2006-present)—“The McKinsey Quarterly Executive Panel asks selected executives their views on top business trends and on topics relevant to their functional area of expertise. This is a private group for McKinsey Executive Panel members only. We hope you'll use this space to connect with other members about survey results, new ideas for research, and much else.”
60 million audience / readership reach for making connections, networking, growing skills, learning best practices, receiving mentoring, finding useful resources, cementing career lessons: podcast interviews heard in more than 100 countries (60M reach in 2009, ongoing); Interviews initiated in the 1980s’ and now appearing in more than 60 channels worldwide
All Star Judge Canadian Business Magazine All-Star Executive Awards awarding the top performing executives (on-going, fall 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006,...)
Keynote Deans of IT Summit to the entire national educational community - 100% survey satisfaction rating--providing bursaries, students awards, software, resources, speakers, curriculum, industry insights, government and industry connections, mentoring to schools, faculty, students (February 2009)
Keynote non-profit Cisco Academy Academic Conferences for more than 200 secondary and post-secondary institutions - 100% uniformly positive rating, providing bursaries, students awards, software, resources, speakers, curriculum, industry insights, government and industry connections, mentoring to schools, faculty, students (April, May, June 2009)
Invitation Ambassador - President Eisenhower-founded and chaired by successive US Presidents, "People-to-People Ambassador Foundation" program (2009, ongoing)
Co-manager and invited international consultant to IFIP IP3 Business Plan (recommendations approved July 2009 London, UK)
Special Awards Chief Judge Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF: May 2010); Chair Intel ISEF Awards committee (ACM: 2009/2010)
Keynote Career Education Society to K12, post-secondary, governments, industry providing bursaries, students awards, software, resources, speakers, curriculum, industry insights, trends, government and industry connections, mentoring to schools, faculty, teachers, career councillors and students (November 2009)
Invited global Education Council meeting (ACM: 2009) for pre-eminent researchers and educatorsJudge Ignite IT Awards (2009) providing national recognition to IT professionals and developers
Gold Award, User Group Community, "for your support of User Group Communities Worldwide" (MS Technical Audience Global Marketing, awarded 2009)
Global User Group Community Award "for your support of User Group Communities Worldwide and your contribution to UGSS (User Group Support Services)" (MS Technical Audience Global Marketing, awarded 2009)
Chief Business Development Officer, invited business plan leader and business plan consultant for the IFIP IP3 implementation (2009); ongoing invited international Advisor to the UN-founded IFIP IP3 - global professionalism/certification/standards (2007-present)
Official senior 3rd party advisor and industry analyst to MS Canada (2005-present) and MS Redmond advisor, and advisor insider program (on-going)
Invited Chief Editor to MS YouShapeIT/TechNet (2008-2009)
MS most valuable Professional Award: Windows Live R&D (only one globally) (2009)
Culminis Hall of Fame (2009) for outstanding international contributions to industry, technology and the community
Special Awards Judge Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, world's largest science fair (ACM: 2009/2010)
Invited ACM Professions Board, Professional Development Committee (2008-present) working on providing skills growth, mentoring, resources, connections, career support to the global IT professional community
First founding Chairman, Global Board of Directors, GITCA (Global IT Community Association) (2008-2009); serving as Board Director/Advisor on the Global Board as immediate past Chairman (Global IT Community Association, world's largest alliance of IT associations and groups) (2009-present)
ASTTBC industry-based, lifetime Advanced Technology Award for Leadership in Information Technology; Premier Campbell "you have distinguished yourself in your field of endeavour promoting pioneering efforts in technology and this award will recognize your considerable contributions with respect to the applications and adaptations of advanced technology to new uses. I commend you for your many achievements and thank you for your commitment to industry excellence" (Fall 2008)
Keynotes: IT Executive Alignment Tour; National Council of IT Deans; House of Commons Group; Strategic Architecture Forum; ...etc... providing skills growth, career lessons, recognition, prizes, awards, software, resources, speakers, industry insights, trends, job opportunities, government and industry connections, mentoring for IT professionals, best practices, guidance and tools on IT and business alignment (2007 and ongoing)
Advisor MS Global IT Advisory Council providing skills and career growth, best practices, industry insights, mentoring, podcasts with industry leaders (2008-Present)
Invited International Advisor and Content Contributor/Host UN-Founded International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3); global standards, creating the IT profession, framework for professionalism, global certification, international accreditation program (2007--Present)
Contributor as member, certified professional, writer, web-caster, papers, author, interviewer (1991-present); Board Director (2005/6); Vice-president (2006/7); Chairman and President of the CIPS National Board and Executive Committee (2007-2008); serving on the Office of the Executive Council as immediate past President (2008-present)
Appointed Advisory Board of Sector—produces largest security conference (2006-present)
Global MVP Summit Invited for Three Presentations: (1) Open Space, (2) Technical Session, (3) Global User Group Summit providing skills growth, career lessons, recognition, industry insights, trends, job opportunities, government and industry connections, mentoring for IT professionals, best practices, global standards, professionalism, professional certification, IT as a Profession
Computer World (Canada) TOP 10 Blogger
Global MVP Summit TOP 7 Blogger –two blogs out of seven are Ibaraki’s
Global MVP Summit TOP 5 Most Valuable Professional
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional [MVP] Award (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
NPA board director (2004); Vice Chair, Publisher/managing editor NPA Journal, Chair College of Distinguished Fellows, Chair Editorial Board (5 years from 2005 to 2009); now board director, director certification board, director editorial board, judge international Awards for Professionalism (2004-present)
Network Professional Association founding Distinguished Fellow (DFNPA, 2005) for outstanding lifetime contributions to society, industry, education, and technology internationally
Appointed National Board, Computers for Success Canada (2005)
Gerson Lehrman Group Scholar (GLG Scholar, 2006—outstanding advisor to investment groups)
CIPS founding Fellow (FCIPS, 2005), for outstanding lifetime contributions to the profession, society, industry, education, and technology
Computing Canada IT Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award sole recipient (2005)
Appointed Advisory Board, Prithvi Institute, empowering, mentoring, educating disadvantaged people in India (2004)
Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) and Industry Canada inaugural IT Hero Award (2002) for outstanding contributions combining technology and innovation to the community
First and the only international recipient, global networking industry's only Career Achievement Award for Professionalism from the NPA, IDG (Network World magazine), CMP (Network Computing magazine), Interop Conference (Las Vegas), Pearson Publishing (world's largest publisher), Microsoft, Novell, GITCA (largest alliance of IT associations/groups); International Hall of Fame (2002)
CIPS Gary Hadford Professional Achievement Award (2001) for outstanding contributions to the advancement of technology and the profession "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"
CIPS Hall of Fame Inductee (2001), "honour those people who have made an outstanding contribution to the Canadian Information Processing Society and the Canadian IT Profession as a whole"
Invited global webcasts to SmartForce/Skillsoft (2000-2001), highest ratings, profiled as "world renowned"
Invited keynotes to the Xephon Enterprise Conferences, highest rating in 20 year history, most content produced ever, author 10 books, author several dozen Journal articles/papers
Official Industry Advisor and the only IP consultant to the Canadian Office Products Industry (COPA); produced the first industry strategic plan and analysis (600 pages) to guide the industry into computing and IP products and services; keynoted conferences; authored featured articles/papers (1980's to 90's)
Official Advisor to Atomic Energy of Canada which became Nordion International, world's largest supplier of RadioPharm products/services; created the world's first micro-based critical services platform and featured in BC Business; trained scientists; provided strategic guidance (1980's to 90's)
Multiple Teaching Awards (1980's)
National All-Star Team Award (1980's)
Excellence in writing nomination (Western Magazine Foundation, 1980's)

Elected CIPS founding fellow profile: Stephen Ibaraki FCIPS, I.S.P., ITCP

Stephen Ibaraki FCIPS, DFNPA, FGITCA, Microsoft MVP Awardee (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), I.S.P., ITCP Multi-award winning entrepreneur, board chairman, executive board director, senior executive officer, president, industry analyst, researcher, business strategist, writer, author, keynote speaker, senior invited advisor to the fortune 500 on strategy and technology, senior IT/business professional/educator Invited International Program Committee (IPC) and invited Chair/Owner Stream 3 Session 3, “ICT Capacity Building and Economic Growth”, IFIP 2012 World Computer Congress (IPC IFIP WCC2012, March 2012) Invited Founder and Chair ACM Professionalism and Certification Committee (PCC, Feb 2012); Chair ACM Professional Development Committee (PDC) which includes Webinar Committee (WC) and PCC - ACM: World’s largest educational, scientific, professional association well known for their Turing Awards (Nobel Prize of Computing) and special interest groups such as SIGGRAPH - 1.5 million users of their digital library; 1 million readers of their primary journal - over 700 chapters - 78 publications: including 40 journals and transactions, eight magazines, and 30 newsletters - 504 conference and related workshop proceedings in its portfolio - 36 SIGS and some like SIGGRAPH have over 30,000 attendees at their conferences Elected 2012 FEAPO Board Director (Feb 2012), co-chair communications working group Invited FEAPO Board Summit (LA, March 2012) Invited industry chairman and speaker, the 13th Great-Idea International ITO and BPO Delegation visiting China during April 16th – 24th, 2012, in Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuhan and Beijing, participating key events, such as the 2nd CIO Summit and the 2nd China Service Outsourcing Innovation Development and Investment Promotion Summit (COIP) in Suzhou, and the 2nd Green IT Forum and the 6th China Service Outsourcing Industry Development and Cooperation International Forum (CODC) in Wuhan Invited industry chairman and speaker ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), (May 2012) Chair panel session Global Industry Council, IFIP World Computing Congress (September 2012) Invited industry chairman and panel speaker ISACA World Congress (June 2012) Invited industry chairman, global expert and speaker V Astana world Economic Forum (May 2012) Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award (January 2012--also 2006, 2007, 2008. 2009, 2010, 2011) as quoted from Microsoft: “MVPs are a select group of experts representing technology's best and brightest people” Vice-Chair and Executive Board Director IFIP IP3 (November 2011) Chair and moderator EA panel session (October 2011), IFIP World CIO Forum ; invited Vice-Chair IAB World CIO Forum (December 2010) Acting Chairman (October 2011) and Founder IP3 Global Industry Council (IP3-GIC) part of the UN-founded and UNESCO-consultative body (2010), first council of its kind—also serving as founding director on the council and Chief Officer Strategic Relations Appointed Board Director, Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO-Sept 2011), Co-Chair Communications Committee (June 2011) Co-opted Board Director IFIP IP3 (Sept 2011) Appointed by acclamation by GITCA and Microsoft, first GITCA Fellow (August 2011) for making “an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the computing profession, IT community, and/or the industry” – to be formally recognized at TechEd NA or TechEd EMEA Appointed Chair (October 2011), formerly Co-chair ACM Practitioners Board, Professional Development Committee (Summer 2011); the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world’s largest educational, scientific, professional organization well known for their Turing Awards (Nobel Prize of Computing) Founding charter delegate, FEAPO (June, 2011); co-chair communications working group (Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations) Appointed to IFIP IP3 Board of Directors (May 2011), as Founder Global Industry Council (GIC) First global World CIO Forum (WCF), November 2011, Vice-Chair of the International Advisory Board (appointed December 2010) Invited FEAPO Creation Summit (Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Associations--January, 2011 and June 2011) Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Windows Live (January 2011); previously awarded in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006. Founder IP3 Global Industry Council (IP3-GIC) part of the UN-founded and UNESCO-consultative body (2010), first council of its kind-- serving as founding director on the council and Chief Officer Strategic Relations Appointed Chairman of the Board, The Vine Group, international investment banking and merchant banking group (July 2010) Invited global leader and executive, MS Global User Group Summit (2010) Invited World Computing Congress (WCC), IP3 Day Presenter and Chair of the international panel presentation and discussion from 3 continents on IT Professionalism, What does Industry Want?; Participant IP3 AGM and Board Meeting; Participant Seoul Accord Meeting (2010) Invited global leader and VIP executive by the China government, International Financial Services and BPO Delegation/Summit China--Shanghai, Kunshan, Hangzhou, Ningbo, and executive delegate to Beijing multinational fortune corporations summit (2010) Executive Board Director, Chief Strategic Alliance Officer, Business Plan author, ChinaValue, world's largest: professional networking and professional services platform, online business social media/wiki/blogs with 2 million entries, business & market intelligence research services / event management group in China; 600,000 researchers / writers / employees / shareholders (100 million reach through partners, more than 1 million premium contributors in 2010); Executive Board Director, ChinaKSP, ChinaSNS2 (2010) Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award in Windows Live, "technology's best and brightest...exceptional group ...who have demonstrated a willingness to reach out, share their technical expertise with others and help individuals maximize their use of technology" (2010) Requested/invited, appointed by the IP3 Board, UN-founded IFIP IP3 Senior Vice-President Strategic Relations (2010) Appointed, Advisory Board, Neil Squire Society, non-profit organization, innovating new services and technologies for empowering people with special needs, disabilities, and accessibility challenges (2010) Appointed, Board Director, Vine Group, international investment, venture, and merchant banking group (January 2010) Invited global leader and executive Forbes CIO Network forum (2009-present) Invited global leader and executive McKinsey Quarterly Executive Panel and forum (2006-present)—“The McKinsey Quarterly Executive Panel asks selected executives their views on top business trends and on topics relevant to their functional area of expertise. This is a private group for McKinsey Executive Panel members only. We hope you'll use this space to connect with other members about survey results, new ideas for research, and much else.” 60 million audience / readership reach for making connections, networking, growing skills, learning best practices, receiving mentoring, finding useful resources, cementing career lessons: podcast interviews heard in more than 100 countries (60M reach in 2009, ongoing); Interviews initiated in the 1980s’ and now appearing in more than 60 channels worldwide All Star Judge Canadian Business Magazine All-Star Executive Awards awarding the top performing executives (on-going, fall 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006,...) Keynote Deans of IT Summit to the entire national educational community - 100% survey satisfaction rating--providing bursaries, students awards, software, resources, speakers, curriculum, industry insights, government and industry connections, mentoring to schools, faculty, students (February 2009) Keynote non-profit Cisco Academy Academic Conferences for more than 200 secondary and post-secondary institutions - 100% uniformly positive rating, providing bursaries, students awards, software, resources, speakers, curriculum, industry insights, government and industry connections, mentoring to schools, faculty, students (April, May, June 2009) Invitation Ambassador - President Eisenhower-founded and chaired by successive US Presidents, "People-to-People Ambassador Foundation" program (2009, ongoing) Co-manager and invited international consultant to IFIP IP3 Business Plan (recommendations approved July 2009 London, UK) Special Awards Chief Judge Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF: May 2010); Chair Intel ISEF Awards committee (ACM: 2009/2010) Keynote Career Education Society to K12, post-secondary, governments, industry providing bursaries, students awards, software, resources, speakers, curriculum, industry insights, trends, government and industry connections, mentoring to schools, faculty, teachers, career councillors and students (November 2009) Invited global Education Council meeting (ACM: 2009) for pre-eminent researchers and educatorsJudge Ignite IT Awards (2009) providing national recognition to IT professionals and developers Gold Award, User Group Community, "for your support of User Group Communities Worldwide" (MS Technical Audience Global Marketing, awarded 2009) Global User Group Community Award "for your support of User Group Communities Worldwide and your contribution to UGSS (User Group Support Services)" (MS Technical Audience Global Marketing, awarded 2009) Chief Business Development Officer, invited business plan leader and business plan consultant for the IFIP IP3 implementation (2009); ongoing invited international Advisor to the UN-founded IFIP IP3 - global professionalism/certification/standards (2007-present) Official senior 3rd party advisor and industry analyst to MS Canada (2005-present) and MS Redmond advisor, and advisor insider program (on-going) Invited Chief Editor to MS YouShapeIT/TechNet (2008-2009) MS most valuable Professional Award: Windows Live R&D (only one globally) (2009) Culminis Hall of Fame (2009) for outstanding international contributions to industry, technology and the community Special Awards Judge Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, world's largest science fair (ACM: 2009/2010) Invited ACM Professions Board, Professional Development Committee (2008-present) working on providing skills growth, mentoring, resources, connections, career support to the global IT professional community First founding Chairman, Global Board of Directors, GITCA (Global IT Community Association) (2008-2009); serving as Board Director/Advisor on the Global Board as immediate past Chairman (Global IT Community Association, world's largest alliance of IT associations and groups) (2009-present) ASTTBC industry-based, lifetime Advanced Technology Award for Leadership in Information Technology; Premier Campbell "you have distinguished yourself in your field of endeavour promoting pioneering efforts in technology and this award will recognize your considerable contributions with respect to the applications and adaptations of advanced technology to new uses. I commend you for your many achievements and thank you for your commitment to industry excellence" (Fall 2008) Keynotes: IT Executive Alignment Tour; National Council of IT Deans; House of Commons Group; Strategic Architecture Forum; ...etc... providing skills growth, career lessons, recognition, prizes, awards, software, resources, speakers, industry insights, trends, job opportunities, government and industry connections, mentoring for IT professionals, best practices, guidance and tools on IT and business alignment (2007 and ongoing) Advisor MS Global IT Advisory Council providing skills and career growth, best practices, industry insights, mentoring, podcasts with industry leaders (2008-Present) Invited International Advisor and Content Contributor/Host UN-Founded International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3); global standards, creating the IT profession, framework for professionalism, global certification, international accreditation program (2007--Present) Contributor as member, certified professional, writer, web-caster, papers, author, interviewer (1991-present); Board Director (2005/6); Vice-president (2006/7); Chairman and President of the CIPS National Board and Executive Committee (2007-2008); serving on the Office of the Executive Council as immediate past President (2008-present) Appointed Advisory Board of Sector—produces largest security conference (2006-present) Global MVP Summit Invited for Three Presentations: (1) Open Space, (2) Technical Session, (3) Global User Group Summit providing skills growth, career lessons, recognition, industry insights, trends, job opportunities, government and industry connections, mentoring for IT professionals, best practices, global standards, professionalism, professional certification, IT as a Profession Computer World (Canada) TOP 10 Blogger Global MVP Summit TOP 7 Blogger –two blogs out of seven are Ibaraki’s Global MVP Summit TOP 5 Most Valuable Professional Microsoft Most Valuable Professional [MVP] Award (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) NPA board director (2004); Vice Chair, Publisher/managing editor NPA Journal, Chair College of Distinguished Fellows, Chair Editorial Board (5 years from 2005 to 2009); now board director, director certification board, director editorial board, judge international Awards for Professionalism (2004-present) Network Professional Association founding Distinguished Fellow (DFNPA, 2005) for outstanding lifetime contributions to society, industry, education, and technology internationally Appointed National Board, Computers for Success Canada (2005) Gerson Lehrman Group Scholar (GLG Scholar, 2006—outstanding advisor to investment groups) CIPS founding Fellow (FCIPS, 2005), for outstanding lifetime contributions to the profession, society, industry, education, and technology Computing Canada IT Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award sole recipient (2005) Appointed Advisory Board, Prithvi Institute, empowering, mentoring, educating disadvantaged people in India (2004) Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) and Industry Canada inaugural IT Hero Award (2002) for outstanding contributions combining technology and innovation to the community First and the only international recipient, global networking industry's only Career Achievement Award for Professionalism from the NPA, IDG (Network World magazine), CMP (Network Computing magazine), Interop Conference (Las Vegas), Pearson Publishing (world's largest publisher), Microsoft, Novell, GITCA (largest alliance of IT associations/groups); International Hall of Fame (2002) CIPS Gary Hadford Professional Achievement Award (2001) for outstanding contributions to the advancement of technology and the profession "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" CIPS Hall of Fame Inductee (2001), "honour those people who have made an outstanding contribution to the Canadian Information Processing Society and the Canadian IT Profession as a whole" Invited global webcasts to SmartForce/Skillsoft (2000-2001), highest ratings, profiled as "world renowned" Invited keynotes to the Xephon Enterprise Conferences, highest rating in 20 year history, most content produced ever, author 10 books, author several dozen Journal articles/papers Official Industry Advisor and the only IP consultant to the Canadian Office Products Industry (COPA); produced the first industry strategic plan and analysis (600 pages) to guide the industry into computing and IP products and services; keynoted conferences; authored featured articles/papers (1980's to 90's) Official Advisor to Atomic Energy of Canada which became Nordion International, world's largest supplier of RadioPharm products/services; created the world's first micro-based critical services platform and featured in BC Business; trained scientists; provided strategic guidance (1980's to 90's) Multiple Teaching Awards (1980's) National All-Star Team Award (1980's) Excellence in writing nomination (Western Magazine Foundation, 1980's)