Stephen Ibaraki

( Stephen Ibaraki )

Chairman REDDS Capital, Founder Chair Outreach UN ITU ACM XPRIZE AI for good Global Summit, Founder Chair Advisory Board YPO European Impact Summit, Founder Chair Fintech Ideas Festival Technology Advisory Council

Biography

Daily engagements across communities of more than: 60K CEOs, 30K investors, 10K thought leaders. 300+ Awards/Recognitions recognizing decades of lifetime achievement, global leadership, entrepreneurship, investments, disruptive innovation; Impacting US $100 Trillion; 300+ global engagements annually; Leading/founding 100+ global programs; Founder UN ITU AI for Good Global Summit; 18 Microsoft Global Awards including 16 MVP Awards. MVP AI 2019-2022, MVP AI 2018-2019, MVP 2006-present. Stephen Ibaraki Chairman and Managing General Partner REDDS Capital. In addition, Stephen is globally unique as Chairman, Founder, Board roles: Business, investments, venture capital; successful serial entrepreneurship; UN-related innovation programs; computing organizations; Industry / CEO organizations think tanks/programs;  global summit; ...

Top 2 MVP 2016, Top 5 MVP 2007, Top 7 Blogs, Founder IFIP IP3 Global Industry Council, IFIP IP3 Board Vice Chair, 2008/9 founding Chairman Global Board GITCA, 2007/8 Chair/Pres CIPS, 2005-8 Vice-Chair NPA. A sampling from more than 300 recognitions and roles include:
-Founding CIPS Fellow, NPA Distinguished Fellow: “outstanding contributions to IT”
-Microsoft MVP: 2022-2006; MCP Hall of Fame nomination; top 5 spotlight global MVP Summit 2007
-Computer World Top 10 Blogger; Global MVP Summit 2 of top 7 blogs 2008
-ICT Industry's, Computing Canada IT Leadership: Lifetime Achievement Award--only awardee in 35-years, highest award for all IT sectors  
-ASTTBC Advanced Technology Award: lifetime leadership in IT innovation
-Global Career Achievement Award: NPA with Network Computing magazine, Network World magazine, Networld+Interop Conferences, Microsoft, Pearson Publishing, ... International Panel of Judges. Inaugural recipient in worldwide search
-IT Hero Award: Fed. Gov. Industry Canada and the Information Technology Association (ITAC)
-National Gary Hadford Professional Achievement Award
-CIPS IT Hall of Fame
-Most Inspirational & Excellence in Teaching Awards: NVIT (BCIT), CU
-Selection as a Top Writer: Western Magazine Foundation
-National All Star Team Award: Datatech Systems Ltd. (now EDS) 
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