This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview John Oxley a Leading Multi-Award Winning International Technology Authority and Executive; John talks about growing a strong and capable ICT workforce. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki John Oxley is a multiple-award winning, Director of Technical Audience Marketing and ICT Evangelism at Microsoft Canada. In this role, John leads and manages a team of Technical Audience Marketing

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Kelly Gotlieb, Internationally Renowned Pioneer in Computing - Kelly talks about the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki Kelly Gotlieb is currently Professor Emeritus in Computer Science and in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto (UT). He is a computing pioneer whose innovations and accomplishments helped

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Barry Sellers: Distinguished Fellow, International Technology and Professionalism Top-Authority, Chair CNP Council, Chief Judge International Awards for Professionalism, Executive Board Director and Vice-Chairman NPA. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki Barry Sellers has served as a member of the NPA Board of Directors for 9 years for the Network Professional Association (NPA) and

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview David Maxfield, Bestselling Business Author in Leadership, Influence, and Communication. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki For more than twenty years, David Maxfield has led high-leverage research initiatives that uncover causes of and solutions to managerial, cultural, and operational inefficiencies that directly affect the bottom line. David's career began with his doctoral work

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Jeff Anders, International Innovation Leader and Strategist, co-founder and CEO of The Mark: Jeff shares his ideas on Job Lessons, the Recession, Innovation, Business, Technology. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki Jeff Anders is the co-founder and CEO of The Mark. He has a decade of experience innovating in companies and international organizations. He worked for five years at

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Lynn Langit: Renowned Developer, Visionary Executive, Best-selling Author, Top International Solutions Architect, Microsoft Redmond. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki What inspires someone from Fargo, North Dakota to dream of becoming a United Nations translator? Love of words, of course. A self-described language geek, Lynn is fascinated by languages and semantics. She understands

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Joanne Wong: International Technology Leader, Networking Academy Manager for Canada. Earlier this year, I had a chance to keynote academic conferences managed by Joanne. It was a great experience speaking to hundreds of academic leaders, faculty, teachers, certification and government-related groups. At these sessions Joanne displayed her passion, elite talent, and innovation

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Pieter Botman: Leading International Consultant and Authority in Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Quality Assurance. I had an opportunity to meet up with Pieter in London (UK) this summer, where Pieter is lending his considerable talent and deep insights contributing to a major international initiative. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki Pieter Botman is an independent

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This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Richard Longworth: Leading Award-winning International Technology Authority, Thought Leader, Educator and Celebrated Author. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki After a successful career in private industry and public education, Richard retired in 2007. Richard worked in industry as a programmer, systems analyst, database consultant; and in later years as a college professor, teaching