Stephen K. Ibaraki has been a teacher, an industry analyst, writer and consultant in the IT industry, and the former president of the

Canadian Information Processing Society CIPS (Canadian Information Processing Society) is the professional association of IT professionals in Canada. Since 1958 CIPS has helped strengthen the Canadian IT industry by establishing standards and sharing best practices for the benefit of ind ...

. Currently, Ibaraki is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, futurist and speaker. He is also the founder of the UN ITU AI for Good Global Summit, and a vicechair of the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health, founding chair of the

Financial Services Roundtable The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) is an American public policy, research, and advocacy organization, based in Washington, D.C. The organization was formed in July 2018 following the merger of the Financial Services Roundtable and the Clearing Hou ...

Tech Advisory Council, and founding chair of the

International Federation for Information Processing The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a global organisation for researchers and professionals working in the field of computing to conduct research, develop standards and promote information sharing. Established in 19 ...

Global Industry Council. Ibaraki serves as an Advisor for the Business Development Committee of the

IEEE Computer Society IEEE Computer Society (commonly known as the Computer Society or CS) is a technical society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) dedicated to computing, namely the major areas of hardware, software, standards and people ...

. He is the co-founder for the Technology Advisory Board at Yintech Investment Holdings Limited. In 2018, he was invited to be a founding member of IPSoft's AI Pioneers Steering Committee and he was also invited to join the Science and Technology Council for the ARCH Mission Foundation. Aside from taking on these new roles, he was invited to be a keynote speaker at the Yonder25 Conference as well as the Reshaping National Security forum which was hosted by Shanghai Institute for International Studies; and the

UNICRI Centre for AI and Robotics The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) was established to advance understanding of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and related technologies with a ...

. Ibaraki has been the recipient of a Microsoft MVP award for 13 years in a row since 2006 In December 2018, Ibaraki was invited by YPO to share his insights about business and investments with respect to the

Fourth Industrial Revolution "Fourth Industrial Revolution", "4IR", or "Industry 4.0", is a neologism describing rapid technological advancement in the 21st century. It follows the Third Industrial Revolution (the "Information Age"). The term was popularised in 2016 by K ...

at YPO Edge 2019.

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External links

REDDS Capital Official Website

Stephen Ibaraki CIPS Fellow Profile

Stephen Ibaraki ITU Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ibaraki, Stephen K. 1955 births Living people People in information technology Writers from British Columbia