Community Work

Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)

Founded in 1958, CIPS is the largest IT association in Canada for individual practitioners. After serving on the Board for 6 years, including President of the Vancouver section, Stacey is now a member of the Advisory Board. For more information on CIPS, please visit http://www.cips.ca.

Women in ICT National Forum

Stacey participated as a panelist at the Women in ICT National Forum hosted by the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC). The forum aims to create actions on the recruitment and retention of women in the ICT sector and to discover ways of encouraging more women to pursue educational training toward ICT. For more information about ICTC, please visit http://www.ictc-ctic.ca.

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Established in 1973, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. assists new immigrants to Canada. Stacey is a Mentor with S.U.C.C.E.S.S., helping new immigrants search for work and adapt to Canadian culture. Please visit http://www.successbc.ca for more information.

University of British Columbia (UBC) Sauder School of Business

Stacey is on the Advisory Board of UBC’s Business Systems Analysis Certificate program. For more information on the program, offered by the Sauder School of Business, please see http://www.tech.ubc.ca/project.

Business Advisor

Stacey acts as a Business Advisor to a number of small businesses.

Guildford Athletic Club

Stacey is the coach of a select U11 division boys soccer team.

Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)

Member of the Advisory Board for CIPS Vancouver section.

University of British Columbia (UBC) Sauder School of Business

Stacey has been an Advisor to UBC’s Project Management Certificate program since the inception of the program in 2002. He gives inspirational talks on project management as a career at UBC approximately five times per year. The UBC program recently won the CAUCE Canadian award of excellence for adult education. For more information on the UBC Project Management Certificate program offered by the Sauder School of Business, please see http://www.tech.ubc.ca/project.

University of British Columbia (UBC) Sauder School of Business

Member of the Advisory Board of UBC’s Business Systems Analysis Certificate program.

International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)

Co-presented with Denise Holleran-Boswell as the keynote speakers at IIBA Vancouver’s September 2007 dinner meeting.

ProjectWorld*BusinessAnalystWorld

Co-presented both 1-hour and 1-day workshops on System Selection Best Practices with Denise Holleran-Boswell.

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Mentor with S.U.C.C.E.S.S. for new immigrants to Canada.

Langley Christmas Bureau

Stacey participated in an event that raised money to purchase food and gifts for children in need during the holiday season.

Business Advisor

Stacey acts as a Business Advisor to a number of small businesses.

Guildford Athletic Club

Stacey is the coach of a U10 division boys soccer team.

Whalley Little League

Stacey is the coach of a Minor 9/10 division championship-winning baseball team at one of the top baseball programs in Canada.

CIPS Vancouver

Member of the Advisory Board
Past President
Director of Special Projects

International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)

The IIBA is an international not-for-profit association for Business Analysis professionals. Stacey was a panel member for an IIBA event on the future of business analysis.

In addition, Stacey acted as an advisor to the Board of Directors of the new Vancouver chapter of IIBA to assist in establishing the new chapter.

UBC

Completed five inspirational talks throughout the year at the Sauder School of Business on project management as a profession.

Society of Project Management Professionals (PMPs) of Greater Vancouver

The Society of PMPs of Greater Vancouver organizes and delivers professional development days for Project Managers. Stacey presented a workshop on Project Management Offices (PMOs) at a Spring seminar and provided an overview of the demand for project management across multiple industries and geographies. For more information about the Society, please visit *** in 2006 section under Society of Project Management Professionals (PMPs) of Greater Vancouver with http://www.vcn.bc.ca/pmprof/

ProjectWorld / BA World

Stacey was a panel member at the ProjectWorld/BA World conference in Vancouver. The topic was career paths for Project Managers and Business Analysts.

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Mentor to new immigrants to Canada to help them search for work and adapt to Canadian culture.

Business Advisor

Stacey acted as a Business Advisor to a number of small businesses.

Guildford Athletic Club

Stacey was the coach of a U9 division boys soccer team.

Whalley Little League

Stacey was the coach of a Mini 8’s division baseball team. The team finished the year as the playoff champions for its age division.

CIPS Vancouver

President
Past President
Director of Special Projects

Speaker at a CIPS event – Job hunting for employment positions as a joint presentation to CIPS and Landell & Associates.

Speaker at educational institutions – Stacey presented to universities, colleges and high schools encouraging students, particularly young women, to consider a career in information technology.

Event organizer

Strategic Plan – Facilitated session and developed CIPS Vancouver Strategic Plan.

Empty Stocking Fund – Lobbied for prizes and organized ticket draw and silent auction, with all proceeds going to The Province newspaper’s Empty Stocking Fund.

UBC

Completed five inspirational talks throughout the year at the Sauder School of Business on project management as a profession.

Society of Project Management Professionals (PMPs) of Greater Vancouver

Stacey organized and project managed a professional development seminar for Project Managers with the theme “Delivering Systems Projects”. The full-day seminar included two lectures, two workshops and one panel discussion. He moderated a panel discussion on project challenges.

Landell & Associates

Stacey gave a talk to over 50 members of a job club on how to find work.

Business Advisor

Stacey acted as a Business Advisor to a number of small businesses.

Guildford Athletic Club

Stacey was the coach of a U8 division boys soccer team.

Whalley Little League

Stacey was the coach of a Mini division baseball team.

CIPS Vancouver

President
Vice President

Speaker at a CIPS event – Tips for finding work as an independent consultant.

Event organizer

Empty Stocking Fund – Lobbied for prizes and organized ticket draw and silent auction, with all proceeds going to The Province newspaper’s Empty Stocking Fund.

UBC

Completed four inspirational talks throughout the year at the Sauder School of Business on project management as a profession.

Guildford Athletic Club

Stacey was the coach of a U7 division boys soccer team.

CIPS Vancouver

Vice President
Director of Membership

Speaker at a CIPS event – Project management as a career option.

UBC

Completed five inspirational talks throughout the year at the Sauder School of Business on project management as a profession.

Society of Project Management Professionals (PMPs) of Greater Vancouver

At a summer professional development seminar, Stacey presented a workshop on the top 10 characteristics that make a great Project Manager.

At a winter professional development seminar, Stacey ran a workshop to determine the best project management templates, as voted on by certified PMPs. Templates were selected for the following: project charter, project plan, change request, decision request, issues log, weekly status report, monthly status report, project audit, acceptance document, meeting agenda, meeting minutes, risk assessment, cost tracking and project organization chart.

Guildford Athletic Club

Stacey was the coach of a U6 division boys soccer team.

CIPS Vancouver – Director of Membership for several years.

UBC – Participant in Focus Groups at the Sauder School of Business to determine what hiring managers look for when recruiting Project Managers. Provided advisory services to UBC on curriculum development for the new Project Management Certificate program. Completed an inspirational talk on project management as a career option.

Algorism Technology Network – Keynote speaker on starting a technology business.

United Way – Volunteer for annual campaign.

Children’s Hospital – Company organizer of Jeans Day for Children's Hospital for many years.

Guildford Athletic Club – Coach of a children's soccer team.

YMCA – Manager of a co-ed softball team.