• Presidents Message
• Dr. Coleman Furr Awarded the AITP Distinguished Information Sciences Award
• New Beta Exam: Data Governance & Stewardship
• New Treasurer
• Two Surveys Need Your Responses
• Bad Email Addresses

Presidents Message

Bill Fly, CCP

Hello. I am Bill Fly, CCP, your new ICCP President. I have been certified and involved with certification of IT professionals for over forty years. I originally passed the Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) in 1970 from the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA), before the ICCP was founded. From 1970 - 1973, I served on the DPMA Registered Business Programmer (RBP) Exam Committee. When the ICCP was formed in 1973, we suggested shelving the RBP until the ICCP could get the organization and the CDP organized. In April, 1976, I met Joyce Currie Little, our immediate Past President, at the inaugural meeting to revive the RBP, but instead recommended and created the Certificate in Computer Programming (original CCP) in three flavors, Business, Scientific, and System. In 1980 and 1981, I chaired the CCP Certification Council, the volunteer team for exam development of all the ICCP examinations for certification.

During the 1980's, I served as president of the Association of the ICCP, an organization of the certificate holders, which during the 1990's was merged and the members became members of the ICCP. Originally, the AICCP held two seats on the ICCP Board of Directors, but when the certificate holders became members of the ICCP they were granted three seats on the ICCP Board, each having two votes. I am a lifetime member of the ICCP.

In 2007, I became one of AITP's two representatives to the ICCP Board. In 2009 and 2010, I served as secretary of the ICCP, and I am fortunate to serve as you ICCP president for 2011 and 2012. This is a very challenging role, as the ICCP is involved in many new projects, such as Spanish and Portuguese translations of the CCP exams for Central and South America, expanding affiliates around the world, adding another constituent society to the Board, upgrading our Web presence, and completing the transformation of our assessment examination to the IS2010 Curriculum.

As always, we need certificate holders to volunteer to serve on one of our ten standing committees: Office Administration/Technology, By-Laws, Admissions and Partnerships, Examinations, Education and Training, Marketing and Public Information, New Projects, Recertification, Membership Services, or Budget and Finance. If you are interested in volunteering for one of these committees, send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please, include ICCP at the beginning of the subject line, so I can easily recognize it. I look forward to hearing from some of you.

Dr. Coleman Furr Awarded the AITP Distinguished Information Sciences Award

Jim Henry, AITP Association President, from the AITP Newsletter

The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) announces the selection of Dr. Coleman Furr as the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Information Sciences Award (DISA). AITP Executive Vice President Norbert Kubilus will present the DISA to Dr. Furr on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10:00am during Coleman University graduation ceremonies.

For over six decades, Dr. Furr has seen the growth of the computer industry from its beginnings to today's sophisticated level of combined, multifaceted technologies. Beginning in 1946 in a family-owned business, Furr applied automation tools, eventually working with a variety of organizations, including S&W Fine Foods, the Puerto Rican government, and FedMart Corporation (forerunner of Price Club and Costco). After a highly successful career in business, where he saw the continuing need for technology training and education, he founded Coleman University and is still actively involved in the University's operations, serving as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. In 2009, Dr. Furr founded Coleman Tech, a charter school emphasizing technology education.

Dr. Furr has given freely of his wisdom and experience by serving in various posts, including Commissioner for the Accrediting Commission of ACICS, Chairman of the ACICS Accrediting Commission, and Director of Certification for the Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals (ICCP). Through his leadership ICCP, and its member organizations including AITP, achieved the goal of creating the Information Technology Body of Knowledge and the redesign of the testing program to emphasize a testing base body of needed knowledge, as well as testing in various specialties.

"On behalf of AITP, I'm happy to recognize the accomplishments of Dr. Furr," said Norbert Kubilus, AITP Executive Vice President. "He is a pioneer in the development of the information technology business professional, one result of which is Coleman University. We truly value his efforts in this area, as well as his dedication to the betterment of AITP and the information technology industry in general. It is an honor to present this award to an industry trailblazer and icon."

The Distinguished Information Sciences Award recognizes individuals who have made contributions through distinguished services to the field of information management. Dr. Furr joins previous recipients Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, Ross Perot, Max D. Hopper, and Bill Gates in this prestigious circle of honor.

New Beta Exam: Data Governance & Stewardship

Patricia Cupoli, CCP, CDMP, CBIP,
Representative of DAMA-International (The Data Management Association International)

The new ICCP Data Governance and Stewardship exam is available for beta testing at no charge. The exam beta period is February 15, 2011 through June 30, 2011. This exam is available through DAMA International chapters and via remote proctoring by the ICCP office (contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). For further information on the exam click here.

New Treasurer

Joanne Ward has had to resign as Treasurer to attend to the affairs of her office as Mayor of Hercules, CA. She will remain on the Board as a Director. Terry Linkletter has stepped forward to serve as Treasurer. Thank you Terry.

Two Surveys Need Your Responses

Kewal Dhariwal, CCP, CBIP, CDMP, I.S.P., ITCP, Executive Director, ICCP

ICCP has received a request from a Master's student at Virginia Commonwealth University for a Usability Values Survey and a request from the Global IT Community Association for a survey of theirs.

Usabilty Values: Think of any system that you may be using or are familiar with. Please list your values, feelings and wishes (up to ten) with respect of "USABILITY" of such systems. Your List of values, feelings, and wishes can be directly emailed to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Global IT Community Association Survey: ICCP is a member of GITCA, a Microsoft community, and we request you to take their survey of about 11 questions for members (longer for leaders).

Bad Email Addresses

Suford Lewis, CDP. Membership Services Director

Each time we send out this Newsletter we get a certain number of bounces. If you know someone who holds an ICCP certification but is not getting a newsletter, please ask them to let us know their current email (email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) so that they not miss out on one of the benefits of ICCP. For our current membership benefits, click here..