Al is very active in the COMMON organization as a frequent speaker at both US COMMON and COMMON Europe, as an editor of the COMMON technical library and as a member of the Speaker Excellence Committee, and has addressed other user groups throughout the world. In the past, Al has been voted COMMON's Best Speaker", won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, and has received COMMON's highest honor, the COMMON Distinguished Service Award.
For the year ending 2002 and in six prior years, Al was named on the AS/400 Insider Weekly's "10 Biggest AS/400 Market Influencers" list, making him the only person in the world ever to be named seven times! Both Barsa Consulting Group and Barsa Systems Distribution are IBM Premier Business Partners. In addition, Barsa Consulting Group was the recipient of the IBM Business Partner Mark of Quality Award.
Al can be reached at barsa@barsaconsulting.com.