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Albert Simon Barsa Jr. of Rye passed away suddenly on Friday, April 4, 2008 at age 55. Al was born in New York City and raised in Rye, New York. He graduated from The Cranwell School and received his B.S. in Management and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. At age14, he founded "The Admiral's Rack, Inc.", a business to sell and service Sunfish sailboats. In 1974, he was recognized for being among the top 25 dealers in the U.S. An active member of the Westchester Country Club, he was an avid sailor and was for many years the driving force in the club's sailing program. He served as chairman of the club's Technology Committee, in addition to his being a long time member of the Beach Committee. For more than 20 years, Al was President of Barsa Consulting Group, LLC and Barsa Systems Distribution, Inc. in Purchase, NY. He was an IBM business partner and expert with regard to every aspect of the software and hardware relevant to IBM's System i (AS/400, i Series) midrange computers systems. He was widely regarded as a pioneer in his field and unique in his computer related knowledge. He was very active in the ‘COMMON', the world's largest community of IBM midrange users. He was a frequent speaker at both U.S. COMMON and Europe COMMON. He was also an Editor of the COMMON Technical Library, and a member of the Speaker Excellence Committee. Al had been voted COMMON's "Best Speaker,” and received COMMON's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. He will be fondly remembered as a gregarious and enthusiastic business leader who loved to tell jokes. Every year from 1996 to 2000, he was named on the ‘AS/400 Insider Weekly's "10 Biggest AS/400 Market Influencers” list, making him the only person in the world to have received this honor 5 times. He also served as the president of the Long Island Systems User Group (LISUG). He is survived by his beloved wife of 32 years, Susan, his two loving children Albert and Christina, his devoted mother and father Gloria and Albert Barsa and his beloved sister Barbara Jamison. Visiting is Tuesday April 8th, 2-4 and 7-9PM at the Graham Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian burial will be held 10AM Wednesday April 9th at The Church of the Resurrection. GRAHAM FUNERAL HOME 1036 Boston Post Road Rye (914) 967-0129
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