For more than 20 years, the SIM New Jersey Chapter has been the organization of choice for IT executives in the New Jersey metropolitan area. Membership now includes over 300 CIOs, CTOs, CXOs, and IT leaders, as well as consultants and academics from top New Jersey and New York businesses and institutions.
The New Jersey Chapter is a member organization of the Society for Information Management (SIM), a prestigious professional association of executives, academics, and consultants in the information management field. Membership is limited to the top information executives in leading business or public sector firms and key academic contributors to the field.
Professional Resources:
- Peer networking – Our Chapter is a senior IT leadership organization designed expressly for CIOs and other IT leaders.
- Monthly Dinner Meetings
- Eight meetings per year designed to foster networking opportunities across the SIM-NJ membership
- Provide a forum for learning about current topics in the field of IT management.
- Dinner speakers and/or panelists who are prominent experts and key leaders in academia and industry
- Mentorship Program
- Access to Membership Vendors.
- On-line Discussions – Members-only eMail lists / discussion groups to share topics of common interest and open position opportunities.
- Partnerships between academic and practitioner communities.
Social Events:
- Once a year the SIM NJ Chapter provides social opportunities for membership and their significant others to come together and network in a less formal setting. These events are both extremely well attended and serve as a way to build community within the SIM NJ membership.
Foundation Events:
- Golf and Technology Event – SIM NJ organizes an annual golf event that benefits the SIM NJ Foundation which contributes to local universities, charities and other non-profit organizations.
See SIM NJ Foundation
Access to Regional and National SIM Events and Programs:
- Tri-State Metro Area CIO Conferences/Summits
- Regional Leadership Forum (RLF)
- Membership in SIM International.
- Access to SIM International publications including MISQE.
- Best Practices and SIM sponsored practical research
- Advanced Practices Council (APC)
- The annual SIMposium conference.
- On-line Membership Directory for networking opportunities spanning many industries.
- Speakers Bureau
Advanced Practices Council Elite forum of senior IT executives who direct customized, independent research on subjects chosen by its members. This intimate, trusted network of cross-industry senior executive peers stay far ahead of trends and practices, bringing transformational solutions to their firms.
Contact: Madeline Weiss, madeline.weiss@simnet.org
The Enterprise Architecture Working Group Dedicated to helping IT professionals and their organizations capitalize on the opportunities of EA. This group of 60 EA practitioners, academics, and thought leaders from more than 20 industry, government, and academic organizations collaborate to improve EA practices.
Contact: Bill Peterson, bpeterson@liquidhub.com
The IT Procurement Working Group Through shared best practices and strategies, this group helps their member companies (i) improve IT acquisition management; (ii) enhance competitiveness through informed procurement management; (iii) influence legislation affecting acquisitions; and (iv) foster collaboration between the various professions participating in the IT procurement process.
Contact: Randy Roth, randy@corporatecontracts.com
IT Trends Study This high-profile study is conducted every year to help benchmark various areas within the IT industry such as major issues, technologies, sourcing, CIO roles, staffing, spending, and salaries. The results allow SIM to speak for our members with a unified voice.
Contact: Leon Kappelman, leon.kappelman@unt.edu
The Members-In-Transition Program This unique program was developed to assist SIM members by providing a forum to share leads, opportunities and advice. Benefits include a career portal, an online collaboration group, weekly conference calls, Helping Hands program, and more.
Contact: Fran Daly, dalyf@comcast.net
Regional Leadership Forum An intensive, ten-month leadership development program focused on creating authentic leaders. Originally focused on IT leadership, RLF quickly expanded to include all disciplines and has graduated over 3500 leaders from over 300 sponsor companies.
Contact: Vincenzo Nelli, vnelli@simnet.org
SIM Women Designed to promote communication, mentorship, leadership and career development amongst the female members of SIM.
Contact: Kristen Lamoreaux, kristen@lamoreauxsearch.com
SIMposium The premier annual conference for technology executives, practitioners and business leaders.
Contact: Debbie Jowers, debbiejowers@texashealth.org
STEM Outreach SIM Chapters provide many opportunities for their members to give back to their local communities. The Outreach program supports initiatives focused on contributing to the vitality and continuation of the Information Technology profession.
Contact: Deborah DeCorrevont, deborah.decorrevont@msn.com, Nanci Schimizzi, schimizn2013@gmail.com