Membership Criteria

To qualify for membership in SIM International, you must fall into one of these five leadership categories:

  1. Senior information management professional or officer: An IT professional in either a public or private sector organization who meets the following criteria: Corporate/divisional head of a corporate or divisional IS organization

    • Member of an IS management staff supporting corporate/divisional IS heads with key management roles, as certified by the head of the organization
  2. Academic: A full-time university or college faculty member making a significant contribution to the IS field.

     

  3. Consultant*: An individual or expert from a consulting firm or other service/vendor organization who serves information managers, and directly contributes to the IS profession.

     

  4. Non-IS executive: A senior business executive from a public or private organization whose primary responsibility is not information management, but plays a key role in the use of information technology in their own organization (i.e., CEO, CFO)

     

  5. Other leader: A leader in shaping and influencing law and government policy in areas of concern to information managers.

* Please note that SIM adheres to a strict policy against any marketing or commercial activities and, therefore, will only accept sales and marketing representatives to its membership through the SIM Vendor Partner program.

Sustaining Partner:

SIM – Chicago Chapter (One of Our Own)
Dr. Gezinus Hidding

Dr. Hidding, an associate professor at Loyola University, Chicago was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal in a jointly written article titled “The IT Platform Principle: The First Shall not be Last”. Congratulations to Dr. Hidding (a SIM Member) on this nationally published article. You can read the article at:
“The IT Platform Principle: The First Shall not be Last”

special member benefit


SIM Members get a 10% discount on Kellogg's "Driving Strategic Value from IT" Program. The Driving Strategic Value from IT program provides new insights and powerful tools to help you manage an IT portfolio more effectively for improved business results. You will learn how to coordinate your IT strategy with your overall business strategy in order to build deeper relationships with customers, collaborate more effectively with partners, and maximize business productivity.

Optimize Your IT Professionals' Contribution to the Business!

Now Offering a 25% discount to all SIM members. There’s still time to register for the session that begins May 19th. Click Here to learn more.

Lake Forest Corporate Education (LFCE), a strategic business unit of Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, announces its Business Leadership Certificate Program for IT Professionals.

This program will expand the business, leadership, and communication skills of IT professionals through a collaborative, interactive, five-day program that is relevant, practical, and IT-centric.

Features guest practitioner technology leaders presenting their practical insights and expertise.

The next program is:
February 17-19, 2009
March 17-18,2009
May 19-21, 2009
June 17-18, 2009
Register today at www.LFCE.org