Recent Meetings

When:   Thursday, July 15, 2010 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Where:   Citizen’s Bar - Outside Patio at 364 W. Erie, Chicago www.citizenbar.com

Join us for a fun summer evening in Chicago’s River North neighborhood where you will enjoy:

• A beautiful Chicago evening from the outside patio
• The opportunity to socialize with other SIM Chicago members and guests
• One complimentary drink ticket for each attendee
• Fresh and delicious appetizers
• Cash bar

The event is intended for SIM Chicago members; however, each member may register to bring one guest.

Register early! Don’t miss out on a fun evening! We look forward to seeing you on July 15th

Speaker:   Roger Berry, Senior VP & CIO, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts to Keynote

When:   Friday, May 21, 2010 7:30am - 1:00pm

Where:   Metropolitan Club, Willis Tower, Chicago, IL

Roger Berry, Senior VP & CIO, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Leadership and Innovation can be powerful forces for driving success in any business. As the Chief Information Officer of Walt Disney’s $16 billion global Parks and Resorts Entertainment businesses over the last 10 years, Roger has lead multiple transformational technology initiatives that truly changed how Disney “creates magic.” In this keynote address, he will share how he has focused and aligned the “Powerful Forces of Leadership and Innovation” in Information Technology across three different industries to consistently drive real business change and continually advance his, as well as his staff’s careers.

Companies represented on the Advisory Board and who are crafting the program include:

Accenture
American Access Casualty Company
Baxter International, Inc.
Briggs Medical Service Company
Cardean Learning Group
CDW
CNA
Exelon Corporation
Hewitt Associates
Loyola University Chicago
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority
Morraine Valley Community College
Motorola, Inc.
Navistar, Inc.
QBE the Americas
Sears Holdings Corporation
StartSampling, Inc.
The Boeing Company
United Airlines

Subject areas include:

• Transformational Leadership
• Mobile Platform Computing
• Social Media and Social Networks
• The Cloud's Potential Impact and Opportunities
• Contributing to Business Success Through Innovation

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Topic:   McCormick Place: Using Technology as an Engine of Opportunity

Speaker:   Ellen Barry, Chief Information Officer, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority

When:   Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:00am - 2:00pm

Where:   The Metropolitan Club, Willis Tower 66th Floor, Michigan Room 233 S Wacker Dr

SIM Chicago is pleased to present Ellen Barry, Chief Information Officer with the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority. Please join us at the member-only SIM luncheon on April 15th SIM when Ellen will share McCormick Place’s impact on our local economy. In her presentation Ellen will examine how technology, combined with the CIO’s vision, plays a critical role in bringing continued economic prosperity to Chicago.

We look forward to seeing you on April 15th.

Topic:   Is there life after an ERP installation?

Speaker:   Timothy Ferrarell, Senior Vice President and CIO for Grainger

When:   Tuesday, April 6, 2010 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Where:   The Arboretum Club - 401 W. Half Day Rd. Buffalo Grove, IL - Phone: (847) 913-9112

In 2005, facilities maintenance distributor Grainger went live on a new ERP with a “big bang” approach. In a single go-live weekend, the $6.2 billion company successfully transitioned 10,000 users from more than 50 legacy business systems to a single SAP platform. It was a huge IT accomplishment, but flipping the go-live switch was only the beginning of a journey.

Grainger CIO Tim Ferrarell, who led the SAP implementation, will talk about the lessons the company learned before, during and after go-live. Join us to learn how one Fortune 500 CIO is leading his team through life after an ERP installation.

About Tim
Tim Ferrarell has led Grainger’s Enterprise Systems function for more than 8 years and has played a key role in building the company's industry-leading technology platform. In 2005, he spearheaded Grainger’s successful SAP implementation. Tim’s unique background includes a variety of senior leadership roles within marketing, product management, supply chain, continuous improvement and business planning.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday April 6th

Topic:   Leadership in the 21st Century - Techniques Lag Behind Technology

Speaker:   Dr. James Wetherbe – Stevenson Chair of Information Technology – Texas Tech University

When:   Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Where:   Rosewood Restaurant and Banquet Hall, 9421 Higgins Road, Rosemont, IL 60018

SIM Chicago is pleased to present a very special evening with Dr. James Wetherbe.

Dr. Wetherbe is Stevenson Chair of Information Technology and Executive Director of the Institute for Internet Buyer Behavior at Texas Tech University. Dr. Wetherbe was formerly the FedEx Professor of Excellence in MIS at the University of Memphis, Professor of MIS and Director of the MIS Research Center at the University of Minnesota, and a Professor of MIS at the University of Houston. Dr. James Wetherbe is internationally known as a dynamic and entertaining speaker, author, and leading authority on the use of computers and information systems to improve organizational performance and competitiveness. Dr. Wetherbe is particularly appreciated for his ability to explain complex technology in straightforward, practical terms that can be strategically applied by both executives and general management.

Dr. James Wetherbe is the author of 18 highly regarded books including Information Technology for Management, So, What's Your Point?, The World On Time: 11 Management Principles That Made FedEx an Overnight Sensation and Systems Analysis and Design: Best Practices. His book on FedEx was ranked as one of the Top 30 Business Books of 1997 out of 1400 published. Systems Analysis and Design was ranked by Computing Newsletter as the top textbook on the topic.

Quoted often in leading business and information system journals, Dr. Wetherbe has also written over 200 articles, was ranked by Information Week as one of the top dozen Information Technology Consultants, and is the first recipient of the MIS Quarterly Distinguished Scholar Award.

Mark your calendars for March 18th and join your Chicago–area technology and business colleagues for this memorable event. Enjoy a fabulous meal, camaraderie, networking with your peers and be prepared to take away practical solutions from Dr. Wetherbe to use for your businesses.

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When:   Friday, March 5, 2010 7:30am - 10:00am

Where:   Ritz-Carlton Chicago, 160 East Person Street at Water Tower Place

Invitation Only

The Chicago Chapter of the Society of Information Management and 3Com present a discussion on Building Effective IT Teams.

• Be in command and out of control.
• Allow people to operate without having to explain themselves.
• Trust the wisdom, experience, and good judgment of your people.

Building effective teams, retaining good people, and recruiting are timely topics as we come out of a recession. To lead off the discussion, Neal Kaderabek, whose team was one of the winners of this year’s Most Effective IT Team award will speak about how he built his team and what they accomplished.

Neal Kaderabek is the Executive Director and CIO for Hallmark Services Corporation (HSC). He joined HSC in 2008 with the specific goal of transforming the company’s IT capabilities, cultivating the IT/business partnerships, developing IT long term strategy, and aligning people, process, and technology to support the rapidly changing individual health insurance environment.

This limited-invitation only breakfast will be an active and intellectually stimulating discussion. For any questions please contact Mike Glynn at mike.glynn@sim-chicago.org

Topic:   Information Technology and the 787 Dreamliner: A New Airplane for a New World

Speaker:   John M. Hinshaw, Vice President of Information Technology and CIO - Boeing Company

When:   Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:00am - 2:00pm

Where:   The Metropolitan Club - Willis Tower - 66th floor, Michigan Room, 233 S.Wacker Dr, Chicago IL

SIM Chicago is pleased to present John Hinshaw, Boeing Chief Information Officer. Please join us at the February 18th SIM luncheon when John presents an overview of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane, it's recent first flight, and the important role information technology plays in bringing this game-changing airplane into flight.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the most advanced aircraft in the world, and will offer passengers a better flying experience and provide airline operators greater efficiency to better serve the point-to-point routes and additional frequencies passengers prefer. The technologically-advanced 787 will use 20 percent less fuel than today's airplanes of comparable size, provide airlines with up to 45 percent more cargo revenue capacity and present passengers with innovations that include a new interior environment with cleaner air, larger windows, more stowage space, improved lighting and other passenger-preferred conveniences.

We look forward to seeing you on February 18th.

Topic:   From Vision to Execution – IT’s Role in Strategic Initiatives

Speaker:   Jennifer Scanlon, Vice President, Chief Information Officer, USG Corporation

When:   Thursday, February 4, 2010 7:00am - 9:30am

Where:   The Clubhouse – Oak Brook - 298 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL 60523 - Phone: 630-472-0600

SIM In The Suburbs is please to present Jennifer Scanlon, Vice President and CIO for USG Corporation. Jennifer will be sharing how USG is committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and quality in everything they do. She will be sharing their vision to be the easiest company to do business with in the industry that they executed through a four-year business and technology program. Over 2 million person-hours and over $200 MM was spent bringing the vision to life at over 70 North American locations.

In her role as Vice President and CIO of USG Corporation, Jennifer oversees corporate-wide strategic planning, including executive level direction for strategy formulation, strategy process improvements and communication of strategy on a worldwide basis.

Prior to this role, she was responsible for planning and managing LinX — a four-year project that positioned USG to improve customer satisfaction and increase operational efficiencies across manufacturing, supply-chain, customer service, sales, and HR functions. LinX implemented Oracle-based solutions across over 70 North American sites.

We look forward to seeing you on February 4th.

Topic:   Global Coordination of IT Services and Implementing Google Apps for the Motorola Mobile Devices Business

Speaker:   Walt Oswald, VP IT Mobile Devices - Motorola

When:   Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:00am - 2:00pm

Where:   The Metropolitan Club - Willis Tower - 66th floor, Michigan Room, 233 S.Wacker Dr, Chicago IL

SIM Chicago is pleased to present Walt Oswald, Vice President of Information Technology for Motorola Mobile Devices Business. Please join us on January 21st when Walt Oswald presents how his team implemented a multi-million dollar cost transformation project and transitioned Motorola operations to cloud-based email and collaboration.

Walt will share how, while improving their business operations, his team was able to reduce their IT budget by $250 million in the past two years. A critical success factor for Walt and his team was how Motorola's IT organization synchronized with the business not only in the traditional categories of consumption reduction and rate reduction but also initiated a business process simplification effort. Their strategy was simple; by simplifying business processes, Motorola Mobile Devices Business would benefit from improved global coordination of services and IT had unique opportunities to transform its cost structure. And they were right on target.

In addition, Walt will share details of their Google Apps deployment at Motorola Mobile Devices Business. They moved over 15,000 employees in over 100 global locations to a cloud-based email and document collaboration platform. This effort produced some surprising results.

Please join us on January 21st when Walt will share his strategy related to these significant events, discuss the eDiscovery and security issues, and reveal some unexpected results from these business process changes and cost reduction efforts.

We look forward to seeing you on January 21st!

Topic:   From Vision to Execution – IT’s Role in Strategic Initiatives

Speaker:   Jennifer Scanlon, Vice President, Chief Information Officer, USG Corporation

When:   Thursday, January 7, 2010 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Where:   Maggiano’s – Old Orchard Shopping Center - 4999 Old Orchard Center - Skokie, IL 60077 - Phone: 847-933-9555

SIM is pleased to present Jennifer Scanlon, Vice President and CIO for USG Corporation. Jennifer will discuss USG’s commitment to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and quality in everything they do. She will describe the four year business and technology program that supported their vision to become the easiest company to do business with in the industry. Over 2 million person-hours and over $200 MM was spent bringing the vision to life at over 70 North American locations.

In her role as Vice President and CIO of USG Corporation, Jennifer oversees corporate-wide strategic planning, including executive level direction for strategy formulation, strategy process improvements and communication of strategy on a worldwide basis.

Prior to this role, she was responsible for planning and managing LinX — a four-year project that positioned USG to improve customer satisfaction and increase operational efficiencies across manufacturing, supply-chain, customer service, sales, and HR functions. LinX implemented Oracle-based solutions across over 70 North American sites.

When:   Friday, December 11, 2009 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Where:   Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan Ave (Santa Fe Building)

As a “thank you” to our membership, we are celebrating another successful year at SIM and would like to invite our members and their guests to our complimentary Holiday Social. This year’s social is being held at the Chicago Architecture Foundation on Michigan Avenue. This is a perfect opportunity for you to network with your colleagues and for all of us to look forward to a prosperous 2010. Remember, this event is complimentary, but reservations are mandatory.

You can register online by clicking on the "Click to Register" button at the bottom. Or, you can also register by calling (312-372-6540), by fax (312-419-8249) or by e-mail (simchicago@ameritech.net). No walk-ins please. If you made reservations and are unable to attend the event, please cancel by December 9th.

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Topic:   Transforming IT into a Highly Valued Business Partner

When:   Friday, December 4, 2009 7:30am - 1:00pm

Who:   Timothy Kasbe, CIO, Sears Holdings Management Corporation, Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr., Executive Partner, Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and former Chairman and CEO of Baxter International, Inc.

Leadership Panel: Transformational Leaders - Who Are They, How Do They Do It and What Are The Required Skills?

Changing from being a transaction oriented CIO/business leader to a transformational leader is a significant mindset change. The transformational CIO/business leader needs a strategic technology vision as well as a deep understanding of the various businesses within the business, and of the competitive landscape outside the business. For success, the transformation leader needs to meld people with lean processes and enabling technologies to fuel growth, increase productivity and achieve competitive advantage. The leader must work on all three key levels -- people, process, and technology -- with a deep understanding of each in order to achieve a transformational business model that supports and drives the business.

• Credibility with the CEO. Joined at the head rather than the hip – of one mind with the CEO.
• Superior communication skills.
• Ability to look right across the business and into the future
• Ability to look at the enterprise, create a five-year horizon and then ask what innovations do we need to make now that in five years will be driving this business?

With the addition of leaders who possess a deep understanding of the business and the competitive environment, true technological change becomes possible. But who are such transformational executives, how do they do it and how do I gain the skills needed to become such a leader?

Bring your CIO/IT leader colleagues to the Roundtable.

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Topic:   IT Operational Excellence – What Does Human Performance Have to Do with IT?

Speaker:   Daniel C. Hill, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Exelon

When:   Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:15am - 2:00pm

Where:   Willis Tower, 66th floor, Michigan Room, 233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago

SIM Chicago presents Daniel C. Hill, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Exelon Corporation

CIOs are facing the challenges of maintaining operational excellence in an environment which includes complex technology and sourcing models matched up against increasing client demands. In 2009 under the leadership of Dan Hill, SVP and CIO, Exelon IT began to explore IT Operational Excellence in depth and in the process identified a number of different initiatives to further enhance IT Operational Excellence. Implementing a Human Performance Program (and associated training) is a key initiative which will help IT achieve its goal of operational excellence. Learn what human performance means and what Exelon IT is doing to reduce errors and to drive an increase in performance.

Profile
Daniel C. Hill is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Exelon Corporation where he is responsible for managing all aspects of information technology (IT) and telecom across the corporation. His focus is on leveraging the most effective technologies, processes and resources to help enable Exelon's business strategies and plans. Mr. Hill was named Vice President and CIO in May 2003 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in November 2004.

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Topic:   Connect The Future

When:   Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Where:   Rockit Bar & Grill, 22 W. Hubbard, Chicago Time: 6-9 p.m.

Join us for TechBash 2009. Come to Rockit Bar & Grill and let Chicago's top technology executives pour drinks for you. They mix while you mingle, meeting up to 35 CIOs. Buy your ticket today for Chicago’s premier tech networking event of the year and i.c.stars’ annual fundraiser.

CONNECT with top CIOs, friends and colleagues in the IT community. Meet with over 35 CIOs as you visit their celebrity bar stations

CONNECT with i.c. stars alumni and interns, the next generation of change-driven, community leaders

CONNECT with the future by supporting an organization with a 10-year record of success in developing and placing talented and committed young leaders into the technology workforce

Space is limited, so register now. If you are unable to attend, please consider making a donation to support the vital work of i.c.stars in developing 1,000 Community Leaders by 2020.Every event ticket or donation over $250 enters you to win one of a host of great prizes!

Topic:   Fear in IT, Focus on the Future: Driving Productivity and Growth Through Emerging Technologies, Innovation Leadership Panel

Speaker:   Bill Baumann, Eric Cowperthwaite, Patrick Lencioni, and Dan Roam

When:   Sunday, November 8, 2009 8:00am - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:00pm

Where:   Westin Seattle- Seattle, Washignton

Hundreds of highly influential CIOs, CTOS, and senior IT leaders will gather at SIMposium 09, Fresh Ideas for Peak Performance to discuss current business issues, identify industry best practices, and lay the foundation for developing business alliances. The event provides two-and-a-half-days for IT leaders to take advantage of the unique combination of learning, networking, and entertainment opportunities. There's no better place for learning how leading-edge practices and technologies can impact your business strategies.

When:   Friday, November 6, 2009 7:30am - 10:00am

Where:   Ritz-Carlton Chicago, 160 East Person Street at Water Tower Place

The Chicago Chapter of the Society of Information Management and Geneca present an interactive breakfast round-table on Preparing for Economic Recovery: Will your IT Projects Deliver the Impact You Need?

Although the economy and marketplace continue to throw us curveballs, most economists agree the recovery has started. With a positive outlook ahead, the focus of most organizations turns to technology-fueled growth strategies.

The ability of the business to effectively communicate its needs to IT can play a key role in recovery. Unfortunately, this is often not the case. Many IT projects are delivered surprisingly far out of alignment with business expectations. The objective of this limited-invitation only breakfast event is to share experiences and practices to help business and IT leaders keep IT projects on track with business objectives.

This Senior IT Leadership program will be a great opportunity for you to mix and mingle with fellow CIOs from around the Chicago area. Two leading Chicago CIOs and two of their Business counterparts will discuss insights and issues as to how they have/are addressing theses challenges.

Although formal invitations will be going out shortly, we want to make sure you have this event on your radar—you won't want to miss it!

Don't forget to mark your calendars!

Topic:   The Consumerization of IT - if you can't fight it.....

Speaker:   Ken O’Brien, Executive Vice President and CIO of RR Donnelley

When:   Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:15am - 2:00pm

Where:   Metropolitan Club - Willis Tower, 233 S. Wacker Drive - The meeting will be held in the Lincon rooms 2 and 3 on the 33rd floor. Chicago, IL

Please join SIM Chicago at the Metropolitan Club in the Willis Tower for lunch on Thursday, October 29th. Ken O’Brien, Executive Vice President and CIO of RR Donnelley is our featured speaker. Mr. O’Brien’s topic is the Consumerization of IT - if you can't fight it..... He will discuss how RR Donnelley is dealing with everything from Social Networking and Twitter to 4G and management of mobile computing.

Ken O’Brien serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Chicago-based R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, the largest provider of printing and print-related business services in the world, with approximately 60,000 employees, annual revenues of more than $11 billion, and nearly 650 locations around the globe.

Mr. O’Brien, 48 joined RR Donnelley in February, 2004 having previously served as Chief Information Officer for Moore Wallace North America, Inc. He began his career in 1983 as an F-16 Software Engineer for General Dynamics and then as a computer engineer on classified programs. His emphasis on developing secure networks and managing strategic innovation continued as he entered the financial services industry during the mid-1980’s, where he progressed through a number of assignments that culminated in 1993 with a role as Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Administration for then First Chicago Corporation. Mr. O’Brien joined the printing and information services industry with Wallace Computer Services in 1995

Mr. O’Brien graduated with an MBA from Texas Christian University and a BS in Computer Science from Hardin-Simmons University. He and his wife, Rhonda, have three children.

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Topic:   The Search for the Holy Grail: Aligning Business and IT

Speaker:   Cathie Kozik, Corporate Vice President, Information Technology for Motorola’s Global IT Operation

When:   Thursday, October 1, 2009 7:00am - 9:30am

Where:   The Clubhouse – Oak Brook - 298 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL 60523, Phone: 630-472-0600, www.theclubhouse.com/oakbrook/

Please join SIM In The Suburbs and Cathie Kozik, Corporate Vice President, information technology for Motorola’s Global IT Operations for breakfast on Thursday, October 1st. Kozik will be sharing her professional experiences and trigger a compelling discussion of those experiences on how Motorola’s global IT:

• Aligns their commitments to the business
• Understands the levers that affect cost
• Drives toward a competitive, sustainable cost structure
• Delivers ‘good’ programs and services

Prior to this role, Kozik served as Corporate Vice President for Motorola’s Integrated Supply Chain and Mobile Devices business. Kozik has over 25 years of IT and engineering experience. Before joining Motorola, she was at Tellabs where she held the position of Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President.

In 2007, Kozik was named ‘one to watch’ by CIO Magazine. In 2002, she was named an “outstanding electrical and computer engineer” by Purdue University. In 2001, Kozik was named on of Computerworld’s ‘premier 100 IT leaders.”

Kozik holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. Kozik serves on the Board of Directors for Central DuPage Health System based in Winfield, Illinois.

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Speaker:   Don Tapscott

When:   Thursday, September 17, 2009 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Where:   Rosewood Restaurant and Banquet Hall 9421 Higgins Road Rosemont, IL 60018 847-696-9494

Don Tapscott is an international authority on the strategic impact of information technology on innovation, marketing and talent. Don consistently identifies and explains the next business imperatives and defines the business models and strategies required for success. Don has authored or coauthored thirteen widely read books on technology, business and the Net Generation. His most recent book, "Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing the World", explores how the net generation learns and works and what power and influence they hold. Based on in-depth research, "Grown Up Digital" builds on his earlier book "Growing Up Digital".

SIM Chicago is proud to present Don Tapscott who will enlighten us on how the first generation to grow up with the Internet is transforming the workplace and also how wikinomics, mass collaboration, social networking and business 2.0 are the future for innovation and growth. Register early as space is limited and we expect this event to sell out quickly.

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Topic:   People can lead from anywhere in the organization. You don't have to be at the top to make a big impact!

Speaker:   Mark N. Dajani, Sr. Vice President and CIO, Kraft Foods

When:   Thursday, September 3, 2009 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Where:   The Arboretum Club - 401 W. Half Day Rd. Buffalo Grove, IL Phone: (847) 913-9112 www.arboretumclub.com

SIM In The Suburbs is pleased to share with you Mark Dajani, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Kraft Foods; a $42.2 billion packaged foods manufacturer where efficiency is defined by the:

• Continual optimization of business processes through automation
• Elimination of redundancies as well as leverage of scale through the implementation of shared services and external partnerships

Dajani is responsible for providing leadership to the Information Systems and the Shared Services organizations as they seek to continually enhance the efficiency and the effectiveness of the Kraft Foods organization.

Please join SIM In The Suburbs as Mark Dajani shares his journey with you on how Kraft Foods embarked on a multi-year journey to implement a targeted technology strategy. A strategy that has significantly improved the productivity and user experience within the organization and taught Kraft’s information systems employees how to learn to recognize that leadership, at every level, can transform the company.

We look forward to seeing you on September 3rd

When:   Friday, August 28, 2009 7:30am - 12:00pm

This year’s iOpener event will bring together CIOs, Entrepreneurs, IT Professionals and students to brainstorm around what fosters and contributes to an IT culture of innovation. Members of the Chicago Information Technology community will moderate roundtable discussions with iOpener attendees to discuss the criteria an organization must have in order to develop and grow a culture of innovation. Not only will this eye opening event leave you with a collection of new concepts you can bring back to your own organization, the ideas will be used as the criteria to identify the 2009 i.c.stars’ CIO of the Year.

When:   Thursday, August 20, 2009 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Where:   Orso’s Restaurant Roof Top Deck 1401 N. Wells Street Chicago, IL 60610 Phone Number - 312 787 6604

Join us for a fun summer evening in Chicago’s Old Town where you will enjoy:

• A beautiful Chicago sunset. from Orso’s roof top deck
• The opportunity to socialize with other SIM Chicago members and guests
• One complimentary drink ticket for each attendee
• Italian appetizers including pizza
• Cash bar

The event is intended for SIM Chicago members; however, each member may register to bring one guest. The event is limited to the first 50 registered members and guests.

Register early! Don’t miss out on a fun evening! We look forward to seeing you on August 20!

Topic:   SIM In The Suburbs Suburban Summertime Social

Speaker:   None

When:   Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Where:   Flatlanders, 200 Village Green, Lincolnshire, Il, Phone: (847) 821-1234, www.flatlanders.com

Please join SIM In The Suburbs at their Suburban Summertime Social

There is no
• Agenda!
• Sit down anything!
• PowerPoint!
• Speaker!
• Charge!

When:   Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:00am - 6:00pm

Where:   Seven Bridges Golf Club - One Mulligan Drive Woodridge, IL 60517

Thursday, June 11 2009

SIM Chicago is the Chicago Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM). It's the premier network for IT leaders comprised of CIO's, senior IT executives, prominent academicians, consultants, and other IT leaders. SIM Chicago is a community of thought leaders in the Chicago area who share experiences and rich intellectual capital that is applied, and who explore future IT direction. The SIM Chicago Chapter is very supportive of the overall mission, goals, and approach of i.c.stars and its leadership team - Sandee Kastrul and Eric Lannert.

On Thursday, June 11, 2009 SIM is sponsoring a golf outing held at Seven Bridges Golf Club in Woodridge, Illinois to benefit i.c.stars. The format of this event is the following: We are reaching out to 18 area CIO’s to sponsor a hole together with a vendor/partner of their choice. Sponsorship of each hole is $1,000-$1,200. We also are partnering with major corporations to be Premier, Gold, and Bronze sponsors to support specific activities across the entire event. The goal this year is to elevate the CIO participation from past years, and bring out prominent business leaders throughout the Chicagoland area to support the terrific work that i.c.stars does in developing IT leaders for the future.

Please join us in participating in this worthwhile event to support two fine organizations in the Chicago area – The Society for Information Management (SIM), and i.c.stars.

Topic:   Managing Innovation, Agility and Growth through Convergence of Business and Technology

Speaker:   Faisal Hoque, Chairman and CEO, BTM Corporation

When:   Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:30am - 2:00pm

Where:   233 S. Wacker Drive - Metropolitan Club - Sears Tower – Michigan Room - 66th floor

Today's economic landscape requires new thinking and next generation management capabilities to gain the full value of technology by converging it with the business to create a 'whole-brained' enterprise. He will define the key management capabilities needed to shift focus from quarter-to-quarter thinking toward the fundamentals of how enterprises will be shaped under the current global climate.

Join Hoque for this significant dialog centered on the imperatives CIOs must focus on to elevate the technology organization by driving 'whole-brained' organizational shifts to deliver value.

Session highlights include:

• What are the qualities of a converged enterprise
• What business models are needed to deliver agility on an ongoing basis
• How to prepare your organization to continue to innovate and grow during an economic downturn

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