NJ Society for Information Management

November 11th Monthly Meeting - The 3 P's of Leadership
2021-11-11 17:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, United States
What does it mean to be a Leader? There are many definitions of a leader and many qualities of a good leader. Professor Ruchin Kansal believes there are three qualities of a goof leader. At the Nov 11th meeting. Prof. Kansal will discuss The 3 P’s of Leadership: Privilege, Purpose and Passion. In an interactive presentation Prof Kansal will discuss how his practical experiences and research helped him develop each of The 3 P’s and how they fit together into a unifed view of Leadership.
About our Speaker
Professor Ruchin Kansal leads the Business Leadership Center at the Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, ranked #1 undergraduate leadership development program 5 years in a row.
Professor Kansal went from being an architect to a management consultant with EY & Deloitte to building the first Business Innovation & Transformation unit at Boehringer Ingelheim to Senior Vice President and global head of Digital Strategy at Siemens Healthineers. Along the journey, he has gained global experience across North America, Europe, and Asia.
He is the co-author of “Redefining Innovation: Embracing the 80-80 Rule to Ignite Growth in the Biopharmaceutical Industry;” Co-Editor of In The Lead; Lead Researcher of Future of Leadership Survey; and a host of 30 minutes on Comcast Channel 23 Danbury. He is also the Project Director of The 5th Industrial Revolution – a graduate level course and a narrative project exploring the intersection of human existence, health technology and space.
He was invited to the Obama White House to share best practices for engaging patients in research in support of the Presidential Precision Medicine initiative. He served as a board member for Stanford Medicine X (2014-17). He was recognized with the Top 40 Healthcare Transformers Award by Medical, Marketing & Media in 2016, and Boehringer Ingelheim President’s Award for developing the company’s first Patient Engagement Strategy.
With a passion to develop future leaders, Professor Kansal founded Kansal & Company that coaches leaders and companies to lead with purpose and with courage. Further, he advises Consumer, Tech and other non-Health companies looking to enter and operate in the healthcare market.

Agenda
5:00 Registration and Networking
6:15 Dinner
6:45 Business Meeting/Virtual Meeting Begins
7:00 Presentation and Q&A
8:30 Networking
Please register for the event below.
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.
SIM NJ Members $80.00 , non-member guests $110.00. Non-member guests must be accompanied by a member.

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - Emerging Trends and Technologies
2021-10-27 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
Roundtable, Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 12:00pm
Join us for this virtual roundtable on Wed, Oct 27 at 12:00pm, and share your insights with your peers.
Attendance will be capped at 24 so please register early
During this enriching session, we will discuss the Emerging, Digital, and Transformational capabilities that organizations can leverage in this post-pandemic situation. We will cover the areas of Workforce transformation, Customer engagement, unlocking Innovation, developing a Resilient supply chain, and driving agile manufacturing capabilities.
While the overall discussion will have a cross-industry applicability, it will surely be of particular interest to CPG, Retail, Hi-tech, Pharma and Manufacturing.
About the Moderator:
Mahesh Harvu’s practitioner leadership experience is in the CPG and Manufacturing industry. More recently he has focused on customer-centric transformational consulting helping corporations with their Data-Driven Digital Strategy. In his practitioner career leading up to Head of Business Transformation and Digital IT, Mahesh has worked with C-Level, BU Presidents, and Functional Leaders, to define and execute upon the strategy for an end-to-end Commercial Sales Marketing and Manufacturing Operations, He has accelerated cloud adoption, innovation through IoT and promoted overall technology effectiveness.
Mahesh is a SIM RLF and LDR graduate, an Adjunct Professor for Information Management for students in active duty, reserves, or veterans. He also serves on the Board of Wellspring Center for Prevention – an organization focused on reducing substance abuse for the youth.
Tickets Required:
Online Ticket
The roundtable will be a virtual meeting hosted on Zoom.

SIM NJ Oct. 25th MIT Meeting
2021-10-25 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ, United States
This is an MIT meeting to catch up with those members that are searching for their next opportunity.
Are you In Transition? Are you thinking of changing positions? Is your company hiring? Then register for the next Members In Transition meeting on June 22nd. The meeting is open to all members whether you are looking for a new position or want to help your colleagues.
Also, please let us know if you are currently in transition so that we may keep you abreast of potential opportunities as we hear about them. Please email fforte@simnj.org. FREE for all SIM New Jersey members.
Please register for the event below, or email your RSVP to retention@simnj.org
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.
Webinar information will be sent after registration and again to all registered members shortly before the meeting date.

October 14th Monthly Meeting - Overcoming Operational Complexity to Achieve Anywhere Operations
2021-10-14 17:00 - 20:30 | Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, United States
Events of the past 18 months ignited the need for new ways to deliver “Anywhere Operations,” a business operating model designed to reach customers, enable employees, and use digital technologies to deliver business services anywhere. But realizing the benefits of anywhere operations is no easy feat. IT Leaders must contend with a complex, ever-changing infrastructure and fragmented, legacy tools designed as point solutions. Without an accurate, real-time view of thousands of physical and virtual assets, users, and their interdependencies, the risk of business disruption in fulfilling anywhere operations becomes a real issue.
To overcome these challenges and create a more agile, digital-first operating model, IT Leaders are turning to an emerging technology, Digital Platform Conductors. During this session Paul Deur of ReadyWorks will share examples of how leading organizations like Morgan Stanley, AMEX GBT, and Tradeweb are leveraging this new technology for anywhere operations.
This meeting will be hosted both In Person at the Madison Hotel, and Virtually on Zoom.
About our Speaker
Paul Deur is a lifelong entrepreneur and co-founder and Co-CEO of ReadyWorks, a SaaS organization whose mission is to lower the risk and cost of IT infrastructure transformation. With over 20 years of experience in IT services, delivery, enablement and operations focused on large enterprise. Paul has a successful track record with global organizations such as Pfizer, Microsoft, Symantec, Unisys, American Express, Regeneron, and SMBC, amongst others. An engineer by training and customer service professional at heart, his unique perspective allows him to build practical IT solutions that work in the real world. Agenda
5:00 Registration and Networking
6:15 Dinner
6:45 Business Meeting/Virtual Meeting Begins
7:00 Presentation and Q&A
8:30 In Person MIT Meeting Please register for the event below.
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.
SIM NJ Members $80.00, non-member guests $110.00. Non-member guests must be accompanied by a member.

Networking Breakfast
2021-10-08 07:30 - 08:30 | Webinar
Description
Come join the SIM NJ Executive Committee and fellow SIM members to learn more about each other, what we do in our professional lives, what we do at SIM, how we can help you and how you can help us. Last month we had a great discussion on outsourced services including your Active Directory maintenance. This is a great opportunity for new members to spend some time with the EC and other members, as well as existing members to broaden their reach and get advice and insight from seasoned executives.
Bring your own coffee and prepare to spend an engaging hour talking with your SIM NJ colleagues, bring your questions, or participate to answer questions from other. No set topic, this is an open networking hour.
Any questions, please reach out to Brian Mecca – bmecca@simnj.org

Tickets Required:
Online Ticket FREE for all to attend.
Members, please register for the event below.

SIM NJ September 27th MIT Meeting
2021-09-27 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ, United States

Special Interest Group - Enterprise Applications
2021-09-24 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ, United States
Are you responsible in your organization for enterprise applications that support core business functions including Finance, HR, Legal, and Compliance? Are you interested in interacting with SIM members focused on this area?
The Enterprise Applications Special Interest Group (SIG) is comprised of a group of IT leaders that are responsible for providing innovative technology solutions to core business functions including Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, HR, Legal, and Compliance. Our meetings are focused on having dynamic discussions and sharing real life experiences of IT leaders (not dry powerpoint walkthroughs) about problems facing Enterprise Application leaders today.

Our discussion topic this month is Cloud Data Management Solutions for Analytics and the use of technologies such as Oracle, Snowflake, AWS, and SAP to solve today’s enterprise application challenges.

The meeting is Friday September 24th from 12:00 to 1:00pm via Zoom and will be facilitated by fellow members working in this area : Rich Burke, Chris Kulczytzky, and Ramesh Sethi.
Remember, at the end of the meeting, we will vote to pick next month’s discussion topic so join us this month for another dynamic discussion!
Rich, Chris, Ramesh
FREE for all SIM New Jersey members.
Please register for the event below.
Webinar information will be sent after registration and again to all registered members shortly before the meeting date.

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - AI/ML
2021-09-22 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
Roundtable, Wednesday, Sept 22 at 12:00pm
We will also host a Roundtable discussion moderated by Kevin Northover, Lead Data Scientist for Delta Dental of New Jersey and Connecticut. During this roundtable we will be talking about practical applications of data science and AI to business. Our aim will be to show how these tools can be used to help our business partners ask questions that are often simple but important and which cannot be answered without analyzing and transforming human information such as speech and images to searchable data. We’ll use solutions for call center speech and dental image analyses implemented by Delta Dental of New Jersey and Connecticut. These examples will be jumping off points for conversations on balancing the use of general-purpose services with in-house development to provide business domain driven analytics, visualization, and decision making.
About the Moderator:
Kevin Northover, Lead Data Scientist for Delta Dental
Kevin directs the development of new applications and solutions using machine and deep learning for Delta Dental of New Jersey. He has developed algorithms and solutions for a variety of industries and applications including: healthcare, financial services, law enforcement, and entertainment. He has led the implementation of trading and risk management applications for equity, debt and derivatives businesses for major brokerage firms. He has also implemented customer onboarding, operations workflow, and document management solutions.
Kevin holds a B.A. degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Cambridge.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinnorthover/
The roundtable will be a virtual meeting hosted on Zoom.

September 16th Monthly Meeting - Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
2021-09-16 17:00 - 20:30 | Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, United States
Save the date for our first In Person Meeting of the season!

Our topic with be Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Aabid Abbasi, EY Americas Data and Analytics Principal, and Sameer Gupta, EY North America Advanced Analytics Leader, will discuss the current state of AI/ML and will share some innovative use cases that they have implemented for clients. They will also discuss where they see the technology advancing in the next several years.
Sameer Gupta
EY North America Financial Services Organization Advanced Analytics Leader
Sameer is a Principal and the EY North America Financial Services Organization Advanced Analytics Leader.
He has a strong track record of working with the largest consumer lending institutions and payment networks to implement transformational business strategies, leveraging advanced analytics and generating material improvements in customer risk, fraud, compliance and customer marketing.
Sameer leads a cross-functional team of data scientists, AI practitioners and business domain professionals who implement AI-driven approaches by applying such techniques as natural language processing, deep learning and knowledge graphs.
Previously, Sameer was general manager and founder of the Consumer Finance and Risk Division at a leading AI solutions prod analytics.
Sameer holds an MBA in Finance and Financial Management Services from the Indian Institute of Management and a BTech in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

In Person Event Attendance Requirements

Vaccinated individuals are not required to wear a mask
For the protection of everyone, we encourage you to take advantage of the COVID-19 vaccination offered free of charge through your local Health Department, and various pharmacies in your area.
If you have flu-like symptoms such as a cough or fever, please stay home and take advantage of the free virtual meeting.

Help each other stay healthy and practice minimum contact!
Join us at The Madison Hotel for networking, dinner, and the presentation. This meeting will also be broadcast via Zoom for members who cannot attend in person. 5:00 – 6:15P – Networking
6:15 – 6:45P – Dinner
6:45 – 7:00P – Chapter Business
7:00 – 8:00P – Presentation
8:00 – 8:30P – Networking
8:30 – 9:00P – Members In Transition Please register for the event below.
SIM NJ Members $80.00 , non-member guests $110.00. Non-member guests must be accompanied by a member.
If you can’t make it to the meeting in person and would like to attend via Zoom for the presentation feed only, please purchase a free Zoom Meeting Ticket below.

Coffee with the EC
2021-09-10 07:30 - 08:30, 2021-05-14 07:30 - 08:30, 2021-04-16 07:30 - 08:30, 2021-03-05 07:30 - 08:30 | Webinar
Do you want to share your own IT success stories, or ask other members about how they handled certain challenges? Do you have questions about NJ SIM? Want to know more about our committees? Our budget? Our Foundation, providing opportunities to “give back” to the larger NJ community? Any suggestions for future programs? Join members of the SIM NJ Executive committee in a new monthly series “Coffee with the Executive Committee.” This is an open forum for all members, as well as those interested in becoming a member. FREE for all to attend.
Members, please register for the event below.
Non-SIM Members Note: Please be sure to Register as a Guest. Then sign up for the event below. Alternatively you may email your RSVP to simsec@simnj.org. Please send your full name, title, company, email address, and cell phone number.
Webinar information will be included in the registration email and sent to all registered shortly before the meeting date.

Annual Summer BBQ 2021
2021-08-19 17:00 - 20:00 | Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, United States
Don’t miss this fun and informal summer event for SIM NJ Members only! Feel free to dress casually and enjoy an evening of BBQ and cocktails with your SIM New Jersey colleagues. There will be no formal presentation or speaker at this event and best of all the event is FREE to all SIM NJ Members, DON’T MISS IT! Please Register Below.
Please note that this is a Member Only event.

Special Interest Group - Enterprise Applications
2021-06-25 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ, United States
Are you responsible in your organization for enterprise applications that support core business functions including Finance, HR, Legal, and Compliance? Are you interested in interacting with SIM members focused on this area?
If yes, then this event is for you!
The next meeting of the Enterprise Applications Special Interest Group will be Friday June 25th form 12:00 to 1:00pm. Our discussion topic will be Cloud and On-Premise Enterprise Integration Platforms, such as Mulesoft, Apigee, etc.
The meeting will be facilitated by fellow members working in this area : Rich Burke, Chris Kulczytzky, and Ramesh Sethi.
We hope you will join us!
Rich, Chris, Ramesh FREE for all SIM New Jersey members.
Please register for the event below.
Webinar information will be sent after registration and again to all registered members shortly before the meeting date.

Special Interest Group - Project Management
2021-06-23 17:30 - 20:00 | Randolph Diner, 517 State Route 10, Randolph, NJ, 07869, United States
Are you a Project Manager or are responsible for a Project Management Office?
We will be holding our next PMO Special Interest Group meeting on June 23rd from 5:30pm to 8:00pm. The SIG meeting will be an in-person meeting at the Randolph Diner. Contact Brian Jaffa at brian.jaffa@verizon.net for more information and to register. Available to all SIM New Jersey members with a Project Management focus
Please contact Brian Jaffa at brian.jaffa@verizon.net
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.

SIM NJ June 22 MIT Meeting
2021-06-22 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ, United States

SIM NJ Virtual Happy Hour
2021-06-17 17:00 - 18:00 | NJ, United States
Join us for an hour (or more) of cocktails, conversations, and camaraderie as we unwind from the day FREE for all SIM New Jersey members.
Please register for the event below, or email your RSVP to Karen Kostulas.
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.
Webinar information will be sent to all registered members shortly before the meeting date.

Special Interest Group - Enterprise Applications
2021-05-21 14:00 - 15:00 | NJ, United States
Are you responsible in your organization for enterprise applications that support core business functions including Finance, HR, Legal, and Compliance? Are you interested in interacting with SIM members focused on this area?
If yes, then this event is for you!
At this Roundtable, we will discuss the latest trends, emerging technologies, and the challenges with supporting this area with organizations today.
Topics include :

Analytics and AI/ML
Robotic process automation
Big data cloud platforms

We will also discuss topics for future Roundtable discussions.
The meeting will be facilitated by fellow members working in this area : Rich Burke, Chris Kulczytzky, and Ramesh Sethi.
The first meeting will be Fri, May 7th at 2:00pm
We hope you will join us!
Rich, Chris, Ramesh FREE for all SIM New Jersey members.
Please register for the event below, or email your RSVP to retention@simnj.org
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.
Webinar information will be sent after registration and again to all registered members shortly before the meeting date.

May Meeting - What Does the Rest of the Year Look Like
2021-05-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Webinar
Vaccines are being delivered. The Economy is starting to open up. What does that mean to you and your organization? In May we will be having a Panel Discussion of Members to discuss what it means to them and their organizations.
Agenda:
5:00 – 5:45 Networking
5:45 – 6:00 Chapter Business
6:00 – 7:00 Member Panel Discussion FREE for all SIM New Jersey members.
Please register for the event below.
Webinar information will be included in your registration confirmation and sent to all registered members shortly before the meeting date.

SIM NJ MAY 13 MIT Meeting
2021-05-13 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ, United States
This is an MIT meeting to catch up with those members that are searching for their next opportunity.
Are you In Transition? Are you thinking of changing positions? Is your company hiring? Then register for the next Members In Transition meeting on April 20th. The meeting is open to all members whether you are looking for a new position or want to help your colleagues.
Also, please let us know if you are currently in transition so that we may keep you abreast of potential opportunities as we hear about them. Please email fforte@simnj.org. FREE for all SIM New Jersey members.
Please register for the event below, or email your RSVP to retention@simnj.org
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.
Webinar information will be sent after registration and again to all registered members shortly before the meeting date.

Virtual Scotch Tasting Event
2021-04-29 17:00 - 19:00 | Webinar
Join SIM-NJ as we continue our tour of different Spirits. This month Keith Barros will take us to Scotland on Thursday April 29. Keith will provide an overview of what is different between Scotch from other whiskeys as we sample Scotch of different ages from Scotland’s older distilleries.
Cost: $30
Important Information:
1. In order to insure timely delivery of the spirits required for the tasting, registration is required by midnight on Friday, April 16th.
2. During registration, please let us know where you want the scotch delivered. Spirits will be delivered via UPS the week before the tasting (an adult signature will be required.)
3. Tasting link will be emailed to registrants on Wednesday, April 28th.

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - What Does Return To Work Look Like?
2021-04-22 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
One could argue that the paradigm of “how we work,” one of the vestiges of the Industrial Era, has no doubt shifted. Technology, culture, and now the pandemic have not only allowed the acceptance of remote work, but it has also made it ubiquitous. Some paradigms die hard. Before the pandemic, many organizations, while having the technology to work remote, lacked the culture. Hopefully soon, we will have the ability to “Return to the Office” (RTO). Is this necessary? What does that look like? Is it a “blended” or “hybrid” approach to work? And with new found work flexibility, has the concept of “work/life balance” also gone the way of the pre-Digital Era? In short, what does RTO look like?
At our next roundtable, Dr, Frank Granito will lead a discussion on Return To Work that will inform his research project on the subject. About the Moderator:
Dr. Frank Granito is Chief Scientist and Lead Fellow at the Institute for Digital Transformation. He has over 40 years of experience in the Information Technology field and has successfully implemented IT Service Management transformation solutions for Government and Commercial clients. Dr. Granito holds a Doctor of Management from the University of Maryland University College with a thesis on Organizational Culture
As Lead Fellow, Frank selects current transformational topics and leads the monthly discussions with all of the Institute Fellows, parts of which are available on the YouTube Show “Digital Transformation Unplugged”. In his role as Chief Scientist, Dr. Granito created the analytical model that is the basis of the Digital Enterprise Readiness Framework. He designs, creates and produces the analysis of our Snapshot Research. He is also one of the hosts of the YouTube Show “Snapshot Research Brief”. FREE for all NJSIM Members.
Attendance is capped at 24 participants to foster conversation.
Please register for the event below, or email your RSVP to simsec@verizon.net
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.
Webinar information will be included in the registration email and sent to all registered shortly before the meeting date.

SIM NJ APR 20 MIT Meeting
2021-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ, United States
This is an MIT meeting to catch up with those members that are searching for their next opportunity.
Are you In Transition? Are you thinking of changing positions? Is your company hiring? Then register for the next Members In Transition meeting on April 20th. The meeting is open to all members whether you are looking for a new position or want to help your colleagues.
Jay Berger and Barbara Grossman, co-founders of Paradigm Partners will join us again this month and will moderate an open discussion, answering your Job Search questions.
Also, please let us know if you are currently in transition so that we may keep you abreast of potential opportunities as we hear about them. Please email fforte@simnj.org. FREE for all SIM New Jersey members.
Please register for the event below, or email your RSVP to retention@simnj.org
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.
Webinar information will be sent after registration and again to all registered members shortly before the meeting date.

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - How COVID and WFH Have Changed Meeting Dynamics and Demands on our Time
2021-03-19 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
As Working From Home continues, employees’ time boundaries are not as respected as they once were. This is leading to more and more lunch time meetings or just taking any open spot on calendars, or double or triple bookings. Managing our own time is getting harder and harder, and our stress levels are increasing. On top of this, we also manage our team’s time and morale to keep them productive.
On Friday, March 19 at 12:00pm we will discuss these questions and help each other determine what techniques work for:

Managing Our Time
Managing Our Teams
Managing Our Teams Moral

FREE for all NJSIM Members.
Attendance is capped at 24 participants to foster conversation.
Please register for the event below, or email your RSVP to simsec@verizon.net
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.
Webinar information will be included in the registration email and sent to all registered shortly before the meeting date.

SIMNJ Lunch & Learn - Identity and Access Management: Good for Cybersecurity, Not So Much for Information Security
2021-03-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
While cybersecurity is broad in both its context and application, information security is singularly focused on the protection of data. In practice however, most organizations repeatedly use the same tools, controls, strategies, mindset, etc., to defend against cyber-attacks as they do to protect their data. The unfortunate reality is that most tools are designed fundamentally to address cybersecurity, and while these tools may to some degree help with information security, it’s really not their raison d’être.
In this session, Dimitri Nemirovsky will argue the importance of segregating IAM controls from information security mechanisms and why doing so can enhance your security posture.
Dimitri Nemirovsky is the Chief Operating Officer for Atakama. Atakama is a NYC-based information security company that was founded in 2017 by a team of entrepreneurs, engineers, and cryptographers. Its mission is to be the leading data security provider. Using distributed key management, Atakama’s encryption solution protects data against unauthorized access and cyber attacks. FREE for all NJSIM Members.
Please register for the event below, or email your RSVP to simsec@verizon.net
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.
Webinar information will be included in the registration email and sent to all registered shortly before the meeting date.

Premier Connects Northeast CIO Forum
2021-03-16 09:00 - 12:00 | NJ, United States
SIM New Jersey & Premier Connects Present
The Northeast Region | Virtual CIO Forum

2021 is underway and IT Leaders are faced with an entirely new set of challenges than ever before as strategic plans unfold. The upcoming CIO Forum will allow not only a chance to hear how executives within the IT community are looking to the future but also specific technologies and strategies to guide and influence decisions.
Since we cannot gather together, we will be delivering coffee and lunch right to your home or office. All registrants will receive a code in advance of the virtual event to place their order.
VIRTUAL EVENT FEATURED SESSIONS
From Reset to Thrive: How to Lead a Growth Journey: Led by Dr. Rebecca Homkes, Lecturer, Director, London Business School, Strategic Management Centre
A Closer Look at 2021’s Most Innovative CIOs: Featuring Angelo Riddick, COL US Army Retired, PMP, CIO, New York State Office of Information Technology Services
The Way Forward: Led by Spencer Levy, Chairman of Americas Research and Senior Economic Advisor, CBRE
The Gen Z Story: Led by Josh Miller, CEO, Deciding Edge
The Mother of Innovation: Led by Patrick McCormick, CIO, City of Cambridge
Challenge the Rules of Security: Transform the Threat Surface To Proactive Control: Led by Robert DeVito, Global Director, Customer& Partner Sales Engineer, Google Chrome
View the full agenda and Register Here!

March Meeting - Cybersecurity in the Age of WFH and Covid
2021-03-11 17:00 - 18:30 | Webinar
On March 11, we will be joined by Michael Geraghty, New Jersey’s Chief Information Security Office and the Director of the NJ Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC). Director Geraghty will discuss how Cybersecurity has changed in the last year and how the NJCCIC partners with Governmental, Academic, and Private Industry to improve the digital resilience of NJ.

About our Speaker
Michael Geraghty is New Jersey’s Chief Information Security Officer and the Director of the New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) located at the Regional Operations Intelligence Center. Director Geraghty manages the day-to-day functions of the NJCCIC, the State’s central hub for cyber operations and resources.
Geraghty brings a wealth of public and private-sector experience to this role, having served as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Chief Information Officer of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Vice President of High Technology Investigations at Prudential Financial. Previously, Geraghty served 12 years with the New Jersey State Police, where he led the formation and development of the High Technology Crimes Investigations Unit.
Geraghty has lectured extensively throughout the world on the topic of cybersecurity, high tech investigations and computer forensics; provided technical and investigative assistance to law enforcement agencies including the FBI, Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, Naval Intelligence, New Scotland Yard, and the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Service. He has provided expert testimony before Congress and in federal, state, and international courts on computer crime investigations and forensics. Geraghty is also a past president of the Northeast Chapter of the High Technology Crimes Investigation Association and has held leadership roles in the National Strategic Policy Council on Cyber and Electronic Crime.
Geraghty earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Thomas Edison State College.
Agenda:
5:00 – 5:30 Networking
5:30 – 6:30 Presentation and Q&A FREE for all SIM New Jersey members.
Please register for the event below.
Webinar information will be included in your registration confirmation and sent to all registered members shortly before the meeting date.

HMG Live! NJ CIO Executive Leadership Summit
2021-03-02 13:00 - 16:00 | NJ, United States
HMG Strategy & SIM New Jersey Present:
2021 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit
Courageous Leadership and Fearless Reinvention: Guiding the Modern Enterprise in Turbulent Times

Join the fastest growing global technology executive group that is openly sharing business-technology strategies and innovation, reshaping the customer experience.
Hear from industry leaders who are thinking differently, demonstrating courageous leadership and fearless reinvention on a truly interactive platform featuring user-friendly Q&A sessions, 1-on-1 video chat capability with any attendee, prodigious raffle prizes and more!
These top-tier executives will offer stories of success and share advice on leaning in and leading into the C-suite and line of business, driving disruption and innovations that reshape and reinvent their go-to-market, while fostering a culture of trust and compassionate guidance for their teams within a safe and secure enterprise.

Preparing yourself to be be Boardroom Ready
Leading and Building a High Performing Culture
Courageous Leadership and Fearless Reinvention: Guiding the Modern Enterprise in Dynamic Times
Please register on the Webinar Event Page.

Virtual Bourbon Tasting Event
2021-02-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Webinar
Please join SIM-NJ’s own Keith Barros (VP of Programs) for a virtual bourbon tasting on Thursday February 25th. Keith is certified by the Stave & Thief Society as an Executive Bourbon Steward. He will provide an overview of what is bourbon, some bourbon facts and myths, the best way to drink bourbon and then a tasting of selected bourbons.
This will be a fun event exploring “America’s Native Spirit”

Cost: $40
Important Information:
1. In order to insure timely delivery of the spirits required for the tasting, registration is required by midnight on Sunday, Feb 14th.
2. During registration, please let us know where you want the bourbon delivered. Spirits will be delivered via FedEx the week before the tasting (an adult signature will be required.)
3. Tasting link will be emailed to registrants on Wednesday, Feb 24th.
