NJ Society for Information Management

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - Quest Diagnostics Journey to DevSecOps
2022-04-19 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Webinar
Join us at the April 19 NJ SIM Roundtable where Anubha Gaur of Quest Diagnostics will share the benefits of Quest’s journey to DevSecOps, the challenges and impediments they faced, current state of their journey, as well as future plans. About the Moderator
Anubha Gaur is the Executive Director- Application Support, DevSecOps and SRE at Quest Diagnostics.
Anubha is leading DevSecOps initiatives in Quest, bringing a trusted culture within Development, Security and Operation teams to break the silo. She believes DevSecOps is a mindset not a toolchain. This develops built-in quality and security practices in software development and operations.
Anubha has over 20 years of experience in leading all aspects of software development. If time permits, she writes articles in medium @anubhagaur.

SIMNJ Lunch - Open Networking Lunch
2022-04-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-03-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-02-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-01-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
Come join your fellow SIM NJ members for a Networking Lunch. Learn more about each other, what we do in our professional lives and how we can help each other.
This is a great opportunity for new members to spend some time with other members, as well as existing members to broaden their reach and get advice and insight from seasoned executives.
Bring your lunch and prepare to spend an engaging hour talking with your SIM NJ colleagues, bring your questions, and participate to answer questions from other members. There is no set topic, this is an open networking hour.
Any questions, email Brian Mecca at bmecca@simnj.org FREE for all NJSIM Members.

April 14th Monthly Meeting - Implementing DevOps: Culture Change Required
2022-04-14 17:30 - 21:00 | Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, United States
The Gene Kim book, The Phoenix Project, popularized DevOps with an implied need for cultural change. Unfortunately, tools and processes dominate most related conferences and local user group meetings. During the hour, David Moskowitz will discuss the need to take a whole systems view of DevOps that combines strategy and risk into a single entity — Strategy-Risk, which serves as the basis to create and deliver digital business value. This idea represents a potentially different mindset with a corresponding cultural shift.
Join your peers to gain new perspectives, share experiences, and collaborate on real-life solutions to your most pressing problems. Come away with actionable insights and build a strong professional network as you engage with old friends and make new connections at our In Person meeting on April 14th at The Madison Hotel. Networking starts at 5:30pm. The presentation will also be hosted on Zoom starting at 6:30pm

About the Speaker
David Moskowitz started his formal career as an operating systems programmer and systems architect, which required that he look at the code he had written and how the resulting operating system might impact the business/research applications on the computer. Later, while serving in the US Army, he was tasked to apply that approach to looking at different forms of systems and complexity regarding where and how US Forces were engaged. This required working within the integration of the staff functions (personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, and later civilian-military operations & planning).
After his military service, he continued to apply a systems approach to his job. In 1979, he worked on an anti-submarine warfare program for a DoD prime contractor, where he assumed responsibility for an aspect of the effort that was more than 18-months behind schedule and still slipping. Applying a whole systems approach, he addressed the organizational and inter-personal cultural issues to create a high-performing team that completed the effort in 9-months. That required developing a more formalized approach to managing changes, development, testing, release & deployment combined with short iterations and constant feedback that would be recognizable today as aspects of ITIL. Working with small increments of functionality and in short intervals, the team used a wall full of corkboards, 4×6 cards, and thumbtacks so that, at a glance, everyone could review and understand the status of every aspect of the team’s efforts (similar to Kanban, today).
Later as a consultant, he worked to assist organizations in adopting what they considered to be technical disruptions (including object-oriented programming, grid, agile, mobile, cloud, and DevOps). He applied a critical lesson learned from experience: “Every problem he’d help resolve was, at its core, a people problem, not a technology problem.” Technology was either an enabler or an inhibitor. The recurring mantra of these efforts was, “Solve the problem; don’t treat the symptom.” 5:30 Registration and Networking
6:15 Dinner
6:30 Zoom Meeting Starts
6:45 Business Meeting
7:00 Presentation and Q&A
8:00 Networking Please register for the event below.
SIM NJ Members $80.00, MIT $40.00, 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.

SIM NJ March 28th MIT Meeting
2022-03-28 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 Mar 28 at 12:00noon. The meeting is open to all members whether you are looking for a new position or want to help your colleagues.

FREE For SIM NJ Members in Transition and Those Who Want To Help!
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 dglacken@outlook.com.
SIM NJ GROUPS.IO LIST
SIM NJ has created a groups.io email distribution for all SIM NJ member who are in transition, looking to move to the next level, who want to help, or have a position that they are looking to fill.
This group can be found at https://groups.io/g/SIMNJ-MIT.

To join the group, go to this address https://groups.io/g/SIMNJ-MIT and click on the “Join This Group” button.

Email addresses associated with this group are below:

Posting: SIMNJ-MIT@groups.io
Subscribe: SIMNJ-MIT+subscribe@groups.io
Unsubscribe: SIMNJ-MIT+unsubscribe@groups.io
Group Owner: SIMNJ-MIT+owner@groups.io
Help: SIMNJ-MIT+help@groups.io

If you have any questions, please reach out to Brian Mecca at bmecca@simnj.org

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - Third Party Risk Management
2022-03-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
Third Party Risk Management (TPRM), sometimes known as Vendor Risk Management, is the practice of evaluating and mitigating risks introduced by third parties (suppliers, business partners, etc.) TPRM is a process that begins before establishing a business relationship and continues throughout the business partnership. TPRM is important because unaddressed risks can expose an organization to cybersecurity threats, data breaches, and other disruptions. Risks can be operational, reputational, financial, and compliance. In many industries, TPRM has become a regulatory requirement. More customers now require a TPRM program.
On March 23rd at noon, Roota Almeida, CISO at Delta Dental of New Jersey and Connecticut (DDNJ, Inc.) will host this Zoom session and walk us through DDNJ’s TPRM journey. About the Moderator
ROOTA ALMEIDA
Chief Information Security Officer
Delta Dental of New Jersey and Connecticut

Roota Almeida is the Chief Information Security Officer at Delta Dental of New Jersey and Connecticut (DDNJ, Inc.). Roota has been instrumental in helping to establish Delta Dental of New Jersey’s Office of Information Security and leading the development and implementation of enterprise-wide information security strategy, policies, risk assessments and controls, including leading the HITRUST Certification effort for DDNJ. She believes more women should be encouraged to pursue STEM careers and has started a summer internship program at DDNJ, Inc. specifically designed to give graduating female high school students insight into the field of corporate cybersecurity.
Prior to joining Delta Dental, Roota was the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Covanta Holdings Corp., a leader in Energy-from-Waste. As CISO, she led all aspects of Information security and risk, including global information security awareness programs, policies, business continuity, and incident response teams.
With over 15 years of direct experience in establishing and maintaining global security strategies, architectures, standards, and compliance Roota drives the necessary cultural changes to affect measurable improvements in organizations’ security posture.
Roota is a recognized industry thought leader who serves as a member of the Board of Advisors at several organizations, a governing body chair for Evanta’s NJ CxO Summits and other technology conferences, a faculty and a security awards judge. Her in-depth experience and expertise in the field of information security and risk management can be measured by the various articles, eBooks, interviews, and podcasts she has to her credit. Roota is also working to build and encourage new talent and solutions in the security arena.
Roota holds CCISO, CISSP, CISM and CRISC certifications.

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - Penetration Testing - How Much is Enough?
2022-03-15 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
Penetration testing is one type of ethical or white hat hacking technique that helps security leaders evaluate the effectiveness of their security armor before hackers do.
With cyberattacks increasingly sophisticated and forever on the rise, it is more important than ever that organizations perform regular penetration testing to identify their exposures, block holes, and ensure that cyber controls are working as intended.
How much testing is enough and what approaches provide the best results?
On March 15th at noon, Joseph W. Fisher, President and Founder of Affinity IT Security Services, will host this Zoom session to further discuss the latest strategies in penetration testing. About The Moderator:
Joseph W. Fisher, President and Founder of Affinity IT Security Services, performs and/or supervises all security work performed by the firm. He brings over 30 years of IT experience including development, training, and cybersecurity consulting to the table. Mr. Fisher has a BS and MS in Computer Science as well as a MBA. He also holds certifications as an ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and SANS/GIAC Certified Web-Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT).
Mr. Fisher is an enthusiastic member of OWASP and serves on the Executive Council of the NJ Chapter of the Society of Information Management (SIM). He writes on security issues on the Affinity IT Security website at: https://affinity-it-security.com/articles/.

March 10th Monthly Meeting - Cybersecurity Update: Current Threats
2022-03-10 17:30 - 21:00 | Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, United States
With the ever-increasing threat of data breaches and intrusions affecting all of us in our personal and professional lives, Cybersecurity is becoming more important. On March 10, Michael Geraghty, NJ CISO and the Director of the NJ Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC), will brief us on the top three Cybersecurity concerns facing the State of New Jersey. Whether it is the increase political threat of Russia/Ukraine, Ransomware, or Phishing attacks, Director Geraghty will discuss the State’s current state of readiness and how the NJCCIC partners with Governmental, Academic, and Private Industry to improve the digital resilience of NJ.
Join your peers who understand your critical security priorities. Gain new perspectives, share experiences, and collaborate on real-life solutions to your most pressing problems. Come away with actionable insights and build a strong professional network as you engage with old friends and make new connections as we restart our In Person meetings on March 10th at The Madison Hotel. Networking starts at 5:30pm. The presentation will also be hosted on Zoom starting at 6:30pm
About The 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.
Michael 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. 5:30 Registration and Networking
6:15 Dinner
6:30 Zoom Meeting Starts
6:45 Business Meeting
7:00 Presentation and Q&A
8:00 Networking 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.

SIM NJ February 28th MIT Meeting
2022-02-28 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 February 28th. 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.

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - Edge and IoT
2022-02-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
Edge computing is a distributed computing architecture that brings compute and data storage closer to the sources of data. Those real time data sources are often sensors or users. IoT is a use case of Edge that we see in our personal and professional lives – refrigerators, doorbells, fleet management, etc.
This session will touch on how businesses are using Edge architecture to improve their business outcomes in a world that’s dominated by mobile apps, vehicle data collection, etc.
On Feb 23rd at noon, Mike Burke, Director of Solutions at Presidio will host this Zoom roundtable session on Edge & IoT. About the Moderator
As the Director of Solutions at Presidio, Mike Burke leads a diverse team of pre-sales architects responsible for creating solutions for Presidio’s customers across technology verticals, including networking, wireless, security, virtualization, cloud, backup & disaster recovery, unified communications, collaboration, and voice services.
Mike has over 20 years’ experience in architecting, deploying, and migrating customers datacenters to both on premises datacenters and to the cloud. Likewise, Mike has decades of experience in architecting successful VDI and application management solutions, and helping customers successfully adopt those solutions.
Mike oversees the process of building complex solutions for Presidio customers provide leadership and escalation to the team and Solution Architects, helping drive customers’ initiatives to successful solutions.

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - IoT and Security
2022-02-15 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
IoT is both a buzzword and a fact of life. At home we have smart devices – thermostats, water level monitors, refrigerators, doorbells, etc. In business there are IoT devices that use real time data to help with supply chain management (think Amazon & FedEx), fleet safety, air quality, water quality, HVAC management, medical devices & diagnostics, and crowd management.
Although the IoT holds the promise to improve the efficiency of our home and businesses, the security risks cannot be overlooked. Like all computerized devices, IoT are targets for bad actors looking to do us harm. In fact, some organizations have thousands of IoT devices deployed with little insight into their security posture, potentially posing a serious risk to their network security.
Come join us on Tuesday Feb 15, 2022 at 12:00pm to 1:15pm. Joe Fisher of Affinity IT Security Services will speak with us about what to look for in IoT device security in order to better manage IoT security risks. About the Moderator
Joseph W. Fisher, President and Founder of Affinity IT Security Services, performs and/or supervises all security work performed by the firm. He brings over 30 years of IT experience including development, training, and cybersecurity consulting to the table. Mr Fisher has a BS and MS in Computer Science as well as a MBA. He also holds certifications as an ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and SANS/GIAC Certified Web-Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT).
Mr. Fisher is an enthusiastic member of OWASP and serves on the Executive Council of the NJ Chapter of the Society of Information Management (SIM). He writes on security issues on the Affinity IT Security website at: https://affinity-it-security.com/articles/.

February 10th Monthly Meeting - Edge Computing with Jeff Dymond , Global CTO, Dell Technologies
2022-02-10 17:00 - 18:30 | Webinar
Companies are using digital transformation to take advantage of rapidly changing business opportunities and to provide a way of optimizing their business processes to keep them profitable.
Day to day, companies are reacting to and taking advantage of business initiatives such as market volatility, raw material availability and feedstock planning, asset reliability and logistics changes to name a few. Teams using new optimized business process workflows that have a greater accessibility to data across the enterprise, can make better, faster and more informed business decisions that affect their bottom-line.
Business process workflows have become increasingly more complex. Understanding what the benefits are when you “digitize” them is key. It’s been said that you should ask the question first and then see if you have the data to answer it. The same goes with digital transformation, ask if by digitizing all or part of your workflows, will you make your business more optimized and efficient or better yet, does it make you more money?
The starting point and the path of project opportunities that follow must be ROI driven. We have all been involved with project programs in the past. The same holds true with the digital transformation journey, every project has an ROI or don’t do it. We will discuss the investment in digital transformation, the technologies and culture shift you must have for business value and give you a competitive advantage.
On Feb 10th, Jeff Dymond, Global CTO, Industries Edge & IoT will discuss Dell Technologies view on Digital Transformation, use cases and how to get started.
This meeting will be hosted virtually on Zoom.
About our Speaker:
Jeff Dymond, Global CTO, Industries Edge & IoT, Dell Technologies has been in the automation and hardware/software industries for over 35 years. He is currently a Global CTO for Dell Technologies Industries Edge & IoT where Jeff applies OT and IT knowledge to develop IoT use cases and architectures from the field to the cloud. He creates solutions by looking at the business and then applying the solution and architecture in the industry specific context that enables the business value proposition. Jeff has consistently led companies to re-focus on the value of their solutions combined with their business problem that enables them to understand and sustain a competitive advantage.
Jeff started his carrier designing split architecture analog controls. Since then he has worked at major EPC firms as a control system engineer, Honeywell, first as a Solution Manager then as the their business unit lead of the Network Design and Installation group, Aspen Technology as an Application Integration Director, TIBCO Software as a SOA Architect, SAP as a NetWeaver Solution Principle, Microsoft as an SAP Integration Director, Emerson as an Oil & Gas Business Development Manager, and at DAQRI as the Sr. Director of AR Industrial Solutions before coming to Dell Technologies.
Jeff has worked in several vertical markets including Utilities, Oil & Gas Upstream, Mid-Stream, Refining, Chemical, CPG, Food Beverage, Life Sciences, Digital Cities & Smart Buildings, Pulp and Paper and Power Gen.
Agenda
5:00 Business Meeting
5:15 Presentation & Q&A
6:15 Networking

SIM NJ Jan. 31st MIT Meeting
2022-01-31 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 January 31st. 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.

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - RETAINING TALENT
2022-01-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
How To Win The Talent War concludes on Wed, Jan 26 at 12:00pm with a discussion on our Defensive Playbook – Retaining Talent.

The roundtable will be an open discussion on what are different strategies we use to retain our talent.

Register today for this candid discussion on Wed, Jan 26 at 12:00pm.
Attendance will be capped at 24 so register early.

Special Interest Group - Cloud Data Warehouse
2022-01-21 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ
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 about problems facing Enterprise Application leaders today.

Join us as we explore our collective experiences with Cloud Data Warehouses (eg Synapse, Redshift, Snowflake, etc), We will discuss the strengths and weaknesses around integration, storage, performance, security, and management.

The meeting is Friday January 21st 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.

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - ATTRACTING TALENT
2022-01-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
We continue the discussion on How To Win The Talent War with the first of two Virtual Roundtables on Tues, Jan 18 at 12:00pm. The discussion will concentrate on our Offense Playbook – Attracting Talent.

This roundtable will be an open discussion between all participants on what are different strategies we use to attract new talent to our organizations and teams.

Register today for this candid discussion on Tues, Jan 18 at 12:00pm.
Attendance will be capped at 24 so register early.

January 13th Monthly Meeting - Topics To Win The Talent War
2022-01-13 17:00 - 20:30 | Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, United States
One of the biggest issues we face as leaders is our teams.
This is getting harder recently and we all seem to be struggling with developing solutions. As a community we will share best practices on How To Win The Talent War in January.
What is a Good Offense (Attracting Talent)? What is a Good Defense (Retaining Talent)? It takes both to win.
On January 13th, we will have In-Person only member discussions on different strategies in the playbooks for Attracting Talent and Retaining Talent, specifically Competitiveness, Burnout, Career Paths and Remote Career Mgmt.
The moderators for these discussions — Rich Cigna, Pasquale Cirullo, John Erickson, and Kevin Schwesinger — will rotate from table to table so all members will have an opportunity to discuss each topic.
Register today to participate in our inaugural Thinking Out Loud format. 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 Please register for the event below.
Please include your full name, professional title, with company email in the message.

SIMNJ - Holiday Cocktail Party
2021-12-17 17:00 - 19:00 | Webinar
As the year comes to a close, join your SIM NJ colleagues for Holiday drinks and banter. Bring your funniest stories and anecdotes from 2021 to share the gift of laughter with all. The bar opens Fri, Dec 17 at 5:00 pm. Please serve yourself your favorite drink.
FREE for all NJSIM Members.

Holiday Gala
2021-12-12 16:00 - 21:00 | Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, United States
Don’t miss our flagship SOCIAL EVENT of the YEAR!
Please join the SIMNJ membership for our annual Winter Social on Sunday December 12th at 4:00 PM. The event will be held at the Madison Hotel in Madison, NJ.
We’ll begin at 4:00 with a cocktail reception followed by dinner and dancing until 9:00pm. As always, your guest attends for free. We look forward to seeing all of you there!
Cost: $115 for each member, one guest complimentary.
Location:
Madison Hotel
One Convent Road
Madison, NJ 07960

SIM NJ Nov. 29th MIT Meeting
2021-11-29 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.

Special Interest Group - Emerging Technologies in Enterprise Systems and Services
2021-11-19 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ
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 about problems facing Enterprise Application leaders today.
Please join us in discussing and debating the emerging technologies that are currently being explored and leveraged in the Enterprise Application space.
The meeting is Friday November 19th 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!

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - The Lost Language of Execution
2021-11-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
Over 70% of enterprise IT projects fail. For larger, more complex projects over a million dollars the failure rate jumps to 95%. These failures cost US companies roughly $500 Billion each year and ruin both the reputations of IT departments and the career prospects of their leaders. Roughly 75% of these failures happen for one reason. It’s not the technology. It’s not the tech team. It’s because what the business is trying to do is never fully communicated; therefore, it’s never fully understood. The problem isn’t the way people communicate. It’s the silent void that represents all the things people don’t say. This problem doesn’t start with us (IT), but we’re the ones who get blamed.
David Burrill will lead a discussion on the origins of this silence and the implications for how we should be managing project communications, interacting with our business counterparts, and positioning ourselves for advancement.
Please review one of these resources by David Burrill to prepare for the discussion:
Whitepaper Link: https://bridgingbusinessit.com/get-your-copy/
Video Recording: https://bridgingbusinessit.com/2021/09/09/the-silence-is-killing-us-presentation-to-iiba/
Podcast Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1835883
Register for this candid discussion on Wed, Nov 17 at 12:00pm.
Attendance will be capped at 24 so register early
About the Moderator:
Dave Burrill is a senior technology executive (President, COO, CIO), entrepreneur, author, speaker, board director and advisor. He’s been a management team member of three successful tech companies taking each from co-founding or early stage, through multiple financing rounds, and rapid revenue growth to either IPO or acquisition. He’s a trusted advisor and C-Suite peer with the expertise to bridge disciplines from finance and operations to IT. He has over 35 years of technology project management experience leading teams that successfully completed or saved projects for clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50.
Both professionally and as a volunteer Dave has spent over a decade partnering with educators, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and healthcare systems across the US to bring enabling technologies to behavioral and population health initiatives. He has collaborated with psychologists and clinicians to author over a dozen articles for various healthcare journals and has co-edited five books on the life lessons of patients and families dealing with mental illness. Influenced by these experiences he has returned to his first interest—information systems—to address the growing disparity between what neuroscience now knows and what business has yet to embrace.
Dave is a former PWC Consultant and CPA, member of the PMI and Scrum Alliance®, a PMP and CSM. He’s received awards for his work in SaaS, advanced analytics and machine learning, and has been selected to Who’s Who in American Executives & Professionals. He pursued his doctorate in Organization and Systems Design at the University of Southern California where he also earned his MBA He holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Psychology from the University of California, Irvine

SIMNJ Lunch & Learn - Return To Work Survey Results
2021-11-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
The Institute for Digital Transformation has conducted two surveys in the past year. The first survey, Return to Work, was conducted in May 2020 and the results were distributed. The more recent survey, Return to the Office — How’s It Going, is being conducted now. You can take the survey by clicking here.
Join us for our Lunch & Learn discussion on Nov 16th at 12:00 as Dr. Frank Granito leads a discussion on the results of the two surveys and how they affect your organizations in the future.
About the Moderattor:
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.

November 11th Monthly Meeting - The 3 P's of Leadership
2021-11-11 17:00 - 20:30 | 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

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.
