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SIM Women - September Webinar
2022-09-28 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar
SIM New Jersey and SIM Women Present:

The SIM Women September Webinar with Eva Helén

SIM Women is a network inside the SIM national association that promotes mentorship, communication, and career development amongst the female members of SIM.
We are so happy to have Eva Helén joining us for our September SIM Women webinar on September 28th at 3pm ET. Register here! Once you register, you will receive the webinar access information directly from Zoom.
As women or underrepresented people in our industry, most of us agree that there are some really good guys out there. Men who have encouraged us, mentored or sponsored us, given us good advice, and maybe even “looked out” for us when in a crowd of men from a corporate culture we didn’t agree with. Eva has spent enough time speaking to men about how they support women on their team and in their organizations to know that there are still many men who are unsure of where to start and how to support women and their advancement. Regardless of the reason behind these men’s insecurities or concerns, and how their actions and words make us (as women or underrepresented) feel, Eva has chosen to meet them where they are, and invite them to take their first steps to becoming allies. For those who are comfortable as allies, she offers ideas of how they can further improve as advocates of women, and as role models to other men. She will be sharing her research, findings, and methodology with you, and will talk about how we can identify allies and advocates at work, and discuss what we can do when we come across the men who are more difficult to deal with.
Eva is always looking for new ways to invite men to the conversation, to share positive stories and examples of how they are already supporting women, and making more of them comfortable doing so. There is no judgement, shame or blame in her approach. Everyone has their own experiences and connections, and you are all gateways to one or more men at work. Reaching equality and inclusion at work is not women’s or underrepresented groups’ responsibility alone, nor is it HR’s or the Chief Diversity Officer’s, but everyone’s. Getting everyone to understand how and what a difference they can make for one or more women and for the culture in their part of the organization is key to success.

Eva Helén is the founder and CEO of EQ Inspiration. Engaging men in the conversation of gender equality and women’s advancement. She’s the author of “Women in Tech, a Book for Guys.” Eva is on Vasion’s Board of Directors. A successful entrepreneur, in 2000 Eva co-founded and ran Sanbolic, an enterprise software company, acquired by Citrix in 2015. Prior, Eva co-founded Number One GM, acquired by Autodesk in 1999. Eva was born in Sweden and holds an MBA from the University of Stockholm. She relocated to Silicon Valley in the mid-’90s. As a speaker, coach, and mentor to men and women in tech, Eva stresses the importance of individual contribution to build a culture of inclusion and success.
Please Register here! Once you register, you will receive the webinar access information directly from Zoom.

September 2022 Monthly Meeting: Cybersecurity Conversation With The F.B.I.
2022-09-14 17:30 - 20:30 | Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, United States
Join us on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, to learn about some of the emerging and creative security threats that face our personal and professional data. Bad actors continue to employ different ways to trip up our users into giving away credentials and other information. Dustin Doyle, Private Sector Coordinator, from the FBI will join his fellow colleagues to lead us through this discussion.

About our Speaker:
Dustin Doyle has served as FBI Newark’s Private Sector Coordinator since January 2022. He is the coordinator for the FBI’s Infragard, Domestic Security Alliance Council, and Academia Programs in New Jersey. Doyle joined the FBI in 2012, and prior to becoming the PSC, worked on a Joint Terrorist Task Force investigating international terrorism matters. In 2017, Doyle joined a civil rights/white collar squad where he investigated violations including human trafficking, public corruption and complex financial crime. Doyle is also an FBI-certified Crisis Negotiator.
Prior to joining the Bureau, Doyle was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force from 2005-2011. As a public affairs officer, Doyle was initially assigned as the Chief of Media Relations for Air Force Reserve Command. In 2008, Doyle was promoted to Chief of Public Affairs for the 621st Contingency Response Wing. Doyle received a B.A. in Communication from Oakland University, and a M.A. in Communication & Leadership from Gonzaga University. 5:30 Registration and Networking
6:15 Dinner
6:45 Business Meeting
7:00 Presentation and Q&A
8:00 Networking S.I.M. NJ Members: $45; non-member Guests: $75. (Non-member Guests must be accompanied by a Member.)

Annual Summer BBQ 2022
2022-08-10 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 at The Madison Hotel! 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! Free to all NJ SIM Members!

SIMNJ Open Networking Breakfast
2022-06-10 07:30 - 09:00 | Webinar
Come join your fellow SIM NJ members for a Networking Breakfast. 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 breakfast 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. FREE for all NJSIM Members.

Virtual Tequila Tasting Event
2022-06-03 17:00 - 19:00 | Webinar
SIM NJ will conclude our Program Year with a Virtual Tequila Tasting on Friday June 3rd at 5:00pm. Join your SIM NJ colleagues as a Brand Ambassador from The Bowery Collective guides us through a Tasting of Chinaco Blanco and Resposado, Severo Anejo, and Convite Premium Mezcal Tequilas. The Ambassador will also show us how to mix two Cocktails. Everything you need for the evening will be delivered to you.
Register today for this fun event exploring “Tequila”
Cost: $40
Important Information:
1. To ensure timely delivery of the Tequila and all the Cocktail ingredients and accessories, registration is required by Friday, May 20.
2. During registration, please let us know where you want the Tequila delivered. Everything will be delivered the week before the tasting (an adult signature may be required.)
3. Tasting link will be emailed to registrants on Wed, June 1st.

SIM NJ Members In Transition Meeting
2022-05-23 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ, United States
Are you In Transition? Are you thinking of changing positions? Is your company hiring? Then register for the next Members In Transition meeting on May 23 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.
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HMG Live! Virtual NJ CIO Executive Summit
2022-05-17 08:00 - 16:00 | NJ, United States
HMG Strategy & SIM New Jersey Present:
2022 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit:
Leading Boldly and Authentically – Inspiring Trust and Winning in the Global Digital Economy

The digital pivot most companies have made since March 2020 has created new opportunities for CIOs, CISOs and business technology executives to play a deeper role in designing the future of the business and in the shape of the organization. Technology executives who inspire employees and foster an environment of trust can stimulate a collaborative culture that sparks innovation and drives business outcomes with the aid of impactful technologies that can enable the organization to win in the marketplace while attracting, growing, and retaining the people and skills that are needed to power the successful 21st century organization.

For more information, visit the HMG Website. Please register on the Webinar Event Page.

SIMNJ Networking Lunch
2022-05-13 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.

MAY 12 - FLAGSHIP EVENT OF THE YEAR Innovative Storytelling to Influence Insiders
2022-05-12 17:30 - 21:00 | Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, United States
Disruption is seismic. It triggers new growth, products, and fantastic market opportunities. And it offers layoffs, political infighting, and destruction. How do leaders get internal teams and customers to follow them in light of massive change and an uncertain future?
What if I told you that you only needed to master ONE skill to get other people on board with your best ideas?
That skill is storytelling.

By cracking the code on history’s greatest storytellers, Susan Lindner gives leaders a blueprint for creating their own stories that offer a vision, message, and path that all stakeholders can follow – with religious zeal. Whether you are a corporate innovator or IT professional, this talk is the critical link that lets you communicate your ideas and turn a message into a movement that others will follow.
Take the Impact Back to Your Team:

Using current business cases, learn how top IT pros are crafting stories that move audiences to embrace disruption
Understand the art, science, and brain chemistry that drives the efficacy of innovation storytelling
Get a step-by-step guide to telling your digital transformation story and why followers should care

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 May 12th at The Madison Hotel. Networking starts at 5:30pm. About the Speaker:
Susan Lindner, the Founder and CEO of Innovation Storytellers, first mastered
the art of storytelling when she was working as an international aid officer in rural Thailand in the 1990s, helping to slow the spread of HIV by turning sex workers into entrepreneurs.
Using persuasion, proof, and the promise of a better future, she went on to teach hundreds of startups how to use stories to make the case for their disruptive business models and get investors and customers onboard.
Today, Susan works in Fortune 500 boardrooms around the world, helping global innovation leaders craft stories that bring their teams together around Breakthrough ideas. She has worked with C-level leaders and teams from over 60 countries at Fortune 100 companies like GE, Corning, Citi, AT&T, Arm & Hammer on their innovation storytelling strategies. The result? Those innovation leaders become incredible storytellers who go on to change the world.
Using a practical and repeatable framework, shared with humor and empathy, Susan helps audiences be more intentional about the stories they share at every level to make their innovations easier to understand, easier to champion, and easier to bring to life.
Susan’s award-winning strategies have led to 10 company acquisitions. She is also the winner of the 3 Golden Bridge Awards in Communications, has been ranked among the “Top 25 Women to Watch in Innovation”, and was named the American Business Awards ‘Mentor of the Year” for her work mentoring women, minority, and international startups in nine different accelerators to reach markets in the US and beyond. Susan is also a regular guest lecturer at NYU’s Graduate School of Journalism, is the host of the popular podcast “Innovation Storytellers”, and speaks at conferences, consulates, and trade organizations around the world about innovation storytelling. 5:30 Registration and Networking
6:15 Dinner
6:45 Business Meeting
7:00 Presentation and Q&A
8:00 Networking

SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - Seton Hall University's Journey to DevOps
2022-04-27 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
Enterprises are moving all or part of their infrastructure to the cloud to take advantage of the flexibility, resiliency, and security the cloud affords. This move to the cloud is likely to accelerate as organizations that were further along in cloud adoption found it easier to pivot to remote operation when the pandemic stuck in March 2020. Moving to the cloud off-loaded routine tasks from campus IT professionals and fosters innovation and speed. Taking full advantage of these benefits, however, requires new IT skills and new ways of building and managing applications. Many organizations have traditional “siloed” teams for application development, production control, and systems administration. DevOps is an approach to rapidly building applications in the cloud that fosters collaboration among cross-functional teams that span the traditional work processes of developers and systems administrators. Using DevOps processes and tools leads to faster software development, easier deployment, and greater reliability. DevOps practices can be uncomfortable to traditional IT leaders and organizations that evolved to manage traditional ERP systems. Each organization will have a different journey to implement DevOps.
Join us at the March NJ SIM CIO Roundtable where Dr. Stephen Landry, CIO and Matthew Stevenson, Executive Director of Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure at Seton Hall University will share the benefits of DevOps at SHU, challenges and impediments they’ve faced, current state of their journey, as well as future plans for DevOps at SHU
You can read about Seton Hall’s journey to DevOps here: https://education.cioreview.com/cxoinsight/our-journey-to-devops-nid-34915-cid-27.html About the Moderator
Dr. Stephen G. Landry is the Chief Information Officer for Seton Hall University. Prior to becoming CIO, he worked at Seton Hall as director of Academic Computing. He was previously the Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Matthew Stevenson is the Executive Director of Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure for Seton Hall University. Previously he had a wide range of positions in IT at Seton Hall, including director of Networking and Telecommunications, IT Architect, and systems administrator.

SIM NJ April 25th MIT Meeting
2022-04-25 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 Apr 25 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.

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SIMNJ Roundtable Discussion - Quest Diagnostics Journey to DevSecOps
2022-04-19 12:00 - 13:30 | 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 | Webinar

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.

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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
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.
