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Who Can Join

To qualify for SIM Capital Area membership, applicants should generally fit one of the following categories. Applications are reviewed by our Membership Committee to ensure alignment with SIM's mission and membership criteria.

Practitioner

Senior technology professionals responsible for influencing technology direction in their organization.

Typical titles: CIO, CTO, CDO, CISO, VP, or Director

Must lead or support corporate or divisional technology strategy.

Academic

Full-time faculty members making significant contribution to the technology field

Typical titles: Dean, Department Chair, Professor, Associate Professor, Adjunct Professor

Departments: Information Science, MIS, Computer Science, Computer or Software Engineering

Consultant

Leaders at the partner/principal level who influence technology direction for their company or their clients' company.

Typical titles: Partner, Principal Consultant, Contract CIO, Virtual CIO, VP/Director of Consulting

Must contribute to SIM Capital Area's growth through membership recruitment, sponsorship, and volunteering for two years prior to being invited to apply for membership.

Sales professionals, account executives, and business development professionals are not eligible

Other Technology Leaders

Senior executives in non-technology roles who impact strategic technology direction.

Typical titles: CEO, President, CFO, COO, CMO, Partner, Principal

Membership Benefits

Joining SIM Capital Area is more than a membership — it's an investment in your leadership, your network, and your community.

Join a working group - gain professional edge by collaborating with peers across industries and geographies.

SIM National maintains special interest groups on various domains, available at SIM National Programs.

Gain insight into current trends - SIM's Advanced Practices Council (APC) is a community of CIOs who commission academic research on IT management topics.
Findings are made available to all SIM members through our website.

Recent published reports include:

  • SaaS, IaaS and PaaS: Realities and Emerging Integration Issues
  • How Do CIOs Measure and Communicate IT Performance?
  • Energy Informatics

Develop individual leadership skills through SIM's Rising Leadership Forums (RLF), which is an intensive, nine-month leadership development program focused on creating authentic leaders. It is designed to help CIOs develop their high potential IT leaders/managers. SIM members receive a discount.

Meet other IT executives at SIMCAC’s annual CIO Forum or attend SIM's national signature event, SIM TechExec.

Check out SIM's Members-In-Transition Program - whether you are in transition or keeping an eye out for your next opportunity, the MIT Program has resources from major search firms, tips for managing your career, and more. The group is open to all members and includes those who are looking for some help/advice in their job searches as well as those who are employed and willing to help. Participate in the weekly conference calls and email groups where members share leads and offer free advice.

Access to valuable research - the SIM online library contains a wealth of information on hundreds of topics gathered from a variety of sources and made exclusively available to SIM members.

Examples include:

  • White papers focused on IT thought leadership provided by SIM Partners
  • Submissions for the SIM Paper Awards Competition, which is SIM's annual research contest that has attracted nationally recognized researchers for several years
  • Working group deliverables
  • Past annual conference presentations
  • Past Academic workshop presentations

Join as an Individual

Individual membership gives you direct access to SIM Capital Area's full community of technology leaders — including chapter events, trusted peer engagement, leadership development programs, and national resources. Joining SIM is more than a membership — it's an investment in your leadership, your network, and your community.

For-Profit Individual

$485

Non-Profit Individual

$305

Academic Individual

$305

Retired Individual

$240

Join as an Organization

SIM offers three enterprise membership options designed for technology executives who want to invest in their entire leadership team. Enterprise membership extends the full benefits of SIM to multiple members at a significant value — with enhanced access, greater discounts, and exclusive opportunities.

Enterprise Basic - For-Profit

$1,245
$10,000 Value
3+ members get essential member benefits at a reduced rate. *Pricing varies by chapter.
  • 3 chapter memberships
  • Discount on additional chapter memberships
  • IT Trends Study & additional research
  • No SIM Leadership Institute program discounts
  • No special invite-only events
  • No dedicated relationship manager

Enterprise Basic - Non-Profit

$775
$10,000 Value
3+ members get essential member benefits at a reduced rate. *Pricing varies by chapter.
  • 3 chapter memberships
  • Discount on additional chapter memberships
  • IT Trends Study & additional research
  • No SIM Leadership Institute program discounts
  • No special invite-only events
  • No dedicated relationship manager

Enterprise Plus

$5,500
$17,175 Value
3+ members get essential member benefits at a reduced rate. *Pricing varies by chapter.
  • 5 chapter memberships
  • 10% off additional chapter memberships
  • SIM Research Institute event access
  • SIM Leadership Institute program discounts
  • No special invite-only events
  • No dedicated relationship manager

Enterprise Platinum

$19,650
$25,000 Value
Exclusive benefits: access to premium experiences, greater discounts, and special invitation-only opportunities.
  • 10 chapter memberships
  • 25% off additional chapter memberships
  • SIM Research Institute event access
  • SIM Leadership Institute program discounts
  • Special invite-only events
  • Dedicated relationship manager