AITP Chicago is a robust organization of IT Professionals and has many great benefits, including:

Networking Opportunities - with Peers and Senior Technology Executives 

• Expand your personal network
• Share your knowledge & learn from others
• Mentor or be mentored

 C Level Presentations  AITP Chicago Chapter Meetings provide an opportunity to learn from CIOs, Business Leaders, and Experienced IT Professionals.  Sample Topics:

• Case Study – Moving a data center to the cloud – Adtalem Global Education
• Trends and Innovation Drivers – Howard Tullman, World Class Serial Entrepreneur
• Case Study - Transforming Organizations with Data – Unite Here Health (upcoming Feb 2020)

 Shared Interest Group (SIG)  meetings let your staff exchange ideas with their peers.  Our SIGs allow smaller groups to dive deeper into specific technology areas. These groups meet 2-4 times per year and meetings can feature roundtable discussions focusing on solving member problems or provide presentations addressing specific areas of concern.  Sample Topics:

• Case Study - United Airlines multi-year journey to bring DevOps structure to all of its application development:
• AITP Chicago/PMI Chicago Knowledge Sharing Session – Topic: “Soft Skills for Leadership Success in Agile: Not the Same as Waterfall!”

 Award Programs provide opportunities for you and your staff to be recognized for your – and their – accomplishments. Currently, there are three programs:

• CIO of the Year – co-sponsored with SIM Chicago and the Executives Club of Chicago
• CISO of the Year – co-sponsor with the CISO Dinner Group, ISSA Chicago, ISACA Chicago, InfraGard Chicago and SIM Chicago
• Most Effective IT Team Award – sponsored by AITP Chicago

 Weekly Newsletter – Announcements and upcoming events

 Newsfeed - of trends and hot technology topics

 AITP Chicago Web Site – List of upcoming events, announcements, SIGs, Awards, Benefits, Membership information, Partners, Board contacts – a central repository of Chapter information.