Leveraging Technology as a Strategic Advantage

Welcome to the Advanced Practices Council (APC), an exclusive research and networking program for Chief Information, Technology, Digital and Data Officers.

Executive Networking | Member Driven Research | Sales Free Environment

Our Members Have Included

Senior executives in such companies as:

Allstate Insurance
Aquent
Armstong Building Products
Artera
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Campbell Soup
Carestream
ConocoPhillips
Covanta
CSC

DXD Technology
Ecore
Federal Reserve
Fish & Richardson
GSTV
Hussmann Companies
Integra Lifesciences
Janssen Research & Development
Johnson & Johnson
K. Hovnanian

National Life
PDC Energy
Penske Automotive Group
Pfizer
SoundExchange
TEGNA
Tompkins Financial
USLBM
Varsity Brands
Vista Equity Partners

Membership

Member Benefits

01 Executive Networking

Our members are technology and data executives in multi-site, multinational, or multi-billion dollar organizations. They share and learn from peers with similar challenges, and create solutions together. Unmatched access, connections, peer-to-peer networking, and intimate discussions lead to significant breakthroughs and transformation.

02 Member Driven Research

Our research agenda are selected and driven by members, who gain true actionable insight from researchers. We focus ONLY on what matters and select researchers from renowned institutions (e.g., Harvard, MIT, Cambridge, IMD) with records of delivering leading-edge practical & actionable results.

03 Sales Free Environment

We have no outside financial support from any vendors. We do not accept, endorse, or support any products or services. We promote a safe, confidential, intimate environment to help members build ROI.

Upcoming Events

To learn more about the Advanced Practices Council (APC) and attend one of our upcoming member meetings as a guest, please contact us (or email our team at apc@simnet.org)

October 3-4, 2023 - Chicago, IL (Contact Us for Details)

Topics Include:

Cultural Change for Digital Transformation (Dr. Didier Bonnet, IMD)
Role of the CIO in Digital Transformation (Dr. Gerald Kane, University of Georgia)
Fostering a Digital Mindset During Digital Transformation (Dr. Nicholas Berente, University of Notre Dame)
Quantum Computing - Threats, Opportunities, and the Road Ahead (Drs. Ozgur Turetken and Atty Mashatan, Toronto Metropolitan University)

February 8-9, 2024 - Atlanta, GA (Contact Us for Details)

More details to come...

Upcoming Events

Brad G. James, SVP/CTO
Tompkins Shared Services

Thanks to robotic process automation research by the Advanced Practices Council, we built a strategy that has helped Tompkins Financial achieve cost savings for 2018 and 2019.

Patricia Coffey, Sr. VP
Allstate Insurance Co.

The APC researchers make it usable for us, practical for us; so that we may then take it back to our organizations.

Rich Hook, CIO
Penske Corporation

I've been part of the APC for a long time now. Candidly, it's the best money spent each year due to the content, level of depth compared to most forums, and trusted network/friends.

Testimonials

Success Stories

The Advanced Practices Council allowed me to network with other CIOs. The peer network helped! We could have lost $Billion$ in a hacker attack. Membership is a priceless asset for all IT leaders!

About

Join Us!

The Advanced Practices Council (APC) is the premier program for senior technology and data executives to learn from the best thought leaders world-wide and each other. There are no sponsors and no selling.

A special program of SIM, a professional association of IT leaders, the APC was founded over 25 years ago by Professor Warren McFarlan of the Harvard Business School (HBS). Although the APC has strong relationships to many premier business schools and research institutions worldwide, its connection to the Harvard Business School continues to run deep.

APC members learn together on topics they select from world-renowned researchers and each other throughout the year at in-person meetings as well as virtual discussions.

The APC is limited to 40 select senior executives to ensure intimacy within its unique peer network.

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Research

Advanced Practices Council Research Advisory Board (RAB)

The Advanced Practices Council Research Advisory Board (RAB) members --- world-renowned researchers --- connect APC to the global network of independent researchers, professors, and practitioners who deliver unbiased, independent research and practical advice to members.

Vijay Gurbaxani (UCI Paul Merage School of Business, Univ. of California - Irvine), Gabriele Piccoli (Louisiana State Univ.), Mike Wade (IMD Business School, Switzerland), Rick Watson (Terry College of Business, Univ. of Georgia), and George Westerman (MIT Sloan School of Management)