SIM Women - SIM Charlotte Region Chapter

Our Mission is to leverage the organization's vast experience, presence and reach, to inspire, support and cultivate the advancement and recognition of women in technology. We are dedicated to fostering local leadership that champions progress towards positive impact for all technology leaders.

Interested in Learning More?
Contact our SIM Women Chair: Daidre Fanis

Past Events

SIM Women Celebrate Womens History Event, March 2025
The day kicked off with a vibrant breakfast mixer, bringing together students and accomplished women leaders in tech for meaningful networking and conversation. Following the mixer a promising young student moderator led a compelling panel discussion featuring women-owned tech businesses. The panelist shared honest insights about the road blocks they faced--and the wins they've celebrated--navigating today's dynamic tech industry. The event was both informative and inspiring, leaving attendees motivated and empowered!

SIM Women Girls Who Code Event, March 2025

The Girls Who Code Hackathon, host by Axe Hacks, was a powerful and inspiring event that brought together young minds ready to shape the future of Tech! Over the course of 8 hours, participants collaborated on impressive projects spanning computer and data science, web and software development, artificial intelligence, gaming, data visualization and data privacy. The event concluded with a celebratory dinner and an awards ceremony recognizing the creativity, innovation and hard work of everyone involved. What a wonderful way to energize and empower the next generation of Tech Leaders!

SIM Women at the Dottie Rose Foundation

This special event was an opportunity for women in Tech to uplift and inspire the next generation of girls pursuing their passions in Technology. Together we laughed, created heartfelt encouragement cards, designed inspiration bracelets and recorded personal messages to share wisdom and support. A BIG Thank you to our sponsor SEGRA!

SIM Women Summer Social

SIM Women hosted a Summer social at Olde Mecklenburg Brewery. We invited Kristina Aquilone of Dress for Success Charlotte to come and speak about their programs and we collected purse donations. Big THANK YOU as always to our friends at AccessIT Group for sponsoring our social.

SIM Women Digi-Bridge Volunteer Event

SIM Women volunteered with Digi-Bridge in Novemer 2020. Digi-Bridge works to bring science, technology, engineering, arts, and math programming to title 1 schools across Charlotte through out of school time programming. During our volunteer session, our group assisted with prepping materials for STEAMLab, their flagship program. Thank you to New Horizon Communications for Sponsoring this event!

SIM Women Workshop

On September 14, 2022, SIM Charlotte SIM Women were treated to an amazing workshop titled "Building Resilience – Thriving during Change” featuring Paula Guilfoyle of Claim Leadership. . This highly interactive learning session gave attendees practical lessons and easy to implement and remember solutions for their everyday lives. Thank you to Syntelli Solutions Inc. for hosting and sponsoring the event.