Upcoming Events

For 2025, we’re pleased to partner with Seattle Tech Forum to present a wide range of events each month, inviting greater participation from the local tech community.

You can continue registering for our quarterly ticketed events through the SIM portal, while other event registrations will be managed through the Seattle Tech Forum.

Have questions about upcoming events? Feel free to email us at admin@seasim.org.

January

January 17

Friday Forum - Women in Tech. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am, *usually* on the second Friday of the month and is free to attend! Topics and activities will rotate, to help attendees connect with peers in a similar career stage or function, as well as to create meaningful mentoring moments where attendees can share their experiences and expertise.

January 24

Friday Forum - People Managers. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am, *usually* the third Friday of the month and is free to attend! We’ll use a mix of activities, ranging from peer coaching to mini-workshops on topics relevant for managers.

January 31

Friday Forum - Product Managers. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am, *usually* the fourth Friday of the month and is free to attend! We’ll use a mix of activities and games designed to maximize skill-building, peer connections and fun. We may occasionally bring in guest presenters or do book talks, to explore topics of interest to the group.

February

February 14

Friday Forum - Women in Tech. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am on the second Friday of the month and is free to attend! Topics and activities will rotate, to help attendees connect with peers in a similar career stage or function, as well as to create meaningful mentoring moments where attendees can share their experiences and expertise.

February 21

Friday Forum - Feedback & Performance Coaching for Managers. This virtual meetup features a free mini-workshop for managers on feedback and performance coaching, led by executive coach Adam Grupp (PCC). Whether you’re a new manager looking to build your toolkit or a seasoned one looking to brush up on familiar topics, this session is for you! Join us for an active session that include a mix of presentation, skill-drills and Q&A.

February 27

Quarterly Event - Product Leadership. This ticketed event, co-presented by Seattle SIM and Seattle Tech Forum, will feature an expert panel of product and technology leaders, discussing current trends, challenges and opportunities. Details and registration link coming soon!

March

March 8

Workshop - Proactive Leadership. This in-person ticketed workshop will take place in Seattle, led by executive coach Maria Gerea (PCC). Maria will guide the group through challenges and success strategies for managers seeking to take a more empowered, proactive approach to leading their teams to success. Details and registration link coming soon!

March 14

March 21

Friday Forum - People Managers. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am the third Friday of the month and is free to attend! We’ll use a mix of activities, ranging from peer coaching to mini-workshops on topics relevant for managers.

March 28

Friday Forum - Product Managers. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am the fourth Friday of the month and is free to attend! We’ll use a mix of activities and games designed to maximize skill-building, peer connections and fun. We may occasionally bring in guest presenters or do book talks, to explore topics of interest to the group.

April

April 5

Workshop – Upskilling for Managers. This ticketed workshop will take place virtually, led by executive coach Adam Grupp (PCC). Adam will guide the group through the pitfalls, best practices and practice techniques to help managers improve their execution. Content and examples will be tailored to experienced managers, with relevance for managers of all experience levels. Details and registration link coming soon!

April 11

April 18

April 25

April TBD

IT Leaders Roundtable. Details coming soon!

May

May 3

Workshop – Feedback & Performance Coaching. This ticketed workshop will take place virtually, led by executive coach Adam Grupp (PCC). Adam will guide the group through the pitfalls, best practices and practice techniques to help managers improve their feedback and performance coaching abilities. Content and examples will be tailored to experienced managers, with relevance for managers of all experience levels. Details and registration link coming soon!

May 9

May 16

May 20

Quarterly Event – Customer Experience & Engagement. This ticketed event, co-presented by Seattle SIM and Seattle Tech Forum, will feature an expert panel of CX leaders across categories and companies, discussing current challenges, opportunities and success strategies for building customer experiences that drive engagement and inspire brand advocacy. Details and registration link coming soon!

June

June 13

June 20

June 27

Jun 28: Workshop – Communication & Storytelling. This ticketed workshop will take place virtually, led by executive coach Adam Grupp (PCC). Adam will guide the group through a variety of success strategies and techniques for practicing clearer communication and creating more compelling stories, facing customers, partners or colleagues. help managers improve their feedback and performance coaching abilities. Content and examples will be tailored to experienced managers, with relevance for managers of all experience levels. Details and registration link coming soon!

July

July 11

July 18

July 25

July TBD

Engineering Leaders Roundtable. Details coming soon!

August

August 8

August 15

August 22

August TBD

Quarterly Event - Summer Mixer. Details coming soon!

September

September 12

September 13

Workshop – Influence & Impact. This ticketed workshop will take place virtually, led by executive coach Adam Grupp (PCC). Adam will guide the group through key challenges, success strategies and practice techniques for becoming more strategic in how we wield influence and achieve our professional goals. Content and examples will be tailored to mid-career managers, with relevance for professionals of all experience levels and functions. Details and registration link coming soon!

September 19

September 26

September 27

Workshop – Personal Brand & Career Narrative (Part 1). This ticketed workshop will take place virtually, led by executive coach Adam Grupp (PCC). Adam will guide the group through a personal brand diagnostic as well as key challenges, success strategies and practice techniques for honing an intentional and powerful personal brand. Content and examples will be tailored to mid-career managers, with relevance for professionals of all experience levels and functions. Details and registration link coming soon!

October

October 3

Workshop – Personal Brand & Career Narrative (Part 2). This ticketed workshop will take place virtually, led by executive coach Adam Grupp (PCC). Adam will guide the group through the elements of a compelling career narrative, including communication strategies and techniques for articulating it through interviews, written communication and digital media. Content and examples will be tailored to mid-career managers, with relevance for professionals of all experience levels and functions. Details and registration link coming soon!

October 10

October 17

October 24

October 30

Quarterly Event – IT Security House of Horror. This ticketed event, co-presented by Seattle SIM and Seattle Tech Forum, will feature a spooky showing of IT security horrors, along with discussion of ways to protect our customers, systems and teams from ever-present specter of security breach. Details and registration link coming soon!

November

November 7

Friday Forum - Women in Tech. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am on the first Friday of November and is free to attend! Topics and activities will rotate, to help attendees connect with peers in a similar career stage or function, as well as to create meaningful mentoring moments where attendees can share their experiences and expertise.

November 14

Friday Forum - People Managers. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am the second Friday of November and is free to attend! We’ll use a mix of activities, ranging from peer coaching to mini-workshops on topics relevant for managers.

November 21: Friday Forum - Product Managers. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am the fourth Friday of the month and is free to attend! We’ll use a mix of activities and games designed to maximize skill-building, peer connections and fun. We may occasionally bring in guest presenters or do book talks, to explore topics of interest to the group.

December

December 5

Friday Forum - Women in Tech. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am on the first Friday of December and is free to attend! Topics and activities will rotate, to help attendees connect with peers in a similar career stage or function, as well as to create meaningful mentoring moments where attendees can share their experiences and expertise.

December 12

Friday Forum - People Managers. This virtual meetup takes place 9:30-11:00am the second Friday of December and is free to attend! We’ll use a mix of activities, ranging from peer coaching to mini-workshops on topics relevant for managers.

December 19

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Recent Events

(February) SIM Seattle Panel: The Rise of AI and Its Effect on the Cyber Threat Landscape on Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Event Details -

The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is reshaping the landscape of cyber threats. This session offers a comprehensive overview and examination of the profound impact of AI on cyber attacks and the ensuing challenges and opportunities. The advent of AI-driven cyber attacks calls for an urgent reassessment of cybersecurity strategies, necessitating innovative countermeasures that leverage AI for threat detection, prevention, and response. AI-powered attack techniques include machine learning-based evasion, adversarial attacks, automated vulnerability exploitation, and context-aware attacks, drastically amplifying the potential damage and stealthiness of cyber assaults. enabling better remote collaboration, and more. You’ll come away with some thought provoking ideas to consider within your own organizations.

Recent Events

(October) SIM Seattle Panel: The Rise of AI and Its Effect on the Cyber Threat Landscape on Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Event Details -

While the recent economic climate is affecting all departments of a business, software engineering is particularly stressed in this “do more with less” environment. As Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella recently said, “Doing more with less doesn’t mean working harder or longer. It’s not going to scale. It means applying technology to amplify what you can do, and ultimately, what an organization can achieve amidst today’s constraints.”

But how can engineering leaders do this practically? How can they apply technology to amplify what they do while also managing the costs of their department?

The panel will answered questions on deploying new technologies, achieving greater alignment with business goals, enabling better remote collaboration, and more.

(May ) Panel: Beyond the hype: AI applications for real-world business
May 24, 2023 @ 4:30pm

Featured Panelists: Jeremy Graham/Starbucks, Vice President Digital Platform Engineering;

Chip Suttles/Seahawks Vice President of Technology;

Bryan Hale/Managing Director Allen Institute for AI

Moderator: Trent Gillespie/CIO for Day One Innovation

Quick Overview:

With recent advances in Artificial Intelligence, many organizations and technology leaders wonder if the technology is ready for business adoption and, if so, how they can best use it. Other organizations are worried about potential AI disruption or the risk it may create in their business. This SIM panel will focus on the current status of AI in businesses today, the short and long-term opportunities and risks it may create, and how others plan to take advantage of AI and related technologies.

(Feb. ) Who's Attacking You?
Feb. 15, 2023 @ 4:30pm

featuring Chuck Markarian, CISO, PACCAR
Trey Blalock, CISO, Cognira
Scott Roberts, CISO, Coinbase

Moderator: Jake Milstein, CRO, Critical Insight

Introduction: Michael Hamilton, Founder/CISO, Critical Insight

Quick Overview:

Join a candid panel discussion with experts from various Puget Sound organizations with experience in local government, manufacturing, finance, large enterprises, and small businesses to understand the most common cyberattack perpetrators, their intent and methods. This panel will discuss ways to prepare your Executives and Staff for different attacks and how to arm them for the attacks coming their way in 2023 and tactics for protecting your organization.

(Sept.) A discussion on Leading Distributed Teams
Sept. 21, 2022 @ 4:30pm

featuring Judith Henderson, VP of IT, WSECU
Kari Escobedo: CIO, Seattle Mariners
Kevin Goldsmith: CIO, Anaconda, Inc.

Quick Overview:

The pandemic has taught us that for many technology companies, the employees can be as productive working distributed as they were when working in a shared office. In addition, for a competitive market for talent like Seattle, distributed teams can help find the best talent, wherever it is, and bring opportunities to developers away from the tech centers.

However, leading a distributed team presents unique challenges, interpersonal and technical. What makes distributed teams especially challenging? How can we address these challenges to make our distributed organizations more effective? Kevin Goldsmith, Kari Escobedo, and Judith Henderson will discuss the challenges of leading high-performing remote teams on this panel. Internationally recognized Technology Industry thought leader Dan Roberts will moderate

(June) Increase Project Success by Using Amazon’s Working Backwards Process
June 15, 2022 @ 4:30pm

featuring Trent Gillespie, Innovation Expert

Quick Overview:

Trent brings hands-on operational and innovation experience across Tech, Product, Finance, Legal, and other processes with over 20 years of technical leadership experience, including almost 9 years in Senior Technology Management at Amazon. During his Amazon tenure, he managed global expansion efforts across all businesses and geographies, led the global Alexa Privacy Risk, Compliance, and Technology group, and managed the global innovation and project portfolios for Amazon Last Mile Technology (e.g., Amazon Logistics, Fresh, Restaurants, etc.) and Finance Operations.

(May) Being a Better Ally
May 18, 2022 @ 4:30pm

featuring Cynthia Tee, Senior Vice President Of Engineering at Smartsheet

Quick Overview:

While Cynthia’s day job is SVP of Engineering for Smartsheet, she’ll be spending her evening sharing with us high level tips from her Ally Skills Workshop! You’ll learn everyday ways to use your privilege and influence to be a better ally to those who are often subjects of systemic oppression in their workplaces and communities. This includes women of all races, people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ folks, parents, caregivers of all sorts, and people of all ages.

(April) SIM Seattle Spring Social and Fundraiser for Year Up
Aril 20, 2022 @ 4:30pm

Quick Overview:

We are thrilled to announce that we are transitioning SIM meetings back to in-person! To kick this off, we are starting with a small fundraising event for YearUp at Mischief Distillery where we'll have a private tasting followed by craft cocktails and snacks! This event is all about bringing our community back together and raising money for Year Up! Space is limited to only 35 Members and guests, so RSVP with your $30 donation NOW before we book up!

(March) Level-Up Your Career with Your Personal Brand
March 16, 2022 @ 4:00pm (Virtual)

featuring Lucas Welch, Vice President, Corporate Marketing

Quick Overview:

Establishing, cultivating, and reinforcing your personal brand will accelerate your career. Whether you’re already an executive or aim to be one, a personal brand will make you a more inspiring leader, enable you to directly influence your company’s strategy, and open career opportunities at your current and future employer.

(Feb) COVID-19: The Drive for Healthcare Digital Transformation in 2022 and Beyond
Feb. 16, 2022 @ 4pm

featuring Rami A. Rafeh, Vice President, Provider Strategy & Collaboration at Premera Blue Cross

Quick Overview:

Healthcare is fragmented and built off of disparate data sources. COVID-19 has exposed this vulnerability and the need for structural and technological transformation within healthcare is paramount. This while balancing other industry demands, like the radical shift by means of multiple regulatory levers to advance interoperability and transparency. Along with the effects of consumerism, innovation and value-based care, increasing everyone’s desire for seamless and secured data exchange for use of their protected information. Faced with this watershed moment, now is the most exciting time to be in this sector as change agents.

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(Jan) Pacific Northwest Technology Executive Leadership Digital Summit
Jan. 26, 2022 @ 11 AM

Join Seattle SIM and HMG Strategy for COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP AND FEARLESS REINVENTION: FOCUSING A FRESH LENS ON THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION

Quick Overview:

Engage with world-class technology leaders, openly sharing business-technology strategies and innovation, reshaping the customer experience. Hear from industry leaders thinking differently, demonstrating courageous leadership and fearless reinvention. These top-tier executives will offer stories of successes and share advice on leaning in and leading into the C-suite and line of business, driving disruption and innovations that reshape and reinvent their go-to-market, while fostering a culture of trust and compassionate guidance for their teams.

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(Nov) The Value of Having Range in Your Career and a Unique Perspective on Emerging Technologies in IT
Nov. 17, 2021 @ 4pm

featuring Aseem Datar, Partner at Madrona Venture Group

Quick Overview:

Career paths are almost never linear and while changes are important and expected, that does not mean they are easy. Join us for our November talk with Aseem Datar, Partner at Madrona Venture Group, to learn about how his many career evolutions, from a developer writing deep installer level code, to building the fastest growing business in Microsoft’s history - Microsoft Azure that brings tens of billions in ARR - have led to his current role as a venture capitalist at Madrona Venture Group!

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(Oct) AI at Scale
Oct. 20, 2021 @ 4pm

featuring Luis Vargas, Technical Advisor to Microsoft CTO

Quick Overview:

In this Artificial Intelligence session, Luis Vargas, advisor to the CTO of Microsoft, will go into the current trend of increasingly larger AI models that empower a wider range of tasks in the language, vision, speech, and multi-modality space. He will explain the research and engineering efforts supporting this trend, its product and engineering impact at Microsoft, and the larger implications these have for other companies.

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(Sept) Building The Nordstrom Analytical Platform
Sept. 15, 2021 @ 4pm

featuring John Xiao, Vice President, Data & Analytical Services at Nordstrom

Quick Overview:

John Xiao, the VP of Data and Analytics at Nordstrom, brings to SIM a discussion on Nordstrom’s journey building their Analytical Platform -- a real-time event streaming based machine learning platform that provides deeper insights and better predictions. Their bleeding edge platform drives revenue in an age where personalization is the best way to drive traffic. He will dig into analytical profiles, prediction engines and the organizational challenges his team faced.

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(July) Women in Technology Leadership Panel: Recalibrating and Rebuilding after COVID-19
July 21, 2021 @ 4pm
Panel featuring Laury Miller, CIO, SeaGen; Tanya Hannah, CIO, King County; Tiffany Ash, VP, Corporate Strategy at Tableau Software; Margaret Hopkins, CIO, PSE

Quick Overview:

As we grapple with what the post-COVID-19 “new normal” looks like, we must acknowledge that there were (and remain) several populations disproportionately affected, and those discrepancies have long-term implications. As of January 2021, over 2.3 million women had left the workforce in the U.S., setting back years of progress in gender equality and representation. Hear from prominent local Women Technology Leaders how the pandemic affected their careers and teams, and plans to recalibrate.

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(June) The Changing Threat Landscape and How Organizations Need to Respond
June 16, 2021 @ 4pm

featuring Trey Blalock, Chief Information Security Officer at Coinstar

Quick Overview:

Trey comes to us as a security specialist excited to share his experience and insight on the most significant changes in the threat landscape and how best to respond to them! He will go through real examples of new attack methods and the combating tools and defense strategies to utilize in protecting your organization. This is sure to be thrilling for any security geek and those tasked with protecting their organization from the thousands of cyber threats out there.

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(May) Digital Transformation and Driving Adoption
May 19, 2021 @ 4pm
Panel featuring Chris Borkenhagen former CIO of Docker, Inc.
Dorota Szeremet, VP, Head of Tableau WW Sales Synergy & Programs. Sean O'Mealia Vice President, Digital Transformation Lead at BECU

Quick Overview:

In this event you will hear about Digital Transformation initiatives that drive revenue and productivity from leaders who have been successful in both start-up and large enterprises. Our panel will discuss how they focused on digital transformation from a customer standpoint, reducing friction and boosting loyalty. They will deep dive into topics like executive project sponsorship, measuring ROI, including security, and when to use outside help.

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(March) Ethics of AI: The Transformation of Technology and When Ethics Can/Should Guide Its Use
March 17th, 2021 @ 4pm
featuring David Totten, Chief Technology Officer, US Partner Ecosystem at Microsoft

Quick Overview:

In this talk, Microsoft CTO David Totten will take a deep dive into the ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI relative to social media tools such as Facebook has been in the spotlight recently, and has raised broad ethical concerns. Could your company's use of new technology put them in the spotlight if ethical use isn't a consideration from the start? A deeper look at enterprise technology trends, most notably around big data and artificial intelligence and how identifying and agreeing to the ethical use of information and systems is more difficult than it seemingly should be.

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(February) The Strategy of Influence in the Cybersecurity Program

Feb. 24, 2021 @ 4pm
featuring Kevin Morrison, Managing Director, Chief Information Security Officer at Alaska Airlines

Quick Overview:

In this presentation, Kevin Morrison, Managing Director & CISO at Alaska Air Group will share stories, insights, and recommendations that both Technical Leaders and CISO's can take away for building a strategy of influence and improving their Security program’s success.

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(JANUARY) Growing Technology Leadership: A Taste of the Regional Leadership Forum (RLF)
on Wednesday, January 20th, at 4:00pm
featuring Christine Putur, REI EVP Technology and Operations, and Tanya Hannah, King County CIO

Quick Overview:

RLF is rigorous and immersive and this is key to what makes this program unique to leadership development.

Personal thoughts and perspectives on RLF and its impact from Seattle CIO's/Technology leaders including: Chris Putur, REI, EVP Technology and Operations Tanya Hannah, King County, CIO Lowell Millard, Lone Wolf Distributors Inc, President Barend Brink, F5, Senior Manager

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(DECEMBER) Seattle SIM Members' Virtual Holiday Party
A Virtual event featuring a Mixology Class and Virtual Games
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 4:00 - 5:30 PM
featuring mixologist Robert Rowland, runner up for Bartender of the Year by Eater Magazine

Event Detail-

This year looks a bit different for everyone, but as Seattle SIM Chapter members, we would still like to do something to celebrate the holidays together!

On Wednesday, December 16th at 4:00pm, in lieu of our annual holiday party, we will be hosting a mixology class followed by virtual games! For this event we will be sending you a box of the relevant supplies, for either the mocktail or cocktail -- please identify which you are interested in receiving.

Because we need to send you supplies, we need your RSVP by Monday, December 7th!

This event is free and exclusive for SIM Seattle members! We're excited to come together and just have fun!

We hoped by keeping our usual, before dinner time slot, this wouldn't interfere in your Hanukkah night-- please let us know if it does and we'll find a way to include you in a different way!

Our mixologist Robert Rowland has been in the hospitality industry for over 15 years in Seattle. Along the way he has worked at some of the most respected cocktail establishments in the city while creating and running successful bar programs at multiple fine Bars and Restaurants. He was also runner up for Bartender of the Year by Eater Magazine.

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(NOVEMBER) SIM Seattle Event: Engineering Lessons Building of teams, culture, and how to operate large scale multi-tenant offerings
featuring Praerit Garg, CTO at Smartsheet

Quick Overview:

Praerit will discuss his experience building large scale solutions at Amazon and Smartsheet

Praerit's talk will highlight the importance of creating engineering talent, curating a culture, and building high performance teams.

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(OCTOBER) SIM Seattle event: Security Leadership & Risk Management for IT Leaders
The evolving role of security in business enablement
featuring Bill Shinn, Senior Principal with AWS

Quick Overview:

Bill will discuss how a strong security focus can be the ultimate business enabler

He will highlight how high performing organizations focus on security engineering

He will share how all IT leaders can help empower the organization to manage risk effectively, without compromising agility

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(SEPTEMBER) SIM Seattle event: Insights that apply to all -
Leadership, Technology, Culture, Finance, and People
featuring David Bell, REI Platform Engineering

Quick Overview:

David will discuss REI's Cloud journey, and the
successes and learnings they have experienced

David's talk will highlight how technology
change is just the tip of the iceberg

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(AUGUST) SIM Seattle event featuring

Stephen Heard, King County CTO-

Quick Overview:

Stephen will discuss why leading through a pandemic
requires sound leadership skills and habits

Stephen's talk will highlight that being prepared isn't an
accident and often is based on many past decisions

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(JULY) SIM Seattle Leadership Discussion,

after Ibram X Kendi global event-

Quick Takeaway:

Attend the July 20th Global event with award winning and bestselling author
Ibram X Kendi, as he discuses ‘How to be an Anti-Racist (Sign-up below)

Attend the SeattleSIM discussion, post event, to discuss how Kendi’s theories
apply to our role as technology leaders (Register Below)

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Upcoming Events

For 2025, we’re pleased to partner with Seattle Tech Forum to present a wide range of events each month, inviting greater participation from the local tech community.

You can continue registering for our quarterly ticketed events through the SIM portal, while other event registrations will be managed through the Seattle Tech Forum.

Have questions about upcoming events? Feel free to email us at admin@seasim.org.

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Chapter News

Recent Events

(February) SIM Seattle Panel: The Rise of AI and Its Effect on the Cyber Threat Landscape on Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Recent Events

(October) SIM Seattle Panel: The Rise of AI and Its Effect on the Cyber Threat Landscape on Wednesday, October 18, 2023

(May ) Panel: Beyond the hype: AI applications for real-world businessMay 24, 2023 @ 4:30pm

Featured Panelists: Jeremy Graham/Starbucks, Vice President Digital Platform Engineering;

Chip Suttles/Seahawks Vice President of Technology;

Bryan Hale/Managing Director Allen Institute for AI

Moderator: Trent Gillespie/CIO for Day One Innovation

(Feb. ) Who's Attacking You?Feb. 15, 2023 @ 4:30pm

featuring Chuck Markarian, CISO, PACCARTrey Blalock, CISO, CogniraScott Roberts, CISO, Coinbase

(Sept.) A discussion on Leading Distributed TeamsSept. 21, 2022 @ 4:30pm

featuring Judith Henderson, VP of IT, WSECUKari Escobedo: CIO, Seattle MarinersKevin Goldsmith: CIO, Anaconda, Inc.

(June) Increase Project Success by Using Amazon’s Working Backwards ProcessJune 15, 2022 @ 4:30pmfeaturing Trent Gillespie, Innovation Expert

(May) Being a Better AllyMay 18, 2022 @ 4:30pmfeaturing Cynthia Tee, Senior Vice President Of Engineering at Smartsheet

(April) SIM Seattle Spring Social and Fundraiser for Year UpAril 20, 2022 @ 4:30pm

(March) Level-Up Your Career with Your Personal BrandMarch 16, 2022 @ 4:00pm (Virtual)featuring Lucas Welch, Vice President, Corporate Marketing

(Feb) COVID-19: The Drive for Healthcare Digital Transformation in 2022 and BeyondFeb. 16, 2022 @ 4pmfeaturing Rami A. Rafeh, Vice President, Provider Strategy & Collaboration at Premera Blue Cross

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(Jan) Pacific Northwest Technology Executive Leadership Digital SummitJan. 26, 2022 @ 11 AMJoin Seattle SIM and HMG Strategy for COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP AND FEARLESS REINVENTION: FOCUSING A FRESH LENS ON THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION

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(Nov) The Value of Having Range in Your Career and a Unique Perspective on Emerging Technologies in ITNov. 17, 2021 @ 4pmfeaturing Aseem Datar, Partner at Madrona Venture Group

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(Oct) AI at ScaleOct. 20, 2021 @ 4pmfeaturing Luis Vargas, Technical Advisor to Microsoft CTO

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(Sept) Building The Nordstrom Analytical PlatformSept. 15, 2021 @ 4pmfeaturing John Xiao, Vice President, Data & Analytical Services at Nordstrom

_____________________________________________(June) The Changing Threat Landscape and How Organizations Need to Respond June 16, 2021 @ 4pmfeaturing Trey Blalock, Chief Information Security Officer at Coinstar

(May) Digital Transformation and Driving Adoption May 19, 2021 @ 4pmPanel featuring Chris Borkenhagen former CIO of Docker, Inc. Dorota Szeremet, VP, Head of Tableau WW Sales Synergy & Programs. Sean O'Mealia Vice President, Digital Transformation Lead at BECU

_____________________________________________(March) Ethics of AI: The Transformation of Technology and When Ethics Can/Should Guide Its Use March 17th, 2021 @ 4pmfeaturing David Totten, Chief Technology Officer, US Partner Ecosystem at Microsoft

(February) The Strategy of Influence in the Cybersecurity Program

Feb. 24, 2021 @ 4pmfeaturing Kevin Morrison, Managing Director, Chief Information Security Officer at Alaska Airlines

_____________________________________________(JANUARY) Growing Technology Leadership: A Taste of the Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) on Wednesday, January 20th, at 4:00pm featuring Christine Putur, REI EVP Technology and Operations, and Tanya Hannah, King County CIO

(DECEMBER) Seattle SIM Members' Virtual Holiday Party A Virtual event featuring a Mixology Class and Virtual Games Wednesday, December 16, 2020 4:00 - 5:30 PM featuring mixologist Robert Rowland, runner up for Bartender of the Year by Eater Magazine

_____________________________________________(NOVEMBER) SIM Seattle Event: Engineering Lessons Building of teams, culture, and how to operate large scale multi-tenant offerings featuring Praerit Garg, CTO at Smartsheet

(SEPTEMBER) SIM Seattle event: Insights that apply to all -Leadership, Technology, Culture, Finance, and Peoplefeaturing David Bell, REI Platform Engineering

(AUGUST) SIM Seattle event featuring

Stephen Heard, King County CTO-

(JULY) SIM Seattle Leadership Discussion,

after Ibram X Kendi global event-

Our Sponsors

(May ) Panel: Beyond the hype: AI applications for real-world business
May 24, 2023 @ 4:30pm

(Feb. ) Who's Attacking You?
Feb. 15, 2023 @ 4:30pm

featuring Chuck Markarian, CISO, PACCAR
Trey Blalock, CISO, Cognira
Scott Roberts, CISO, Coinbase

(Sept.) A discussion on Leading Distributed Teams
Sept. 21, 2022 @ 4:30pm

featuring Judith Henderson, VP of IT, WSECU
Kari Escobedo: CIO, Seattle Mariners
Kevin Goldsmith: CIO, Anaconda, Inc.

(June) Increase Project Success by Using Amazon’s Working Backwards Process
June 15, 2022 @ 4:30pm

featuring Trent Gillespie, Innovation Expert

(May) Being a Better Ally
May 18, 2022 @ 4:30pm

featuring Cynthia Tee, Senior Vice President Of Engineering at Smartsheet

(April) SIM Seattle Spring Social and Fundraiser for Year Up
Aril 20, 2022 @ 4:30pm

(March) Level-Up Your Career with Your Personal Brand
March 16, 2022 @ 4:00pm (Virtual)

featuring Lucas Welch, Vice President, Corporate Marketing

(Feb) COVID-19: The Drive for Healthcare Digital Transformation in 2022 and Beyond
Feb. 16, 2022 @ 4pm

featuring Rami A. Rafeh, Vice President, Provider Strategy & Collaboration at Premera Blue Cross

(Jan) Pacific Northwest Technology Executive Leadership Digital Summit
Jan. 26, 2022 @ 11 AM

Join Seattle SIM and HMG Strategy for COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP AND FEARLESS REINVENTION: FOCUSING A FRESH LENS ON THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION

(Nov) The Value of Having Range in Your Career and a Unique Perspective on Emerging Technologies in IT
Nov. 17, 2021 @ 4pm

featuring Aseem Datar, Partner at Madrona Venture Group

(Oct) AI at Scale
Oct. 20, 2021 @ 4pm

featuring Luis Vargas, Technical Advisor to Microsoft CTO

(Sept) Building The Nordstrom Analytical Platform
Sept. 15, 2021 @ 4pm

featuring John Xiao, Vice President, Data & Analytical Services at Nordstrom

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(June) The Changing Threat Landscape and How Organizations Need to Respond
June 16, 2021 @ 4pm

featuring Trey Blalock, Chief Information Security Officer at Coinstar

(May) Digital Transformation and Driving Adoption
May 19, 2021 @ 4pm
Panel featuring Chris Borkenhagen former CIO of Docker, Inc.
Dorota Szeremet, VP, Head of Tableau WW Sales Synergy & Programs. Sean O'Mealia Vice President, Digital Transformation Lead at BECU

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(March) Ethics of AI: The Transformation of Technology and When Ethics Can/Should Guide Its Use
March 17th, 2021 @ 4pm
featuring David Totten, Chief Technology Officer, US Partner Ecosystem at Microsoft

Feb. 24, 2021 @ 4pm
featuring Kevin Morrison, Managing Director, Chief Information Security Officer at Alaska Airlines

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(JANUARY) Growing Technology Leadership: A Taste of the Regional Leadership Forum (RLF)
on Wednesday, January 20th, at 4:00pm
featuring Christine Putur, REI EVP Technology and Operations, and Tanya Hannah, King County CIO

(DECEMBER) Seattle SIM Members' Virtual Holiday Party
A Virtual event featuring a Mixology Class and Virtual Games
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 4:00 - 5:30 PM
featuring mixologist Robert Rowland, runner up for Bartender of the Year by Eater Magazine

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(NOVEMBER) SIM Seattle Event: Engineering Lessons Building of teams, culture, and how to operate large scale multi-tenant offerings
featuring Praerit Garg, CTO at Smartsheet

(SEPTEMBER) SIM Seattle event: Insights that apply to all -
Leadership, Technology, Culture, Finance, and People
featuring David Bell, REI Platform Engineering