Efm Events

Established over fifteen years ago, the Iowa CIO Forum was created by leading Central Iowa based CIO’s from some of Iowa’s largest organizations both private and public.

The Council of IT Executives (CITE) formerly the Kansas City Information Technology Leadership Forum was created in an effort to connect the areas IT leaders and provide a no-hype and private platform for networking and collaboration.

The Milwaukee IT Leadership Forum was created by EFM and IT leaders from the Milwaukee area. The primary mission of the Forum is to connect the senior IT leaders of organizations within Wisconsin, along with their respective senior managers, for the purpose of collaboration on common IT issues, objectives, and solutions.

Established in August 2001, the Minnesota IT Leadership Forum was created by efm and initial leadership and partnership from IT leaders within Target Corporation, Cargill, Medtronic and Carlson Companies.

The Topeka Technology Leadership Forum was created by efm and IT leaders within Payless ShoeSource and Security Benefit Group. The Topeka Technology Leadership Forum has grown to 21 companies.

The Society for Information Management (SIM) is a not-for-profit organization of information technology experts, including CIO's, CTO's and emerging IT leaders, as well as key professionals within the IT community, such as academicians and consultants.

The Information Systems Leadership of Oklahoma is a non-profit roundtable forum to facilitate communication amongst Oklahoma's senior IS Executives. 

The Tulsa CIO Forum was established to create an opportunity for top CIOs from area companies to explore the challenges they all face, examine the latest thinking, and share their unique points of view.

The Nebraska Information Technology Leadership Forum was created by EFM under the direction of a group of influential local CIO's. The inaugural meeting included representatives from 16 enterprise organizations.

Sioux Falls CIO Exchange

The Fargo CIO Exchange was created by efm and IT leaders within Goldmark Property Management, State Bank and Trust, USDA, and Cetero Research. This forum is a professional organization composed of CIO’s or equivalent responsible for information management with their respective organizations both public and private. The primary mission of this group is to share the common IT issues and management issues they all face in a vendor free environment.

The Topeka Security Group was created by efm and the members of The Topeka Technology Leadership Forum. The goal was to bring together the top levels of security in Topeka and the surrounding area so they can network and collaborate on the common security issues they are all facing. This is a peer to peer group with no vendor involvement.