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Information Integrity Coalition (IIC)

The Excellence in Information Integrity Awards are presented by the Information Integrity Coalition. IIC is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the awareness and understanding of Information Integrity: the accuracy, consistency and reliability of the information content, and associated processes, systems and environments. The mission of the IIC is to enable society to exchange and use information with confidence. For more information about the IIC, visit its web site: www.informationintegrity.org.

Ascend, formerly NAASA, the National Asian American Society of Accountants, was launched by a group of dedicated Asian American professional who are committed to advancing the accounting and finance professions in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Launched in September 2006, Ascend Midwest is just beginning to spread its roots in Midwest area.   Leadership and membership of the chapter are from Wisconsin and Illinois with a concentration of members currently located in Milwaukee , Chicago and surrounding area.  The Chapter provides members opportunities to enhance leadership skills, be entrepreneurial, strengthen and develop business opportunities, and create a legacy for future generations. For more information, please visit http://www.naasa.org/midwest.

ASQ Northern Illinois Quality Conference (NIQC) 2009 is jointly co-sponsored by Chicago, Fox Valley, Heart of Illinois, Illiana and Northeastern Illinois Sections of ASQ since 1998. The purpose of this conference is to provide state-of-the-art, high-value educational opportunities to ASQ members and potential members. The NIQC 2009 will take place on October 23, 2009 at the NIU Naperville Campus in Naperville with pre and post-conference workshops. Web site: www.niqc.org.

ASQ Information Integrity Interest Group (I*I IG) intends to promote the principles and practices of Information Integrity through the research and presentation of industry- specific solutions which leverage I*I concepts. For more information, please visit www.asq.org/ii.

Founded in 2006, CARTHA is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to fashioning a new type of bridging professional—a Collaborative Doer—who leverages academic-practitioner collaborations to enhance the positive impact of technological and social innovations. With its C2G2^sm Training Model—Building Collaborative Competence (C2) within Multisector Partnerships for Global Good (G2)—CARTHA inspires, connects, and helps mobilize resources for Collaborative Doers in Academic-Public-Private Technology Transfer Partnerships, Global Health and Corporate Social Responsibility. CARTHA’s current programs result from work with a range of scientists, researchers, writers, entrepreneurs, and filmmakers in the US, Mexico, UK, Kenya and India. For more information, please visit www.cartha.org.

The vision of the Center for Informatoin Integrity Research (CIIR) , India is to create, organize, expand, and disseminate knowledge about Integrity of Information System and Information there from, so as to develop Information Integrity (I*I) as a recognized field of knowledge. Striving towards achieving its goals CIIR, which is in its 9^th year and operates from Delhi and Pune in India , undertakes research and education activities of entrepreneurship, research and publication devoted to information Integrity. For more information, please visit www.ciir.org.in.

DAMA International's Mission is to promote the understanding, development, and practice of managing Information and Data as key enterprise resources. For more information, please visit www.dama.org.

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, with more than 660 lawyers in 12 offices across the country, concentrates on providing clients with the best possible service through its nationally recognized intellectual property practice, including information technology and outsourcing, as well as a full range of other areas such as electronic data and discovery management, telecommunications and mass media, commercial litigation, communications litigation, corporate and securities, corporate restructuring, employee benefits and executive compensation, environmental, government and regulatory affairs, health care, insurance, investment management, labor and employment, products liability and mass tort litigation, real estate and private client services. For more information, visit www.drinkerbiddle.com.

The Committee on Finance & Information Technology (CFIT) of Financial Executives International (FEI) addresses the needs and interests of financial executives as strategic leaders, as they strive to realize measurable and sustainable performance improvements while maintaining financial control. These needs and interests include the development and application of information technology, systems, and other methodologies affecting the management of business functions, such as Corporate Performance Management (CPM), through research, surveys, advocacy, conference content and newsletters. For more information, please visit http://www.financialexecutives.org.

The Great Lakes TL 9000 Special Interest Group's mission is to lead the telecommunications industry in understanding TL 9000, facilitate adoption and share best practices, in the pursuit of high quality product and service offerings for the telecommunications industry and its supply chain.

Indo-American Technology Professional Association (IATPA) is a non profit organization. Its sole purpose is to facilitate sharing of information for professional development and provide a non-biased networking opportunity for technology professions. For more information, please visit www.iatpa.org.

The Illinois Information Technology Association (ITA) benefits its members by providing networking, advocacy, resources and leadership to drive growth, development and retention of IT-focused business and talent in Illinois. Providing a platform for industry collaboration, the ITA has more than 300 member companies and is the largest Midwest trade organization dedicated to fostering support for the IT industry. Additional information is available at http://www.illinoistech.org/.

The mission of the Illinois Institute of Technology's Alumni Association is to support IIT, its students and alumni and act as a catalyst to foster lifelong connections within the global IIT community. The Association provides leadership, volunteer commitment and financial support to the university and serves the alumni and students by building relationships and promoting fellowship. For more information, visit http://www.iit.edu/alumni/.

Infogix is the leading provider of Information Integrity solutions. For more than 25 years, Infogix has helped organizations assure the accuracy, consistency and reliability of their critical information. Infogix assures Enterprise Information Integrity through Infogix Controls Solutions, a powerful portfolio of automated information control software products and services. Infogix Controls Solutions monitor, detect and prevent information errors in applications, business processes and information exchanges enterprise-wide. Millions of Infogix Controls continuously monitor and assure the integrity of information in hundreds of enterprises everyday. For more information, call +1.630.649.6800 (US, Canada, and International), +44 (0) 207.712.1725 (UK and Europe), or visit www.infogix.com today.

Medstar Laboratory, Inc. is a full service clinical laboratory located in River Forest , Illinois just west of Chicago .  They service over 450 physician offices, 45 nursing homes, and have exclusive contracts with various hospital PHOs throughout Illinois and Northwest Indiana .  Medstar stresses on the quality of lab results and has turnaround time of less than 24 hours.  Medstar is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.  Medstar is the fastest growing privately held laboratory in the state of Illinois .  They currently employ over 200 employees and continue to grow daily. For more information, please visit www.medstarlab.com.

Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a range of software products for computing devices. The Company software products include operating systems for servers, personal computers (PCs) and intelligent devices, server applications for distributed computing environments, information worker productivity applications, business solution applications, high-performance computing applications and software development tools. It provides consulting and product support services and trains and certifies computer system integrators and developers. The Company sells the Xbox 360 video game console, the Zune digital music and entertainment device, PC games and peripherals. Online offerings are delivered through its Windows Live, Office Live, and MSN portals and channels. It has five segments: Client, Server and Tools, the Online Services Business, the Microsoft Business Division and the Entertainment and Devices Division. In August 2007, it acquired aQuantive Inc. For more information, please visit www.microsoft.com.

Northern Illinois University's College of Business enjoys a national reputation for the quality of its programs, faculty, and graduates.  The college is currently ranked by Business Week as among the best undergraduate business schools in the nation.  The college's M.B.A program is currently ranked by Crain's Chicago Business as among the top M.B.A. program offerings in Chicago .  Fully accredited by the nation's foremost accreditation unit, AACSB International, the college's degree programs combine business fundamentals, thought-leadership and an entrepreneurial mindset to provide students with a clear understanding of the challenges faced by actual businesses in a rapidly changing global business environment.  For more information on the NIU College of Business, please visit www.cob.niu.edu.

Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It is recognized both nationally and internationally for the quality of its educational programs and provides students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth. Northwestern has two campuses located on Lake Michigan: a 240-acre campus in Evanston , and a 25-acre campus in Chicago . A campus located in Doha , Qatar , was established during 2008.  The University currently has 8,100 undergraduate students, 7,500 graduate students, and the School of Continuing Studies enrolls approximately 1,100 students in part-time, evening undergraduate and graduate programs. Additional part-time students bring the University's total enrollment to approximately 17,000.  The University employs approximately 2,500 full time faculty and 4,600 staff members, with an operating budget of approximately $1.5 billion.  For more information please visit www.northwestern.edu. 

The Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is the official keeper of records for all judicial matters brought into one of the largest unified court systems in the world. The mission of the Clerk’s Office is to serve the citizens of Cook County and the participants in the judicial system in an efficient, effective and ethical manner. All services, information and court records are provided with courtesy and cost efficiency. For more information, please visit: www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org.

Optimal Supply Chain, Inc.

Optimal Supply Chain, Inc. is a consulting company specializing in developing and executing supply chain strategies, reducing costs and achieving best in class customer responsive operations. The approach measures the key performance indicators influenced by the supply chain and develops the Supply chain strategy elements and techniques. The areas covered are supply chain design and configuration, manufacturing, procurement and logistics. The optimization techniques are used for Inventory management, cycle time improvement, cost structure improvement and capacity utilization. For more information, please visit www.optimalsci.com.

RSM McGladrey is the nation's fifth largest provider of accounting, tax and business consulting services. With 8,000 professionals and staff in more than 120 locations, RSM McGladrey has the industry expertise and deep bench of experience necessary to deliver a broad range of services for companies on the move. In Chicagoland, our 1,400 professionals makes us one of the largest professional services firms in the region. As a member of RSM International, the seventh largest network of accounting and consulting firms in the world, RSM McGladrey is able to serve clients' global business needs from 630 offices in 72 countries. For more information, please visit www.rsmmcgladrey.com.

Schladweiler Associates, Inc. is a consulting firm that works with clients in the areas of information technology strategy, service product development, business systems planning, e-Business and systems architecture. The company’s strength lies in its knowledge of business and technology economics, the ability to translate technology options into marketing advantage, its experience with implementation management, and its international experience. Associates are respected experts in their various specialties. For more information, please visit www.schladweiler.com.

Stuart School of Business, IIT provides intellectually rigorous business education at all levels, from baccalaureate to doctoral.  All programs emphasize real world application and prepare graduates to compete in the “Next Economy”.  The Stuart School focuses on the concept of Strategic Competitiveness, emphasizing the constructs of creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, incisive decision-making, leadership, and sustainability through coursework and professional development opportunities.  The Princeton Review has named Stuart one of the “Best Business Schools” of 2008, and the Aspen Institute recently ranked Stuart #1 in Chicago on its list of innovative full-time MBA programs worldwide.  To learn more about the Stuart School’s cutting-edge programs and curriculum, please visit www.stuart.iit.edu.

TechKNOW Engineering, LLC provides engineering professional consulting and construction inspection services. Conveniently located in downtown Chicago, the firm provides state-of-the-art TECHnical KNOWhow in engineering analysis and design, planning, estimating, project management and specialized forensic engineering and project feasibility evaluation services. TechKNOW was founded in 1981 to meet the increasing demands for high standards in professional services. TechKNOW's philosophy is to be very prompt, responsive and to provide clients with excellent service, quality, and value in a logical and organized manner. They approach assignments from their clients' perspective, making sure their objectives are identical to those of their clients. TechKNOW personnel have extensive experience with utilities, industry, government agencies, Architect/Engineers, and Contractors. To learn more about TECHKNOW Engineering, LLC, please visit their website at www.techknow-eng.com.

 

TheoryE examines how we as leaders engage in our activities at work as well as off work. Whatever we do, think, or feel reflects energy, negative or positive, in direct proportion to our engagement in that activity. As leaders, our power lies in our ability to do things effectively. Effectiveness is directly related to engagement, physical and mental. TheoryE explores the leadership energy, its sources, levels and relationships to different leadership abilities and provides a rationale that assures your ideal leadership capabilities.  TheoryE the eagerly awaited book will be coming out very soon. Starting March 01, 2008 visit www.TheoryE.org to learn more about the energy leadership public offerings, leadership development options, and speaker engagements for keynote, boards, and leadership teams and conferences; and monitor the book release process.

Formed in 1998, and located in the Chicago region, TiE-Midwest is a not-for-profit gathering of industry leaders joined together by the values of merit-driven advancement. Sharing the values and philosophy of the TiE Global organization, TiE-Midwest is chartered by entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals who have demonstrated marked achievements in advancing entrepreneurship both personally, and vicariously through the lives of other TiE Midwest members. For more information, please visit www.midwest.tie.org. 

The mission of the University of Waterloo Centre for Information Integrity and Information Systems Assurance is to identify, create and deliver relevant research addressing information systems governance, control and assurance issues, to support and promote the development and delivery of educational activities and materials related to such issues, to communicate and promote information systems governance, control and assurance issues that are important to professionals working in these areas, and to support and promote interaction around these issues among practitioners, educators and students. For more information, please visit http://artsms.uwaterloo.ca/accounting/uwcisa.