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CITI provides excellent opportunities and encouragement for students to develop IT skill sets necessary for future careers.  CITI support of IT education programs in partnership with the business community encourages students to stay in IT programs providing future careers for students and quality IT employees for the business community.  In collaboration with University of Colorado and community businesses CITI helps organizations leverage the value of IT through support of student education, research and other IT collaborative initiatives.  CITI provides a forum where innovative solutions are developed to help community businesses overcome the significant challenges associated with Information Technology while leveraging the value of IT through support of student education, research and other IT collaborative initiatives.

Gregg Veltri,
CIO,
Denver Health

CITI Membership benefits

ACITI membership allows your company to participate in CITI events. Executives use CITI to network and get the best and most current information in the IT field. Member organizations help improve the information systems discipline and improve the pool of highly skilled employees in this region.

CITI membership guarantees:

  • Focus on issues facing CIOs and their teams
  • Access university resources, white papers, research and faculty knowledge base
  • Active and collaborative. CITI promotes member participation in leading-edge research projects
  • Access to talent. Student recruitment, student internships, faculty externships, and mentoring
  • Supportive participation in curriculum development and delivery
  • Formal and informational meetings
  • A Vendor-free environment to exchange ideas and interact with peer level IT executives

Member Interaction and Information Exchange

CITI promotes close interaction among members. The Center hosts several informal and formal meetings each year. Special topics are presented and discussed at these meetings. Members are able to contribute to the group by sharing their experiences and receive valuable knowledge from their peers.

Working Paper Series

CITI provides working papers and research reports for all its research activities, to all sponsoring companies on request. The working papers serve as a knowledge base for building a set of industry best practices related to information technology management, development and use.

Student Recruiting, Internships and Externships

Member companies have special access to students through private career fairs and recruiting support. The strong relationship between the university and industry encourages the placement of student interns and faculty externs.

Mentorship luncheons

Member companies have mentorship opportunities through the biannual luncheons with members of the Information Systems Association club members. This fosters closer relationships with up and coming IT talent.

Curriculum Participation

Member companies participate in the classroom by providing experts to speak about their real-world experience. Members also support new degree programs.