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The Millennium Alliance Take Their Talents To South Florida

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The Millennium Alliance Opens Miami Office

NEW YORK, September 26th, 2016 – Due to rapid growth and market demand, The Millennium Alliance, a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm, is pleased to announce that we have expanded our business development efforts by opening a second office with a special focus on the Latin America market right in the heart of downtown Miami, FL! Our new home, asof September 12th, 2016, is located at the Sabadell Financial Center office building in Brickell.

Since its inception, The Millennium Alliance has kept true to their original mission of providing an innovative platform for Fortune1000 C-level executives and thought leaders to meet their peers, understand industry developments, and receive introductions to new technology and service advancements to grow their career and overall company value.

After only 2.5 years of operating, some of the world’s most progressive companies have partnered with The Millennium Alliance to increase brand awareness, market intelligence, product positioning, and most importantly revenue growth. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, CA Technologies, Apple, Verizon, AT&T, Samsung USA, VMware, Citrix, Xerox, Proctor & Gamble, ESPN, and Time Inc, are just some of the organizations that have partnered with Millennium on an annual basis to take advantage of their C-Suite engagement model.

“What started out as an idea at a kitchen table to revolutionize the C-Suite collaboration model, has turned in to one of the fastest growing companies not only in New York but in the country. Our new office in Brickell puts us through 55 staff companywide in just over 30 months of operation and allows us to build on the momentum that has been created since we opened our doors. I could not be more proud of the company as a whole and the senior management team helping to fuel its growth. We are only just getting started.” Alex Sobol, Co-Founder at The Millennium Alliance.

The new office in Miami gives Millennium the room needed to accelerate and continue to make a difference for organizations of all sizes that have a need to get in front of technology decision makers both in North and South America. Whether through our Executive Education department or National Assembly model, the Millennium Alliance is committed to growing its business by continuing to create opportunities for its partners and employees.

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About The Millennium Alliance: The Millennium Alliance is a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm. The Alliance provides a framework, consisting of Assemblies Need Analysis and Executive Education, for its member communities made up of Fortune 500 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and CMOs across a variety of industries. Millennium is quickly becoming one of the most dynamic locations for C-Level collaboration across the world.

Henry Chao, Retired CIO & CTO at Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services, Headlines 2016 Healthcare Payers Transformation Assembly

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NEW YORK, September 22nd, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Henry Chao, Retired CIO & CTO at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, as the gala dinner keynote speaker at our upcoming Healthcare Payers Transformation Assembly taking place on December 7–8, 2016 at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami, FL

Mr. Chao has over 20 years of experience as a Federal government Senior Executive leading national scale implementations of complex healthcare programs. Over the course of his esteemed career in public service formulating strategies and directing the implementation of major programs, Mr. Chao led innovative solution development efforts and delivered technical capabilities for national and state level healthcare initiatives. Mr. Chao fully embraced the role of change agent and effectively managed all facets of product and systems lifecycle to meet go-to-market strategies.

As a Chief Technology Officer he established technical standards and reference architectures for the Medicare and Medicaid programs to promote greater efficiency and responsiveness to key healthcare business processes. As a CIO Mr. Chao optimized secure and efficient data sharing across Federal and State Programs through implementation of a data services hub and built from ground up, a major IT organization to support the Insurance Marketplace under the Affordable Care Act supporting one of the most significant program implementation challenges in the history of healthcare in the US. As a recognized and trusted leader he forged strategic relationships and formed coalitions with government and commercial organizations across the healthcare ecosystem to achieve common policy and business objectives.

ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE PAYERS TRANSFORMATION ASSEMBLY

The Millennium Alliance and its Peer to Peer division is pleased to announce their biannual Healthcare Payers Transformation Assembly taking place on December 7th – December 8th, 2016 at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami, FL. This program has been designed for all of our partners, affiliates, and members to once again gather in our unique format to develop new relationships, collaborate with like-minded peers, and learn cutting edge intelligence to take back home and help tackle the biggest business issues of today.

The Healthcare Payers Transformation Assembly will bring together North America’s most prominent IT and business leaders from the Health Insurance Industry. As we settle into the ACA era, health insurance carriers will need to become more retail-focused as they respond to consumer demand for greater price transparency and cost savings. Businesses must address rapid innovation and competition from non-traditional players, but above all, they must respond to empowered consumers as customer-centric transformation sweeps healthcare. We will be discussing these items in addition to the recent push for new technology services to accompany the demands the ACA will bring.

This premier gathering will address the most important technology/business priorities of 2017 and identify new opportunities to lead a healthcare transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry, for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

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The Millennium Alliance Gains Accreditation As An Official Member Of The National Registry Of Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

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The Millennium Alliance Gains CPE Accreditation

THE MILLENNIUM ALLIANCE GAINS ACCREDITATION AS AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (CPE)

New York, NY September 9th, 2016: The Millennium Alliance, a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm, is thrilled to announce their partnership with the National Registry of Continuing Professional Education. This will include The Millennium Alliance and its portfolio of Assemblies as a member of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE.

The benefit of our membership ensures our attendees are continually adding to their depth of knowledge in the field and keeping current with new developments. CPE credits can be earned in a variety of ways, including industry events, conferences and now The Millennium Alliance National Assemblies.

“Since our inception 2.5 years ago, there have undoubtedly been a lot of things to be proud of at The Millennium Alliance. Having our National Assembly division recognized by the National Registry of Continuing Professional Education is truly an outstanding achievement, as our specific event model stands alone under the CPE umbrella. We stay focused and committed to our mission of providing maximum return on time and investment for all of our members globally. Now with our senior-level members having the ability to fulfill their CPE requirements with the C-Level programs they helped to build, together we are truly changing the industry for the better.” Said Alex Sobol, Co-Founder of The Millennium Alliance.

Unlike typical events and conferences designed to attract quantity, The Millennium Alliance programs are a premier quality driven gathering of C-Level Executives that offers industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry, for the industry, we provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help identify new opportunities to lead a digital and business transformation to move your organization to the next level.

State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org. To learn more about The Millennium Alliance’s upcoming events, visit: https://mill-all.com/assemblies/

About The Millennium Alliance

The Millennium Alliance is a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm. The Alliance provides a framework, consisting of Assemblies Need Analysis and Executive Education, for its member communities made up of Fortune 500 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and CMOs across a variety of industries. Millennium is quickly becoming one of the most dynamic locations for C-Level collaboration across the world.

Jack Barsky Former Undercover KGB Agent Headlines 2016 Digital Enterprise and Transformational CISO Assembly!

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Jack Barsky Former Undercover KGB Agent Headlines 2016 Assembly

Jack Barsky
Former Undercover KGB Agent Headlines 2016 Digital Enterprise and Transformational CISO Assembly!

NEW YORK, September 7th, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Jack Barsky, Retired CIO of NRG Energy and Former Undercover KGB Agent, as the gala dinner keynote speaker at our upcoming Digital Enterprise Transformation Assembly and Transformational CISO Assembly taking place on November 10-11, 2016 at the TPC Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa.

Jack Barsky is a retired Information Technology executive with over thirty years of experience. During his career he has held management positions, up to and including the role of CIO at a number of Fortune 200 companies such as MetLife, United HealthCare, Prudential, ConEdison, and NRG Energy.

Jack graduated as valedictorian with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baruch College. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry from the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena Germany, except in those days he was known as Albrecht Dittrich.

He cut short his university career to join the KGB and came to the US as an undercover agent in 1987. His life story was featured in May of 2015 on CBS 60 Minutes. Jack resides with his wife and daughter in the Atlanta area where he is busy putting the finishing touches on his upcoming book “Deep Undercover”. jackdittrich.com/ | LinkedIn

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Jim Stengel Keynotes Transformational CMO Assembly

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Jim Stengel Will Keynote Upcoming Transformational CMO Assembly

Jim Stengel, President & CEO at Jim Stengel Company as well as Former Global Marketing Officer at Procter & Gamble, Keynotes the 2016 Transformational CMO Assembly!

NEW YORK, July 19, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Jim Stengel, President & CEO at Jim Stengel Company as well as Former Global Marketing Officer at Procter & Gamble, as the opening keynote speaker at our Transformational CMO Assembly taking September 18-20, 2016 at the Four Seasons Resort & Club Dallas in Las Colinas, TX. You won’t want to miss what he has to say!

The Transformational CMO Assembly brings together North America’s most prominent marketing, technology, and business leaders from all major consumer-driven industries. CEOs around the world are anticipating a highly complex marketing environment over the next few years; this makes the CMO more important than ever before. The digital revolution has forever changed the balance of power between individual consumers and brands. CMOs especially know that there is an explosion of information that is creating the digital enterprise. In addition, a CMO having an understanding that social media is the key channel for engaging with customers and knowing how to measure those results is what will help their organizations stay ahead of the competition.

This premier gathering will address the most important marketing/business priorities of 2016/2017 and identify new opportunities to lead a marketing transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

About Jim Stengel

Jim Stengel is President/CEO of The Jim Stengel Company, a think tank and consultancy conducting proprietary research, generating thought leadership andapplying an ideals-driven framework to drive business growth in today’s global economy. A prolific writer, speaker and advisor, Jim is the author of Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Greatest Companies. Jim serves as an advisor for Myrian Capital, a private equity firm and Metamorphic Ventures, aventure capital firm. He is also Chairman of the International Advisory Board for in/PACT, an interactive cause-marketing firm. Jim is the former Global Marketing Officer of P&G.

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Dr. Vindell Washington to Deliver Keynote Address at the Healthcare Providers Transformation Assembly

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Dr. Vindell Washington to Deliver Upcoming Keynote Address

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Headlines the October 2016 Healthcare Providers Transformation Assembly!

NEW YORK, July 7, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Dr. Vindell Washington National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services as the gala dinner keynote speaker at the Healthcare Providers Transformation Assembly taking place on October 17th-18th, 2016 at The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island in Fernandina Beach, FL. You won’t want to miss what he has to say! ‪

The Healthcare Providers Transformation Assembly brings together North America’s most prominent IT and business leaders from Major Health Systems. As we settle into the ACA era, Health Systems will need to become more retail-focused as they respond to consumer demand for greater price transparency and cost savings. Businesses must address rapid innovation and competition from non-traditional players, but above all, they must respond to empowered consumers as customer-centric transformation sweeps healthcare. We will be discussing these items in addition to the recent push for new technology services to accompany the demands the ACA will bring.

This premier gathering will address the most important technology/business priorities of 2017 and identify new opportunities to lead a healthcare transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry, for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

About Dr. Vindell Washington

Dr. Vindell Washington is the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and provides high-level executive direction and leadership for ONC programs, operations, and policies and advances key Administration initiatives, such as delivery system reform, the Precision Medicine Initiative, and implementation of the Interoperability Roadmap.

Prior to joining ONC, Dr. Washington served as the President of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS) Medical Group and as the health system’s Chief Medical Information Officer. The FMOL Health System is headquartered in Baton Rouge and has five acute care hospitals and affiliated facilities located throughout Louisiana provide care to 40% of the state’s population.

Dr. Washington’s primary responsibility was to develop and execute ambulatory strategies for the health system with a focus on transforming ambulatory care delivery models. In this role, he led over 500 physicians, advanced practitioners and 1,400 employees in more than 70 care locations throughout Louisiana. Additionally, his responsibilities included quality and process improvement.

He was also the senior accountable executive for information technology for FMOLHS. During his tenure, the health system has been an early adopter of technology including solutions including the integration of medical device information into the electronic health record and the widespread deployment of clinical decision support within the provider documentation workflow. FMOLHS has been recognized as an Information Week Top 500 Company and the institution’s help desk has won the Help Desk Institute best in class award.

Before joining FMOLHS, Dr. Washington served as CEO of Piedmont Healthcare Management Group (PHMG) in Charlotte, North Carolina where he led the development efforts of coding and billing process technologies. PHMG was sold to Anodyne Health, which in turn was acquired by AthenaHealth. Before PHMG, he was president and CEO of Piedmont Emergency Medicine Associates, also located in Charlotte, NC, where he led a 70 provider hospitalist medicine and emergency medicine group.

Dr. Washington received a Bachelor of Science from Pennsylvania State University and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Virginia. He earned his Master of Science in Healthcare Management from the Harvard University School of Public Health. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

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About the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is at the forefront of the administration’s health IT efforts and is a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care. ONC is organizationally located within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ONC is the principal federal entity charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information. The position of National Coordinator was created in 2004, through an Executive Order, and legislatively mandated in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) of 2009.

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Keynote Panel: Digital Transformation

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Announcing Our Dynamic Keynote Panel

Digital Transformation
A dynamic panel of senior level executives will be brought together to deliver the keynote breakfast panel discussion. Moderated by McKinsey & Company’s Partner of Marketing and Sales Practice, David Edelman, this panel will set the tone for Day 2 of the Digital FSI Transformation Assembly!

The keynote panel, “Digital Transformation,” will dive into how businesses around the world are presently engaged in rethinking their marketing, products, and operating models to adapt to changing technologies, media, and customer behavior.

The keynote session takes place on Friday, June 10, from 7:45-8:45am. The Keynote discussion, “Digital Transformation”, will feature:

 

About McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that serves leading businesses, governments, non governmental organizations, and not-for-profits. We help our clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals. Over nearly a century, we’ve built a firm uniquely equipped to this task.

David Edelman is a global co-leader of McKinsey’s Digital and Marketing & Sales Practices, based in Boston. For more than 20 years, David has specialized in helping marketing executives manage the strategy, organization, and infrastructure transformations required to become “digitally adroit” leaders. From creating digital centers of excellence, to developing marketing technology architecture plans, to redesigning entire go-to-market approaches, he has led work that is both strategic and highly tactical.

Together with the new McKinsey Digital Labs team of designers, developers, and digital analysts, his teams have helped marketers raise their digital traffic volumes, conversion rates, and customer lifetime value. In financial services, he has worked across many lines of business, including credit cards, retail banking, institutional banking, and retirement products.

One of the early leaders of Digitas, a market-leading digital agency, David built the strategy and analytics team, which worked alongside the agency’s creative and technology teams on implementation of large scale digital advertising and web e-commerce programs. Before that, as a partner with The Boston Consulting Group, he pioneered early work at the intersection of marketing and database technology, developing their “Segment of One Marketing” strategy service line, and was a leader in developing their e-commerce practice.

A frequent contributor to leading publications, and a Top 5 LinkedIn Influencer, David has also spoken or participated in panels at many top CMO and industry gatherings. He also sits on the advisory boards of a couple of small agencies and startups in the social and video markets.

About Digital FSI Transformation Assembly
The Digital FSI Transformation program has been designed for all of our partners, affiliates, and members to gather once again in our unique format to develop new relationships, collaborate with like-minded peers, and learn cutting edge intelligence to therefore take back home and help tackle the biggest business issues of today.

This premier gathering will address the most important digital marketing/business priorities of 2016 and identify new opportunities to lead a digital marketing transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry, for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

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Susan Avarde will “Connect the “Bits”” at The Digital FSI Assembly!

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Susan Avarde Will Keynote The Digital FSI Assembly

Susan Avarde Former Head of Global Brand, Citigroup will “Connect the “Bits”” at The Digital FSI Transformation Assembly!

NEW YORK, May 17th, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Susan Avarde Former Head of Global Brand at Citigroup, as the opening keynote speaker at our Digital FSI Transformation Assembly taking place June 9-10, 2016 at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami, FL.

The Digital FSI Transformation Assembly will bring together North America’s most prominent digital, marketing, technology, and business leaders from the Financial Service industry. CEOs around the world are anticipating a highly complex marketing environment over the next few years; this makes the CMO and CDO more important than ever before. The digital revolution has forever changed the balance of power between individual consumers and brands. CMOs and CDOs especially know that there is an explosion of information that is creating the digital enterprise. In addition, a CMO having an understanding that social media is the key channel for engaging with customers and knowing how to measure those results is what will help their organizations stay ahead of the competition.

This premier gathering will address the most important digital marketing/business priorities of 2016 and identify new opportunities to lead a digital marketing transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry, for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

About Susan Avarde @AvardeSusan

Susan modernizes companies by creating “future-fit” strategies. She has served 20+ companies, in 30+ countries. Most recently she was Head of Global Brand at Citigroup where she provided leadership to Citi’s country CEOs and the regional marketers enterprise-wide.

HBS has written about her work and she has been invited to the White House twice to promote excellence in innovation and design. Her current focus is on how businesses can transform and leverage mega-trends, with particular focus on Millennials, digital and the female economy. She is a TED, Fortune MPW and DLD participant and is a board advisor to various firms covering areas such as; media, tech, marketing, valuation and venture capital investment.

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Greg Stuart Keynotes Digital Transformation Assembly

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 Greg Stuart CEO, Mobile Marketing Association Keynotes The 2016 Digital Transformation Assembly!

NEW YORK, May 17th, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Greg Stuart, CEO at Mobile Marketing Association, as the opening keynote speaker at our Digital Transformation Assembly taking place June 6-7, 2016 at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami, FL. You won’t want to miss what he has to say about what really is the mobile marketing opportunity! ‪

The Digital Transformation Assembly will bring together North America’s most prominent digital, marketing, technology, and business leaders from all major consumer-driven industries. CEOs around the world are anticipating a highly complex marketing environment over the next few years; this makes the CDO more important than ever before. The digital revolution has forever changed the balance of power between individual consumers and brands. CDOs especially know that there is an explosion of information that is creating the digital enterprise. In addition, a CDO having an understanding that social media is the key channel for engaging with customers and knowing how to measure those results is what will help their organizations stay ahead of the competition.

This premier gathering will address the most important digital marketing/business priorities of 2016 and identify new opportunities to lead a digital marketing transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry, for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

About Greg Stuart @gregstuart

Greg Stuart is the CEO of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the leading global media trade group focused on the burgeoning mobile marketing industry. Over the past four years, Greg has transformed the association, attracting marketing and business leaders across the industry to lock arms and advance the mobile marketing movement. By expanding and evolving the MMA’s core resources, Greg has more than doubled the organization’s revenue, oversees the 800 member companies globally with operations in 12 countries, and works alongside top “mobile-first” brands on the MMA Global Board.

The MMA’s position on mobile marketing, “nothing gets marketers closer to consumers than mobile,” is a testament as to why Greg, a proven business builder, is dedicated to developing mobile as the most powerful channel available to marketers.

While Greg is an expert on mobile marketing, his background expands to include both the traditional and digital arena. He was formerly the CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the trade group for interactive advertising and marketing. During his tenure, Greg grew the IAB’s revenue significantly, providing vision and direction to spur the industry to invest $17 billion in Internet advertising, a monumental leap from $6 billion when he first started with the IAB.

With nearly three decades spent in marketing, two of which focused on digital and emerging technology, Greg has worked across the media landscape including roles with Y&R, Sony Online Ventures, Cars.com, Flycast Ad Network that IPO’d in 1999 and advising the CEO’s of two dozen other venture-backed businesses, a group of which have now sold for over $2 billion.

In addition to being a sought after speaker and a member of the National Speakers Association, Greg is an author of What Sticks: Why Most Advertising Fails and How to Guarantee Yours Succeeds, which was recognized by AdAge as the as the No. 1 book of the “10 books you should have read”.

Industry authorities have awarded Greg for his work as a pioneer in emerging media. In 2006, AdAge selected Greg as part of the “10 Who Made Their Mark” and he is a regular contributor to leading publications such as Fast Company for his views on mobile marketing.

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C. WEBB EDWARDS Former Chief Executive Officer & President, Wells Fargo & Company Headlines 2016 FSI Transformation Assembly!

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C. Webb Edwards Headlines 2016 FSI Transformation Assembly

NEW YORK, April 5th, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Former Chief Executive Officer & President, Wells Fargo & Company, C. Webb Edwards, as the opening keynote speaker at our FSI Transformation Assembly taking place June 13-14, 2016 The Biltmore Hotel in Miami, FL. You won’t want to miss what he has to say! ‪

The FSI Transformation Assembly will bring together North America’s most prominent technology and business leaders from all major financial services and insurance organizations. While financial services and insurance CIOs will deal with many challenges in the coming year, one particular technological challenge raises to the top- dealing with the complexity of data. The massive explosion in data is creating unprecedented manageability issues for firms around the world that can be linked to the following factors: expanding customer touch points, emerging types of structured and unstructured data, new customer engagement and social media platforms, rising data security, and controlling the overall data volume. As this takes high precedence, IT leaders need to understand the convergence of mobile, social, and cloud to stay ahead of the competition.

This premier gathering will address the most important IT and business priorities of 2016 and identify new opportunities to lead IT transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains competitive advantage.

About C. Webb Edwards

Webb Edwards served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Wells Fargo Services Company from 1998 to 2006. Prior to that he served as an Executive Vice President of Operations Group and Technology of Wells Fargo & Company. His areas of responsibility included the project management office; infrastructure technology operations (network, LAN/desktop, data center, information security, and risk); application development; payment systems strategy and execution; retail phone banks; payment operations for wholesale and retail; consumer loan operations; internal customer service delivery; and enterprise technology and data architecture. This organization had an annual budget of $2.2 billion and 21,000 employees.

Mr. Edwards served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Norwest Technical Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company from 1995 to 1998. Edwards was responsible for all decisions related to technology, operations and call centers during the merger of Norwest and Wells Fargo. At the time it was the largest and most successful merger of two large banks.

Prior to the merger with Wells Fargo, Edwards was Executive Vice President of Norwest Corporation and President for Norwest Services, Inc. He joined Norwest after serving as Executive Vice President of Information Services and Operations for First Interstate Bancorp from 1984.

For several years Edwards has been consulting with mid to small size businesses around strategy development, market positioning, technology trends and payments evolution. Additionally he is co founder of Ganart Technologies in Dallas, Texas. Ganart developed software and hardware for providing transactional services to the unbanked and underserved market.

Additionally, he has done speaking engagements with companies on subjects such as Future Technology Trends, Improving Vendor/ Client Relationships, The paradigm shift in payments and businesses brought about by the rapid evolution of telecommunications and technology, Value of Information and Mobile Payments. Some of these include IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, SunGard, Cannon, Allstate, Fiserv, Kofax and Filenet.

He served on the Board of Carreker Corporation and also later consulted with the Board. He has also served on the Board of Minnesota Mutual, Sterling Savings Bank where he served as vice chair of the Audit committee and chair of the Trust committee and the Board of Umpqua Bank.

Edwards began his career with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta where he managed Operations and Fiscal services.

He has attended Stonier Graduate School of Banking, University of Tennessee Executive Management School, and the Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Program. Edwards did his graduate and post-graduate work in economics and finance at Middle Tennessee State University.

Edwards is a native of Tennessee. He and his wife Cathy currently reside in Malibu, California. They have two children and three grand children.

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