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Adam Myers, SVP and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer (CCTO) for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Keynotes our Healthcare Providers and Payers Transformation Assembly

Posted on by Paige Russo

The Millennium Alliance is proud to announce Adam Myers will help start the 2022 season off strong with a keynote address at our upcoming Healthcare Providers and Payers Transformation Assembly on April 19-20. Myers is currently the SVP and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer (CCTO) for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), driving clinical transformation across the BCBS system, through national networks, quality initiatives, and policy and advocacy positions. Click here to request an invite to the Assembly.

About Adam Myers

Before joining the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in September 2021, Myers served as the Cleveland Clinic’s chief of population health and director of the Cleveland Clinic Community Care program. This is where he provided leadership to a variety of clinical and residency programs, as well as the center for value-based research. Myers led the clinic’s care model redesign strategy, the community and public health strategy, and the Diversity Inclusion and Racial Equity Council. A New York City native, Myers is board-certified in family medicine and was in private practice in Oklahoma for more than 10 years. He served on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma obstetrics and gynecology department teaching obstetrics and has earned the status of Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives, The American Institute of Healthcare Quality and the American Association of Family Physicians. He holds additional board certification in healthcare quality management and patient safety and is a certified professional in healthcare risk management. He is past chair of the American Hospital Association board-level Committee for Clinical Leadership and has held board positions with both the Health Care Transformation Task Force and The Joint Commission. As Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Dr. Adam Myers collaborates with the chief medical officers across the 35 BCBS companies and leads the Office of Clinical Affairs (OCA) and the BCBS Institute. He is a longtime advocate for community health and health equity, Myers helps set the vision for the Blues’ efforts to create a more equitable healthcare system. 

Jason Gislason, Chief Digital Officer at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Keynotes Our First Assembly of 2022!

Posted on by Nicole Chan

The Millennium Alliance is proud to announce Jason Gislason will help start the 2022 season off strong with a keynote address at our upcoming Digital Enterprise CIO & Data Transformation Assembly on February 8-9, 2022. Gislason, currently the Chief Digital Officer at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, has dedicated over two decades to transforming the Chemicals and Oil & Gas space, with a wealth of experience that includes positions in data science, engineering, and R&D. Click here to request an invite to the Assembly.

About Jason Gislason

Jason has over 25 years of experience in the Chemicals and Oil & Gas Industries including positions in Research & Development, Marketing, Refining, Commercial and Digital Transformation. He has a strong passion for intrapreneurship, which is currently focused on transforming the way Chevron Phillips Chemical Company does business through the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence. He holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering form Auburn University, an MBA from Oklahoma State University, a MS in Strategic Intelligence from the American Military University, and a PhD in Computational Physical Chemistry from South Dakota State University.

Co-Founder of The Millennium Alliance Joins Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO)

Posted on by Nicole Chan

NEW YORK – January 19, 2022 – The Millennium Alliance, an invitation-only organization for Senior-Level Executives and Business Transformers, has had the privilege over the past eight years of collaborating with many of the most accomplished C-Suite executives from across the globe. Millennium is excited to announce that its Co-Founder Alex Sobol is one of the newest members of the prestigious Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), where he will have the ability to build relationships with even more of the world’s top leaders. With over 30,000 members across 142 countries, totaling $9 trillion in combined revenue from YPO member-run companies, the opportunities to network with and share ideas with such an extraordinary leadership community are endless.

“I am really excited about joining YPO and being a part of the NJ chapter. Even in the few short months that I have been a member, I have met so many great people and participated in some very innovative events. Very much looking forward to what’s to come in the future and plan to contribute in a positive way.”  – Alex Sobol, Co-Founder, The Millennium Alliance.

The entire Millennium Alliance team looks forward to following Alex’s journey as he continues to expand his perspectives and elevate his leadership.  This will only help the organization as they prepare for a year full of growth and expansion, to put themselves in a position to top their most successful year in company history in 2022.

For more information or to get in contact with The Millennium Alliance directly, contact info@mill-all.com.

 

ABOUT YPO

YPO is the global leadership community of more than 30,000 chief executives in 142 countries who are driven by the belief that the world needs better leaders. Each of our members have achieved significant leadership success at a young age. Combined, they lead businesses and organizations contributing $9 trillion in annual revenue. YPO members become better leaders and better people through peer learning and exceptional experiences in an inclusive community of open sharing and trust.

 

ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM ALLIANCE

The Millennium Alliance is a leading technology and business educational advisory firm with the sole mission of helping to transform the digital enterprise. Through our executive education platform, peer-to-peer learning model via our senior-level Assemblies, exclusive research projects conducted with Ivy League academic institutions, and our numerous digital properties, we have become a trusted source for real-world tangible learning and engagement opportunities for senior executives and their technology partners.

This all started in 2014 when our founders, Alex Sobol & Rob Davis, decided to create the most intimate, high-level & exclusive in-person and online thinktank for leaders in a wide variety of industries within both the private and public sectors: The Millennium Alliance. Since its founding, Millennium has built a strong reputation nationwide, now with thousands of engaged Members, and was recently featured on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies. The Millennium Alliance is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan with offices in Austin, TX.

Building upon its award-winning conference and executive education businesses, today, The Millennium Alliance continues to stay connected with its C-Suite Members and partners through intimate In-Person and Virtual Assemblies, industry-leading Executive Education Opportunities, and by providing exclusive industry insights from the nation’s leading academics, business leaders, and technology providers via our 50+ annual events and The Digital Diary Content Platform, as well as the rapidly growing #MillenniumLive Podcast Series.

Sujeet Bambawale, CISO of 7-Eleven, Returns to Keynote Our Upcoming CISO Assembly!

Posted on by Nicole Chan

After an excellent keynote address in 2021, The Millennium Alliance is proud to announce Sujeet Bambawale is back by popular demand and will return as keynote speaker for the upcoming Transformational CISO Virtual Assembly taking place on March 8-9, 2022. Bambawale has proven himself to be a cybersecurity trailblazer as CISO of the iconic 7-Eleven brand. Before working with 7-Eleven, he led Security Engineering with Symantec, worked on the enterprise architecture & strategy team with NetApp, and spent over 10 years leading Intuit’s information security & compliance team. Click here to request an invite to the Assembly.

About Sujeet Bambawale

Sujeet Bambawale tells us that it is an honor and a privilege to serve as the Chief Information Security Officer of an iconic global brand that has a deep, cherished, always-on connection into communities everywhere. Information Security at 7-Eleven focuses on maintaining and enhancing an industry-leading, comprehensive and cohesive security fabric around the business value drivers in a customer-obsessed manner. The 7-Eleven Information Security organization brings together the various technical domains within Information Security with the force multipliers of Governance, Risk and Compliance as well as Data Protection to facilitate unified accountability and expedient action.

Bambawale went to 7-Eleven from Symantec’s Consumer Business Division where he had the honor of driving a global security engineering portfolio. Prior to joining Symantec via the LifeLock acquisition, he spent 5 years at NetApp, and over 10 years with Intuit, after working with the information security and risk management teams at Ernst & Young and KMPG. He has been responsible for leading key security initiatives that helped integrate security into the culture of the company and extend the brand into global markets. He led NetApp’s ISO27001 recertification, spoke at NetApp’s conferences in Berlin and Tokyo and was the recipient of Intuit’s Innovation Award. At Ernst & Young and KPMG, he was responsible for developing risk mitigation strategies primarily for Fortune 500 clients in the financial and technology sector.

His focus is on maturing the organization’s security posture by driving execution to a well-socialized and accepted security strategy that benefits internal and external stakeholders through a pragmatic mix of building cross-organizational relationships and developing people managers. He has a Masters degree in Electronics Engineering and am a Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO), a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) as well as Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT). Most recently, he was fortunate to learn about organizational leadership at global scale, with a focus on innovation and cybersecurity, from his professors and colleagues at the Haas Business School in UC Berkeley.

The Millennium Alliance Has Partnered With 30+ Of Interbrand’s Top Global Brands

Posted on by Josie Witaschek

NEW YORK – November 3, 2021 – The Millennium Alliance, an invitation-only organization for Senior-Level Executives and Business Transformers, has had the privilege of working with a number of the most prestigious organizations throughout its nearly 8-year existence. Recently, Interbrand announced a list of their Top 100 Global Brands, 31 of which are companies that Millennium has partnered with, including:

  • Microsoft
  • IBM
  • AXA
  • Panasonic
  • Coca Cola
  • JP Morgan
  • Mastercard
  • HSBC
  • Toyota
  • UPS
  • Starbucks
  • 3M
  • McDonald’s
  • American Express
  • L’Oréal
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Disney
  • GE
  • Ford
  • Zoom
  • Nike
  • Visa
  • Citi
  • Sephora
  • Facebook
  • Sony
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Cisco
  • PayPal
  • eBay

 

 

 

 

 

“What has always set Millennium apart from other organizations in our space, has been the close-knit relationships that we have been able to cultivate with the world’s leading brands. We take the responsibility of providing a tremendous level of value to each partner that we work with very seriously, and our entire team is humbled to have had the opportunity to collaborate with so many of the brands that have broken down a lot of different barriers.”

– Alex Sobol, Co-Founder, The Millennium Alliance

To see even more of the powerful partners that Millennium is working with, check out their packed calendar of assemblies and digital transformation online community for the remainder of this year and through 2022.

For more information or to get in contact with The Millennium Alliance directly, contact info@mill-all.com.

ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM ALLIANCE

The Millennium Alliance is a leading technology and business educational advisory firm with the sole mission of helping to transform the digital enterprise. Through our executive education platform, peer-to-peer learning model via our senior-level Assemblies, exclusive research projects conducted with Ivy League academic institutions, and our numerous digital properties, we have become a trusted source for real-world tangible learning and engagement opportunities for senior executives and their technology partners.

This all started in 2014 when our founders, Alex Sobol & Rob Davis decided to create the most intimate, high-level & exclusive in-person and online thinktank for leaders in a wide variety of industries within both the private and public sectors: The Millennium Alliance. Since its founding, Millennium has built a strong reputation nationwide, now with thousands of engaged Members, and was recently featured on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies. The Millennium Alliance is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan with offices in Austin, TX.

Building upon its award-winning conference and executive education businesses, today, The Millennium Alliance continues to stay connected with its C-Suite Members and partners through intimate In-Person and Virtual Assemblies, industry-leading Executive Education Opportunities, and by providing exclusive industry insights from the nation’s leading academics, business leaders, and technology providers via our 50+ annual events and The Digital Diary Content Platform, as well as the rapidly growing #MillenniumLive Podcast Series.

Research Analyst Ian Bruce Joins Our CMO & Retail Assembly!

Posted on by Emily French

We have big news to share – our final Transformational CMO & Retail Virtual Assembly for 2021 will feature Forrester Research! Ian Bruce, Vice President & Principal Analyst at the leading global research and advisory firm will share his exclusive insights gained over the course of 2021. His research has a special focus on how brand purpose & sustainability has influenced consumers and especially B2B buyers and impacted marketing efforts in the last year. Ian Bruce’s session will be an interactive roundtable discussion, allowing for participants to ask questions, and discuss how these findings relate to the C-Suite’s leading initiatives. 

In our most anticipated marketing & retail assembly of 2021, we’ll be joined by top C-Suite innovators, leading academics, and industry thought leaders to uncover how to digitally transform enterprise in the new year. Interested in joining the conversation? Go here to request an invite. 

About Ian Bruce

Ian Bruce is a Vice President & Principal Analyst with more than 20 years of international experience managing marketing, brand, and communications strategies for B2B companies.

Ian Bruce’s experience spans marketing strategy, brand development, messaging, market research, thought leadership, public relations, social media, and employee communications at innovative, venture-capital-backed startups as well as established multinational companies. He has also worked on a variety of large-scale research studies investigating brand perceptions, marketing effectiveness, and public policy.

Jose Arrieta Keynotes Our Digital Enterprise and Data Transformation Assembly!

Posted on by Josie Witaschek

Our Digital Enterprise and Data Transformation Virtual Assembly in November will feature Jose Arrieta, Former Chief Information Officer and Chief Data Officer at HHS as our keynote speaker! In his last three years at HHS, he oversaw $6.3B in IT investments, $800B in grants, and $26B in Federal contracts while providing cybersecurity solutions for 174,000 people. Jose is a respected leader in applying emerging technologies including blockchain, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and data visualization/ process automation tools. The pandemic caused a lot of turbulence throughout the world and Jose led the creation and implementation of the largest public health surveillance capability in the United States during the pandemic and the first enterprise-grade supervised machine learning capability to help more accurately distribute testing supplies and predict hot spots across the United States.

In his Keynote Address on November 17th, Arrieta will share insights, lessons learned, and failures associated with implementing emerging technologies in a large complex organization during a global pandemic. He will outline how he thinks about valuing disruptive technology companies. He will also touch on blockchain-based solutions, quantum-inspired optimization capabilities, and the opportunities and challenges associated with the internet of things and cloud modernization. He will discuss how he thinks management and leadership will change as organizations become more distributed and virtual. The session will close out with an open Q/A segment for all registered attendees. Interested in joining this session? Go here to request an invite to the Assembly. 

About Jose Arrieta 

In his role as the former Chief Information Officer and Chief Data Officer of HHS, Arrieta admits that failing and pivoting was ultimately the key to the successes he and his team had. His office successfully defended the HHS network against multiple large-scale nation-state cyber-attacks. He led an effort to create a public-private key, distributed ledger infrastructure to establish digital identities for individuals across the United States that was never adopted as a solution. He built and led the implementation of the first blockchain-based solution for lowering licensing costs and decreasing the time of the procurement process in the Federal Government that saved over $100M dollars. Jose currently works with Federal customers evaluating and valuing venture-backed technology start-ups. He is also working with commercial customers bringing IoT solutions to supply chain and manufacturing processes in the energy and agricultural sectors. He currently sits on a few boards and advises technology startups and he recently launched a new IoT start-up focused on securing distributed solutions.  To stay sharp, he created and teaches the first blockchain and cryptocurrency course at Johns Hopkins University as well as entrepreneurial finance. Jose currently lives in San Diego.

Innovator of the Year, Minsok Pak, Keynotes our CMO & Retail Assembly!

Posted on by Emily French

In our final Transformational CMO & Retail Assembly of the year, we are honored to be joined by our Keynote Speaker & 2021 Innovator of the Year Winner, Minsok Pak, EVP, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer at Mondelēz International. 

As our Innovator of the Year, Pak has demonstrated a background of digitally transforming organizations and creating superior omnichannel experiences over the years – from his time at Target, Lego Group, and McKinsey & Company. His innovation and leadership during the past year is what made him stand out among the hundreds of executives that qualified for this award. In what has been one of the most tumultuous years for business leaders, Pak and his team have focused on growing Mondelēz International’s e-Commerce and direct-to-consumer businesses, and focused on strategic growth opportunities. With 2020 net revenues of nearly $27 billion, Mondelēz International ranked 108 on the 2021 Fortune 500 list.  

On November 17th, Minsok Pak’s keynote address will tackle the topics of snacking trends during the COVID-19 pandemic, the immense growth in e-Commerce, as well as the importance of innovation. The keynote will finish with an open Q/A segment for our registered attendees. Interested in learning from one of the most influential voices in the industry? Go here to request an invite! 

About Minsok Pak

Minsok is Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer for Mondelēz  International, a global company leading the future of snacking with 2020 net revenues of approximately $27 billion. In this role, he oversees a number of strategic growth areas critical to  company growth and industry leadership, including Enterprise Strategy, M&A and strategic  growth opportunities, new business, and e-Commerce and direct-to-consumer.  

Prior to joining the company, Minsok was Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Innovation  Officer at Target in the United States where he helped lead the development and  implementation of a highly successful growth strategy. He had oversight of Strategy & Planning, Insights, M&A/Business Development, and Innovation, all supporting the company’s drive for  omnichannel transformation. 

Minsok previously served as Senior Vice President for LEGO Group, where he led branded  omnichannel retail including e-Commerce in more than 20 markets. Minsok spent close to 20  years with McKinsey & Company where he was a Senior Partner holding a range of roles in the  US, Korea and Singapore, including Head of Asia-Pacific Sales & Marketing and other leadership  positions in Asia Consumer & Retail and North American Supply Chain practices. He also spent a  number of years as managing director of a private equity firm leading investments in packaged  goods and mobile technology, as well as working internally for McKinsey & Company, helping lead the digital transformation for the firm. 

Minsok holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Oberlin College and earned an MBA from  Stanford University. Minsok is passionate about music and multisport, serving as a member of  the Minnesota Orchestral Association Board and having completed 23 Ironman triathlons,  including four times at the World Championships in Hawaii. He also serves on the Board of  Trustees for Oberlin College.  

Chet Robson of Walgreens Keynotes Our Digital Healthcare & Patient Experience Assembly!

Posted on by Josie Witaschek

We are happy to announce that Chet Robson, Chief Clinical Officer of Walgreens, will be joining us as the featured keynote speaker at our Digital Healthcare & Patient Experience Transformation Virtual Assembly – our very last event of the year! At Walgreens, his team collaborates with roughly 70,000 healthcare professionals to deliver in-person and virtual care to over 8,000,000+ people a day. He is a proven innovator in digital health, as he designs and delivers evidence-based pharmacy and healthcare programs, products, and services. The pandemic has pushed the barriers of digital healthcare, and with Robson’s leadership, Walgreens has successfully navigated what’s been a turbulent time for the healthcare industry. 

In his Keynote Address on December 7th, Robson will share insights on how to meet patients’ healthcare needs and values by the best use of prevention, medications, procedures, and delivery systems. He will also touch on evidence-based clinical practices, and the session will close out with an open Q/A segment for all registered attendees. Interested in joining this session? Go here to request an invite to the Assembly. 

About Chet Robson 

In his role as the Chief Clinical Officer at Walgreens, Dr. Robson provides clinical leadership for evidence-based medical review in pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, healthcare services, digital health, and retail merchandising. Dr. Robson has a particular interest in physician–pharmacist delivery models, complex patient integrated care, and alternative payment models. He has championed the pharmacists’ expanded scope of practice, and integrated provider-health system-pharmacy delivery models. Dr. Robson is on the Advisory Board of the Walgreens – Johns Hopkins, and Walgreens – Northwell health system – pharmacy collaborations. He provides leadership for all of Walgreens’ health system pharmacy, health system services collaborations, and Village Medical. By implementing innovative technology, patient-engaging care delivery models, and evidence-based medicine Dr. Robson clinically advances an integrated model of care to support people at each stage of their health journey. Before his work at Walgreens, Chet served as the Chief Medical Information Officer/Regional Director for Adventist Health Partners providing population health management, PCMH development, and ACO programs and analytics.

As for his education, Dr. Robson is a graduate of the University of Southern California in music and Eastern Washington University in Biochemistry. He attended medical school at Midwestern University in Chicago and completed a residency in family medicine at LaGrange Memorial Hospital where he was Chief Resident. Dr. Robson received his MBA in healthcare delivery science from Dartmouth College.

The Millennium Alliance Announces Two Key Promotions & Plans To Launch Five New Brands in 2022

Posted on by Emily French

NEW YORK – October 7, 2021 – Coming off the best year in its nearly eight-year history, The Millennium Alliance has formalized their plans to add five powerful new brands to its growing portfolio of C-Suite Assemblies in 2022. These latest additions come as a direct result of Millennium’s commitment to expanding their available offerings to its members and customers and include:

  • Benefits Leadership Transformation Assembly: Taking place biannually in April and October, this event is designed to address the unique pain points of today’s C-Suite benefits leaders.
  • Transformational CHRO Assembly: Taking place biannually in April and October, this event is designed to address the evolving CHRO role to help them to navigate the challenges of tomorrow that HR professionals will encounter in the years to come.
  • Transformational CISO Canada Assembly: Taking place annually in June, this event is designed to accommodate Millennium’s Canadian members by delivering them with the same high-level networking and educational opportunities as the North American CISO events.
  • Transformational CISO Mid-Market Assembly: Taking place annually in March, this event is designed specifically for the mid-market sized cybersecurity organizations and will be co-located with Millennium’s flagship CISO Assembly.
  • Customer Experience Transformation Assembly: Taking place biannually in June and October, this event is designed to be a co-located event to accompany the Transformational CMO and Retail Assemblies, giving marketing and retail members the opportunity to define what an enhanced customer experience should look like for their customers in 2022 and beyond. 

In addition to launching these new brands, Millennium has filled two key roles within the organization’s Senior Management Team this week. The first being, Salvatore Papa, who has been with Millennium for 5 years, and was announced as Millennium’s new Chief Revenue Officer, and the second being Gabrielle Polce, who has been a top performer on the sales team at Millennium for the past four years and has moved into the role of VP of Sales.

“There has never been a more exciting time for Millennium. We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have had our best year in company history amidst a global pandemic, which would never have been possible without the Leadership Team we have in place. It’s great to see members of our team like Gabie and Sal who have been instrumental to our success as a company, continuing to grow alongside Millennium. Now with us being able to expand our portfolio of Assemblies, we feel a responsibility to reinvest in our partners and members who have put their trust in us over the course of the past 18 months. Our latest brands will allow us to better serve our customers and build off of some of our most successful programs. This has been something that Millennium has been evaluating for quite some time, which is why it is so satisfying to see these new launches coming to fruition.”

– Alex Sobol, Co-Founder, The Millennium Alliance

With 2021 shaping up to be a banner year for the organization, Millennium has set its sights on following up with an even bigger year in 2022. To achieve these expectations, their plan is to keep the focus on building up its internal teams, and strategically expand its portfolio of events, in an effort to better serve its thousands of members across North America and now in Canada.

For more information or to get in contact with The Millennium Alliance directly, contact info@mill-all.com.

ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM ALLIANCE

The Millennium Alliance is a leading technology and business educational advisory firm with the sole mission of helping to transform the digital enterprise. Through our executive education platform, peer-to-peer learning model via our senior-level Assemblies, exclusive research projects conducted with Ivy League academic institutions, and our numerous digital properties, we have become a trusted source for real-world tangible learning and engagement opportunities for senior executives and their technology partners.

This all started in 2014 when our founders, Alex Sobol & Rob Davis decided to create the most intimate, high-level & exclusive in-person and online thinktank for leaders in a wide variety of industries within both the private and public sectors: The Millennium Alliance. Since its founding, Millennium has built a strong reputation nationwide, now with thousands of engaged Members, and was recently featured on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies. The Millennium Alliance is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan with offices in Austin, TX.

Building upon its award-winning conference and executive education businesses, today, The Millennium Alliance continues to stay connected with its C-Suite Members and partners through intimate Virtual Assemblies, industry-leading Executive Education Opportunities, and by providing exclusive industry insights from the nation’s leading academics, business leaders, and technology providers via our 40+ annual events and The Digital Diary Content Platform, as well as the rapidly growing #MillenniumLive Podcast Series.