#MillenniumLive: Accelerating Growth: What Every CEO Can Learn from SBI

In this episode of Millennium Live, we’re joined by Nick Toman, Chief Product and Transformation Officer at SBI, The Growth Advisory. With five acquisitions in just two years—including a cutting-edge AI technology asset—SBI is making bold, strategic moves. We dive into what’s behind this accelerated pace of expansion and how it aligns with SBI’s ambitious new market positioning. Nick also breaks down the four key dependencies every CEO should be focused on for growth: talent, customer journey, revenue, and new technology. How are clients responding to SBI’s transformation? What can other leaders learn from this approach? Tune in to this episode of the MillenniumLive Podcast to hear Nick’s insights on the future of growth advisory and what it takes to lead meaningful change in today’s evolving market.

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About SBI, The Growth Advisory

SBI Growth Advisory is a strategy and execution firm focused on go-to-market. We are execution-focused leaders, not career consultants who help CEOs, CFOs, CROs, and other GTM executives to solve the most challenging problem in any business: sustainable and profitable growth.

Growth is hard. A complex, dynamic system of levers must operate seamlessly and constantly refined to generate profitable, sustained growth. We help clients harness this system through a full suite of professional services.

To learn more, visit sbigrowth.com

Protecting Your Credibility: A Roadmap for Marketing Leaders With Opal

Contributed by Opal

Your credibility is one of the most important factors to keeping your job secure…

Download the ebook “Protecting Your Credibility: A Roadmap for Marketing Leaders” for an inside look at this critical topic.

You’ll learn:

The unexpected things that rob your credibility
Smart ways to report bad news
How to handle the toughest CEO questions

About Opal

Opal is the planning platform built for marketers to plan, create & calendar their content. Marketing and communications teams that trust Opal experience tight alignment, high levels of efficiency, and the ability to see their work through the eyes of their customers.

Learn how Opal drives results for best-in-class brands like Starbucks, Target, Activision, GM, and countless others.

To learn more, visit workwithopal.com.

BitBang Recognized in Forrester’s “Customer Analytics Service Providers Landscape, Q4 2024” Report

Contributed by BitBang

Forrester’s Overview of 41 Providers

Forrester’s Customer Analytics Service Providers Landscape, Q4 2024 report gathers insights from 41 diverse providers that vary by size, type of offering, geography, and business scenario differentiation.

Forrester discusses the importance of customer analytics service providers in today’s business landscape.

The Forrester Customer Analytics Service Providers Landscape report underlines the critical role customer analytics providers play across various business maturity levels.

These providers enable organizations to:

Solidify customer data foundations
Build and deploy analytical models
Embed insights into customer experiences

The rapid maturation of the customer services analytics market allows buyers to amplify business returns and address talent, resource, and budget constraints.

Click here to read the report

About BitBang

Empowering businesses to make data-driven decisions at speed! Data is everywhere but only with the right strategy and tools in place can it help bring positive changes to businesses. That’s where BitBang can help!

BitBangs’ data management consulting services support businesses with solutions and data measurement strategies so marketing efforts can be data-driven to increase opportunities and win on Customer Experience. Through data collection, integration and visualisation, data sensemaking and insights delivery, BitBang enables organizations to leverage data effectively to achieve holistic knowledge of the customer and brand performance to make data-driven business decisions.
BitBang provides services and best practices in analytics, data and information management, modern and augmented business intelligence, measurement consulting, optimization, data insights services, advanced analytics, machine learning and cloud engineering.
BitBang supports clients in leveraging and enriching data so that they can be confident every data-driven business decision will make a positive difference!

For more information, please visit bitbang.com

The Millennium Alliance Opens Q1 2025 With Major Sponsor Commitments For Their Award-Winning Assemblies From Some of Tech’s Biggest Players That Include AWS, ZoomInfo, SAS, IBM, and Verizon

NEW YORK – May 16, 2025 – The Millennium Alliance, an invitation-only organization for
Senior-Level Executives and Business Transformers, coming off an exceptionally successful 2024, have started this year by securing commitments from some of the leading global technology organizations. These prominent brands include AWS, ZoomInfo, SAS, IBM, and Verizon. Following a very successful first year of European programs, has led to a huge spike in demand for sponsorship opportunities.

“I’m honored that our team gets to work with so many successful global brands. Although the true testament to the value of Millennium’s product comes when these same iconic organizations decide to continue to work with us year after year. Many of which decide to significantly increase their investment with us due to the extraordinarily high levels of ROI they receive. We’re excited to continue to serve our phenomenal network of partners as we constantly strive to expand and enhance our offerings.” – Alex Sobol, Co-Founder, The Millennium Alliance

With very few available partner positions remaining for this year, the demand for 2026 opportunities for technology providers is already in high demand. To inquire about their limited inventory, please click here. Millennium’s portfolio of sought after partner positions are secured on a first-come first-served basis.

To see even more of the top partners that Millennium is working with, check out their packed calendar of assemblies and digital transformation online community.

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 think tank 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 is a two-time honoree of the Inc. 5000’s list of fastest-growing companies. The Millennium Alliance is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan with an office in London.

#MillenniumLive: Beyond the Hype: How Enterprises Are Leveraging AI at Scale with IBM

This week on Millennium Live, we’re joined by Shobhit Varshney, Vice President, Senior Partner, and Head of Data & AI at IBM Consulting. With decades of experience helping enterprises unlock the power of data, Shobhit shares what sets IBM apart in the AI space—and how organizations can move beyond pilots to real, scalable impact. Shobhit discusses the warp-speed evolution of AI and what it means for business, building trust and driving cultural change for AI adoption and his own personal journey and strategies for staying ahead in AI.

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About IBM

At IBM, they do more than work. They create. They create as technologists, developers, and engineers. They create with their partners. They create with their competitors. If you’re searching for ways to make the world work better through technology and infrastructure, software and consulting, then they want to work with you.

They’re here to help every creator turn their “what if” into what is. Let’s create something that will change everything.

To learn more, visit ibm.com

Shelley Macintyre, SVP Global Marketing at BBC Studios, Keynotes Our Transformational CMO Assembly Europe on June 11-12 in London!

The Millennium Alliance is excited to announce that Shelley Macintyre, SVP of Global Marketing at BBC Studios, will keynote our Transformational CMO Assembly Europe on June 11-12 in London!

Interested in joining this Assembly? Click here to request an invite.

About Shelley Macintyre

Shelley Macintyre is a seasoned marketing executive with a proven track record of leading brand strategy, innovation, and global growth across some of the world’s most iconic companies. She is currently the Senior Vice President of Marketing at BBC Studios, where she oversees global marketing initiatives to drive audience engagement and brand development.

Before joining BBC Studios, Shelley was General Manager & Chief Marketing Officer at allplants, a fast-growing plant-based meal delivery service, where she led brand transformation and customer growth. Prior to that, she served as Senior Global Director of Gin Brands at Suntory Global Spirits, and earlier as Global & UK Marketing Director at Sipsmith. Her career also includes over a decade of senior marketing roles at The Coca-Cola Company, and she began her journey at Unilever.

Passionate about leadership and inclusion, Shelley has actively supported gender equality in the industry through her role as Chair of the Talent Sessions at WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership), where she championed mentoring and career development initiatives for women in marketing.

Eric Boateng, Chief Information Security Officer & Head of Enterprise Cyber Security at MassMutual, Keynotes Our Transformational CISO Assembly on September 9-10 in Houston!

The Millennium Alliance is excited to announce that Eric Boateng, Chief Information Security Officer & Head of Enterprise Cyber Security at MassMutual, will keynote our Transformational CISO Assembly on September 9-10 in Houston!

Interested in joining this Assembly? Click here to request an invite.

About Eric Boateng

Eric Boateng is the Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Enterprise Cyber Security at MassMutual, where he leverages his extensive experience in cybersecurity and technology risk management to lead the company’s global security strategy.

Most recently, as Vice President of Cyber Security, Technology & Resiliency Risk Oversight at American Express, he developed and implemented comprehensive cybersecurity and risk management programs.

Eric’s career also includes significant roles at New York eHealth Collaborative, Roundpoint Mortgage, Georgia Department of Human Services, and Lockheed Martin, where he advanced information security practices and risk oversight.

Prior to his work in the private sector, he served for two decades as a U.S. Navy officer, managing IT programs for the Department of Defense and applying industry-leading security frameworks.

With advanced degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and Columbia University, Eric combines technical expertise with innovative leadership to protect MassMutual’s digital assets and ensure resilience against evolving cyber threats.

#MillenniumLive: Innovation at the Core: How Mindray is Making Healthcare More Accessible

In this episode of Millennium Live, we’re joined by Maher Elhihi, Vice President of Marketing, Imaging & Corporate Communications at Mindray, a global leader in medical technology. Maher shares how Mindray is on a mission to advance medical technologies to make healthcare more accessible, setting new standards in patient monitoring, anesthesia, and ultrasound solutions. Maher discusses how this mission translates into action across their global operations, from industry-leading R&D investments to a company culture rooted in excellence, collaboration, and meaningful outcomes to redefine healthcare innovation. Additionally, you’ll learn about:

🌍 How Mindray’s North American presence drives innovation on a global scale

🤝 Why partnerships—grounded in trust and collaboration—are central to Mindray’s approach

🔐 Their robust cybersecurity framework and approach to safeguarding sensitive patient data

🛠️ The strategies behind their supply chain excellence and unmatched fulfillment reliability

🌟 What it means to be recognized as a top 4 global manufacturer—and the people behind that success

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About Mindray

Mindray North America is headquartered in Mahwah, New Jersey, and has large field sales and support teams covering the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Clinical education specialists provide your staff with comprehensive, on-site product training and in-service. Our dedicated field service team and in-house technical support organization represent one of the largest direct service teams in the industry. Mindray is fully committed to enhancing patient care while protecting your investment.

Mindray is a focused, innovative, and accessible provider of technologies and solutions for patient monitoring, anesthesia, and ultrasound. It is our mission to set the standard for all others to be measured.

To learn more, visit mindray.com

2025 Email Deliverability Benchmark Report with Validity

Contributed by Validity

How does your email performance stack up?

Our partners at Validity Inc. just released their flagship 2025 Email Deliverability Benchmark Report!

Email remains one of the most effective marketing channels—but only if your messages actually reach the inbox.

With evolving privacy laws, new mailbox provider requirements, and AI-driven shifts, deliverability is more challenging than ever. Validity Inc.‘s latest report dives into why global inbox placement declined in 2024 and what marketers must do to stay ahead.

Key insights include:

Inbox and spam placement trends globally and by region
Industry-specific performance benchmarks
Deliverability nuances across mailbox providers
AI’s unintended impact on email performance
Actionable steps to improve deliverability today

Don’t let your emails go unseen—get the report now!

About Validity

For over 20 years, tens of thousands of organizations throughout the world have relied on Validity solutions to target, contact, engage, and keep customers – using trustworthy data as a key advantage. The Validity flagship products – Everest, Sender Certification, BriteVerify, MailCharts, DemandTools and GridBuddy Connect – are all highly rated solutions for CRM data management, email address verification, inbox deliverability and avoiding the spam folder, and grid CRM applications. These solutions deliver smarter campaigns, more qualified leads, more productive sales, and ultimately faster growth.

For more information, visit Validity.com and connect with them on LinkedIn and X.

Siobhán Mc Feeney, Former CTO at Kohl’s, Keynotes Our Digital Enterprise CIO Transformation Assembly on August 19-20 in Austin!

The Millennium Alliance is excited to announce that Siobhán Mc Feeney, Former CTO at Kohl’s, will keynote our Digital Enterprise CIO Transformation Assembly on August 19-20 in Austin!

Interested in joining this Assembly? Click here to request an invite.

About Siobhán Mc Feeney

Siobhán Mc Feeney served as the Chief Technology & Digital Officer at Kohl’s, where she was responsible for all technology, information, and digital platforms supporting Kohl’s omnichannel business. She joined Kohl’s in 2020 as Senior Vice President of Technology and was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2022, leading enterprise-wide modernization efforts that enhanced digital capabilities and customer experience.

Prior to Kohl’s, Mc Feeney led innovation and strategy at Pivotal Software, helping organizations adopt cloud-native technologies and agile development at scale. She also held senior technology and finance leadership roles at AAA Northern California, where she drove integrated business and technology strategies. Earlier in her career, she worked as an accountant at Deloitte and KPMG Ireland.

With over 30 years of experience across technology, finance, and digital transformation, Mc Feeney was recognized for simplifying complexity, enabling innovation, and delivering customer-focused solutions that fueled business growth.