Introducing The 2021 Millennium Alliance Advisory Board

Following an action-packed Advisory Board kickoff meeting last week, The Millennium Alliance is thrilled to introduce our 2021 Advisory Board and welcome the six new members that joined the 25 returning Board Members. In order to maximize executive education and digital transformation for our network of executives, we rely on the Advisory Board to be the eyes and ears of industry and academia and contribute their insights. They provide thought leadership, contribute research and articles, attend and speak at our Assemblies, provide agenda and content recommendations, innovate new ideas for Millennium, and much more. The Advisory Board is a community in and of itself, and it has fostered many powerful connections among its members over the years, creating endless opportunities for collaboration.

Created in 2017, The Advisory Board is a group of world-renowned industry leaders and visionaries who are tasked with providing invaluable input and expertise. The Board’s main task is to ensure that The Millennium Alliance continues to deliver the highest level of Education, Transformation, and Leadership to our members.

Here you will find the full list of The Millennium Alliance Advisory Board Members, and below you can read about our newest members!

Ashish Atreja

Ashish Atreja, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., A.G.A.F., oversees UC Davis Health’s expansion of its digital relationships with patients and with other hospitals, bridging the gap between IT, academia, research, and innovation as “Digital Davis” becomes a global hub for digital health. Prior to his UC Davis Health appointment, Atreja, a gastroenterologist, served as the chief innovation officer for the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. At Mount Sinai, Atreja established one of the first innovation hubs within an academic medical center to build and test disruptive digital health technologies – those that transform the industry. Atreja is credited with coining the term “Evidence-based Digital Medicine (EBDM),” and is often referred to as “the app doctor” for his work in pioneering digital therapeutics and prescribing mobile health apps for patients. Atreja has held key positions in many professional organizations, including in the American Gastroenterological Association and American College of Cardiology. He supported large-scale patient outreach programs during the COVID-19 pandemic through national and international coalitions and was recently nominated among the Top 40 HealthCare Transformers. In addition to a medical degree, Atreja holds a master’s in public health and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Michelle Bottomley

Michelle Bottomley is an experienced, c-suite executive for Fortune100 companies who has played a leadership role in transforming some of the most iconic & legacy brands and businesses across a variety of industries. As Chief Marketing Officer, she has led customer-centric growth as the global marketing leader for Barclaycard, Mercer, Staples, and New York Life, building capabilities and teams who have delivered results in professional services, financial services, and retail. She serves on boards where digital transformation, branding, e-commerce, customer experience, and growth are priorities. She recently founded the Modern Marketing Exchange, an e-learning platform, to help growth champions succeed. Michelle has received industrywide recognition for her work, including New York’s Most Influential Women in Marketing by Agency Spotter, Working Mother of the Year by Advertising Women of New York, Marketing 50 by World 50, Marketing Hall of Femme by Direct Marketing News, and a Woman to Watch by AdAge. Michelle is an NACD Governance Fellow and serves as an independent director for the Bose Corporation, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and Own the Room, a communications training organization.

Jean-Pascal Chauvet

JP Chauvet is a Director at Deutsche Bank and CTO of Equities Technology, based in New York. In this role, JP drives the technology strategy and architecture governance across the main businesses that form the bank’s Equity franchise: Equities Trading, Equity Derivatives, and Prime Services. Previously, JP held various roles in New York and Tokyo at both Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers, including Chief Architect of Equities, Head of Equities Core Trading Development, and Head of AsiaPac Trading System Development. JP holds a Master in Electronics and Computer Science from ESIEE (Paris, France) and an Advanced Degree in Japanese Linguistics from Hiroo Japanese Center (Tokyo, Japan).

Paul Connelly

Paul Connelly is Vice President and Chief Security Officer for HCA Healthcare, the largest private sector healthcare provider in the US. He leads a program that combines Cyber Security, Privacy, Information Governance, and Physical Security to protect the company’s 185 hospitals, 1400 outpatient clinics, 275,000 employees, and 35 million patient care encounters each year. Paul oversees a team of 165 subject matter specialists in Nashville, 60 regional leaders across the US and UK, and approximately 2500 facility security officers. Paul is an innovator who saw an opportunity for synergy and efficiency and developed the business case to persuade Company leadership to bring Cyber Security, Privacy, Physical Security, and Information Governance together into one team in 2012. He started as an information security analyst at the National Security Agency in 1984, spent nine years as Information Security Officer at the White House, and six years as a partner leading an information security audit and consulting group at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Shelly Glenn

Shelly Glenn joined Florida Cancer Specialists (FCS) in 2012 and leads their marketing, community outreach, physician recruitment, FCS Foundation, and referral base management initiatives. Also, Shelly is the Chief Marketing & Sales Officer for American Oncology Network, LLC. Prior to joining FCS, Shelly was Vice President of Marketing & Sales for Vantage Oncology, a radiation oncology organization based in Atlanta, GA. While at Vantage, she was responsible for developing and implementing strategies to increase patient volume as well as the profile of the company. Shelly was formerly the Chief Administrative Officer for Park ‘N Fly and previously held positions with increasing sales and marketing responsibilities at The Care Group, Roche Professional Service Centers, and Sandoz Nutrition. Shelly received a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Lehigh University, as well as a Global Leadership designation from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Sue Murphy

Sue Murphy RN BSN MS currently serves as the Chief Experience Officer at UChicago Medicine. Sue is a qualified leader with expertise in hospital operations, patient experience, staff development, and change management. Her significant accomplishments are in the areas of operational efficiency, patient throughput, and a leader in the ANCC Magnet Journey. Sue is an award-winning speaker, author, trainer, and coach. Her high energy and passion for leadership development along with patient and employee engagement has influenced both patients and employees at UChicago Medicine to pursue the journey of excellence.

#MillenniumLive on Human Empowered Cybersecurity

We’re happy to be joined by two renowned thought leaders on this episode. #MillenniumLive welcomes Marc Dupuis, from the University of Washington, and Karen Renaud, from the University of Strathclyde. Learn all about how these academics began working together, and the research they’ve been conducting over the years, which focuses on the idea that fear tactics are not the best approach for employers in cybersecurity. Instead, taking a human-centered approach could be a strong solution in strengthening the cybersecurity workforce.

Listen to the podcast episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

Marc Dupuis

Marc Dupuis received his Ph.D. in Information Science at the University of Washington in 2014, with an emphasis on Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, and his M.S. in Information Science at UW in 2011. Dr. Dupuis also earned a Master of Public Administration at UW, and a M.A. in Political Science at Western Washington University. Dr. Dupuis taught as a Lecturer in Information Technology and Systems at UW Tacoma, where he was honored as a 2015 Distinguished Teaching Award nominee.

In the classroom, he emphasizes not only technical content, but also the professional development of the student, including how they interact with each other, presentation skills, communication, responsibility, and accountability.

Karen Renaud

Karen Renaud is a Scottish Computer Scientist and Chair of Cybersecurity at Abertay Universitu. She was educated at the Universities of Pretoria, South Africa and Glasgow. She has made contributions in the fields of usable security, technology adoption, email usage, electronic voting and design patterns.

She has been a visiting lecturer in Darmstadt, and at the University of the Western Cape. She was on a secondment to the Scottish Business Resilience Centre working with SMEs to improve resilience to Cyber Attack, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering (2015-2016). In 2016-2017 she was a Fulbright Cyber Security scholar at Mississippi State University, working with Merrill Warkentin.

Dr. David Shulkin Keynotes Our Healthcare Payers & Providers Assembly!

We’re honored to have Dr. David Shulkin, Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, keynote our Healthcare Payers & Providers Virtual Assembly on April 20-21, 2021. In the midst of a historic and turbulent year for healthcare, Shulkin has a proven track record of digitally transforming health care management – something he refers to as “one of the high priests of patient-centered care”. His areas of focus include: AI, Behavioral Health, Bundled Episodes of Care, Consumer Engagement, Genomics, Home Health, Opioid Addiction, Private Equity, Remote Monitoring, Robotics, and of course, Telehealth.

In this Keynote Address, Shulkin will address lessons from Washington DC for the private sector and what we can learn from the largest health care delivery system in the country. If you’re interested in joining this keynote session, go here to RSVP!

About Dr. David Shulkin

David Shulkin, M.D., is Ninth Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Prior to serving as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Shulkin was the leader of the largest integrated health care system in the United States as the VA’s Under Secretary of Health. He has also served in CEO roles for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Temple University Hospital and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital. Shulkin received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and is a board-certified internist. He completed an internship at Yale University School of Medicine and a residency and fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center.

Healthcare Innovation Starts Here

Digital Transformation involves ongoing exploration by today’s leaders, and our best advice is to not trek the journey alone. Our Healthcare Providers & Payers Virtual Assembly coming this April is set to be a groundbreaking opportunity for leaders to virtually connect on the current trends & challenges the industry is facing amid COVID-19. Our assemblies are virtual for the time being, but you can still expect the same high-level discussion & networking as a Millennium onsite experience. Go here to RSVP!

The Millennium Alliance Celebrates Seven Years Of Helping To Transform The Digital Enterprise

NEW YORK – March 18 2021 – This month, The Millennium Alliance celebrates its 7th Anniversary. It has been the most challenging twelve months to date, but with great challenge also comes great opportunity. Since its founding in 2014, The Millennium Alliance has always been committed to guiding their members through good times and tough ones as well, which is why Millennium was eager to push through the disruption that rocked almost every industry just one year ago.

For our events business, the cancelling of in-person assemblies left Millennium with the question of how to create new ways to maintain a sense of community among its members and technology partners when frictionless communication was more important than ever. This led The Millennium Alliance to successfully mimic its two day in-person assembly model with the launch of a portfolio of virtual offerings, including its Educate & Engage Virtual Platform, as well as Two-Day Virtual Assemblies. These new offerings have perfectly complimented Millennium’s existing digital portfolio, including The Digital Diary Content Platform, the rapidly growing #MillenniumLive Podcast Series, as well as industry-leading Executive Education Opportunities. These Virtual Assemblies started off as a quick solution in response to unforeseen circumstances, but have quickly evolved into an innovative way to expand Millennium’s network, form new partnerships, and reach C-Suite executives from all across the country from the convenience of their home office.

“As we celebrate our Anniversary, it’s truly rewarding to look back on just how much we as a company have accomplished since Rob and I founded Millennium seven years ago. In what was a tough year for not just our industry, but for the entire country, I am incredibly appreciative for each person on our team, our members, our partners, and thought leaders who have supported us and helped to elevate our company to new heights over the past year. The best is yet to come and I am fully expecting our 7th year to be Millennium’s most successful one yet.” Alex Sobol, Co-Founder, The Millennium Alliances

ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM ALLIANCE
Headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, The Millennium Alliance is a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm. Focusing primarily in areas such as business transformation, executive education, growth, policy, and need analysis, Millennium is quickly becoming one of the most dynamic locations for collaboration across the world.

We provide a framework for Fortune 1000 C-Level executives, leading public sector/government officials, and thought leaders across a variety of disciplines, to meet their peers, understand industry developments, and receive an introduction to new technology and service advancements to help grow their career and overall company value. With a constant thirst for a conversation that has real value, it is our duty to provide a platform for all leaders to further develop in an ecosystem of innovation and knowledge so all parties can continue to shape the real purpose of business: to make things efficient and worthwhile.

#MillenniumLive on Data Privacy with SecurityScorecard

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State of Secrets Sprawl on GitHub – 2021

Our partners at GitGuardian have been scanning every single public commit made on GitHub for secrets since 2017, and they are now releasing their findings in the most comprehensive study on secrets sprawl ever conducted.

The community that has been built around GitHub, the Octoverse as it has become to be known, has been fundamental in changing how we use and build open-source components and software. Today there are more than 50 million developers using GitHub, 60 million repositories created in a single year and over 2 billion commits, the size of the Octoverse is outstanding.

GitHub today has become a place for developers to showcase their work and contribute to the millions of projects that form much of the building blocks modern software development is built upon. With such a vast resource of data publicly available, as you may imagine, there is also a huge number of sensitive data that is unknowingly or accidentally pushed to the platform, namely secrets like API keys, credentials and other digital authentication strings. These secrets can be used by attackers to gain access to infrastructure, systems and PII. When these secrets are distributed through multiple systems and services it creates a problem we collectively call secrets sprawl. Because code is so widely distributed through GitHub and because git keeps a complete record of a repository’s history, a public repository is arguably the worst place for a secret to end up.

How big of a problem is secrets sprawl on public GitHub? This has been very difficult to accurately quantify, until now!

Download the report here

David Sable Shares How Clubhouse was Built on the Shoulders of Giants—and Why it Matters

As originally published by David Sable on LinkedIn. Subscribe to the newsletter!

Clubhouse is booming and Twitter and Facebook have taken note and are chasing after it.

For those unfamiliar with this most recent (and hippest) of social media tools, allow me to borrow a description shared by the New York Times last month:

“[Clubhouse is a] social networking app that lets people gather in audio chat rooms to discuss various topics, whether it’s sports, wellness, art or why Bitcoin is headed to $87,000. Rooms are usually divided into two groups: those who are talking and those who are listening (participants can see a list of everyone who is in a conversation, and the numbers sometimes run into the thousands). Unlike Twitter, Clubhouse is a closed, hierarchical platform: A moderator oversees discussions and has the ability to let someone chime in or to kick out the unruly. In addition to the ‘clubs’ sorted by topic, two or more users can join together and start their own chat room.”

Audio-only programming has been on the rise with the ever-growing popularity of Podcasts and their commercialization, together with channel-like content aggregation.

Lest you think this new concept of audio was sprung upon us ex nihilo, allow me to deconstruct its creation and popularity.

It’s actually a fascinating study in de-evolution—and instructive in understanding how to play and conquer this seemingly new medium of engagement.

Let us go back a century, to November 1920, when the first commercial radio station emerged in Pittsburgh USA. Its inaugural broadcast, interestingly enough, was to report the results of the Presidential election between Harding and Cox.

Back to this narrative…

What was created for news and information, soon learned how to entertain and educate. Hatemongers like Father Coughlin became adept at spewing racist vitriol on radio, amassing 30 million listeners at his height in the 1930s—far more than most of the Twitter followers of his spiritual descendants today.

And then came WWII, when Winston Churchill taught the world just how powerful a positive force radio could be, as Franklin Roosevelt and others followed suit.

Radio was a commercial success, used by consumer brands and services to sell their wares. And when highways expanded, and the world took to the road, drive time radio became one of the most important communication channels of its time. Keep that in mind. Don’t lose the thought…you’ll see why in a few paragraphs.

Hold on to the following as well: what for my parents was an experience that needed a physical platform and a plug-in power source, became, for my generation, a statement of freedom and individuality as transistor radios, powered by batteries, proved an important lifestyle accessory, as DJs (the critical influencers of the day) told us what music was hot and who was doing what.

Then the Digital Age hit. The Internet, “immersive experiences,” (ask someone my age about listening at night with an earphone under your covers, if you want to know about subversive immersive), and of course, the everything-else-killer: video. After all, why just listen if you can watch?

But here is the thing…100 years ago, we started with radio and ended up streaming blockbuster movies onto screens in our homes. And now we are going from those screens back to radio. Contrary to what communications prophets of the late twentieth century may have believed, cinema and radio are complimentary, symbiotic, existing side-by-side as opposed to struggling against one another, and they have both been successful because of differing use cases.

Your smartphone is the super-evolved transistor radio of my youth—you carry it everywhere, it’s a lifestyle accessory, you can use hi-def headphones/AirPods (not like the single earbuds we once had), and yes, you can watch video, but you can also talk, interact, groove to music, shop, etc. And yet, audio, as in ‘radio,’ is still clearly an important and powerful part of its foundational DNA.

Drive time, so critical in my youth, has expanded with walking/ running/ shopping/ chilling/ commuting, making it a 24-hour on-demand opportunity that exponentially expands listener engagement.

And much like audiences in the UK discovered in 1924, when a local radio station began having people call in, “listeners enjoyed the novelty of hearing their own voices taking part.” So successful was it then, that the Post Office, who controlled the phone system, had to intervene as radio call-ins nearly shut down the entire grid. Sound familiar?

Why do I tell you all of this?

I don’t believe we will fully use or develop Clubhouse, or a platform like it if we don’t understand its true origins.

Better yet, think on this: in a world where we are so sure that everything has to be released at once, on-demand, when we want it, Clubhouse operates like old-fashioned radio broadcast.

You have to watch it in real-time. You must opt-in, listen before they let you talk, and—my favorite thing—the session ends at its advertised time.

Clubhouse, like podcasts and streaming radio, defies the DIGIBABBLE pundits at the same time it makes brilliant use of digital technology. To make it work, you really need to understand people and their motivations, not unlike 1924 England, updated for our digital world of today.

“The Era of Audio Creators Has Arrived,” a New York Times piece by Taylor Lorenz, tells the story of Clubhouse and the businesses it’s spawning—a good read to get grounded in where it’s all headed.

Yet, I can’t help but wonder, as I muse on the amazing past that brought us here, the following quote which concludes Lorenz’s article:

“Part of what we want to do is not just create a model of how audio can be transformed…but also make a push forward for creator-driven culture so that this culture isn’t being shaped by the platforms and technologists, but the artists and creatives and talent.”

I wonder what Winston Churchill would say to this, or the original radio jockeys who first reported on the Harding election, or the first listeners who participated in call-ins, or the brands that built their businesses…or the on-air theaters and concerts that once invaded people’s imaginations with early audio…

Ex nihilo? Don’t think so.

Arrived? More like finally returned.

Although Thomas Edison believed that, “the radio craze will die out in time,” Hallie Flanagan, a theatrical producer, director, playwright, and visionary once said…Listen:

“The power of radio is not that it speaks to millions, but that it speaks intimately and privately to each one of those millions.”

Kudos to the founders of Clubhouse for tapping into this truth. A word to the wise: let the DIGIBABBLE Brigade think they created audio, get your hands on some of the most creative work ever done, even if it was so last century, and beat them to the punch.

What do you think?

P.S. a little gift for all…

Your Assembly Recap: Transformational CMO & Retail

Contributed by Katie Perry and Elizabeth Radziul

The Transformational CMO & Retail Virtual Assembly wrapped up last week, and it was a hit. Our C-Suite members discussed digital marketing strategy, changing consumer behavior, and the trends that will stick around in 2021.

Lessons Learned from Our Keynote Speakers

On day one of the Assembly, Millennium Alliance Advisory Board member and Co-Founder and CEO at Bell + Ivy, Cynthia Johnson, sat down for a fireside chat with Karina Kogan, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Product Marketing at Peloton. They discussed Peloton’s journey to turning the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity for change. When the country shut down on March 15, Peloton had to immediately pivot. They applied Peloton’s “members first” mentality by launching their 90 day free trial on the Peloton app to promote wellness during an unprecedented time. Karina went on to explain how this led to exponential growth in membership and their following. The challenge at first was awareness, but through word of mouth and the free trial, Peloton raised enough awareness for the app to accelerate growth for Peloton, paving the way for future digital transformation.

Day two began with a Keynote Panel led by Dawn Lerman, Professor of Marketing and Executive Director, Center for Positive Marketing, Fordham University on the disappearing role of the CMO. Panelists included Ashish Agarwal from Humana, Michael Challinger from Wilton Brands, Carolyn Pollock from Tailored Brands, Helen Vaid from Yum Brands (Pizza Hut), and Samantha Wu from Facebook. The consensus was that the CMO role is not going away completely, but it is changing significantly. As brand loyalty and consumer relationships become more important and digital and eCommerce grow, the CMO must work closely with Chief Brand Officers, Chief Experience Officer, Chief Digital Officer, and other executives to act as an advocate for the consumer.

Engaging Discussions with C-Suite Executives and Thought Leaders

Jason Lambert of Anheuser-Busch InBev led a workshop on digitally transforming centuries-old companies. Customer journey research is essential when undergoing digital transformation. It is also important to eliminate pain points and elevate positive points of the traditional customer experience model when creating a digital model.

Next, Lauren Beckstedt, Chief Marketing Officer at Brunswick Corporation discussed how digital experience can drive conversion. She made the point that consumers are willing to pay more for convenience and ease, which is creating waves in the luxury space. Nurturing engagement and leveraging data in your cross-business commercialization is the key to delivering stronger conversion.

Jaina Wald, Vice President of Marking at Puratos Corporation discussed how consumers have had many behavior shifts amid COVID-19. Jaina and her colleague, Meg Schneider, Associate Manager of Insights & Training, shared how emotions played a large role in these shifts. Social isolation inspired creativity, but in turn changed how people purchased, especially in the baking industry. There was a change in generation brand dependency and a boom in eCommerce as technology advanced. Additionally, consumers still want to indulge, but in small ways such as a donut. All in all, consumers want brands that care about social movements.

For the next workshop, Edwin Wong from Vox Media talked about how journalism will play a role in the rebuilding of society as we know it. While media is polarized, most people believe that we are more similar than we are different. The trouble is figuring out now to navigate away from “polarizing media” and create trustworthy journalism. He notes that brands play a role in shaping these narratives, and brands that stand for social responsibility build long-term equity, especially among the younger generation. Consumers expectations for change are increasing, and brands that can keep up will be successful.

The final session of the Assembly was led by Raghu Iyengar, Professor at The Wharton School. He tackled the topic of subscription programs, which include media subscriptions, replenishment subscriptions, curation subscriptions, and exclusive benefits subscriptions. For this session he focused on premium benefits subscriptions, which offer exclusive benefits to members, but also sell to non-members. Some factors to consider are the causal impact of a program on behavior, heterogeneity of customers, and which benefits have an effect on business.

What’s New From Our Solution Providers?

Sutherland

Donna Tuths from Sutherland led a workshop on online reviews and consumers’ trust in reviews as opposed to traditional advertising. Reviews can provide insights on how to improve your business, and good reviews can lead to increased sales. Some ways to make the most of your customer reviews include showing reviews and ratings on your product site, prioritizing review requests for products with a low volume, and responding and engaging with customers on their reviews.

Iterable

Garin Hobbs from Iterable discusses Customer Loyalty and Personalization from the execution side, which involves bringing together the perfect pairing: customer and experience. Customers are more connected and cognizant than ever. They are exploring, judging, and expecting more, so brands must learn how to deliver. Four areas of focus are required to connect with the customer and increase loyalty: the right person, the right message, the right time and the right preferences. He notes that brand affinity should dictate messaging in order to deliver the personalized messages that will increase loyalty.

Fizz

Ted Wright, CEO of Fizz, led a discussion on the benefits of “word of mouth” marketing. 15% of every conversation includes a branded product or service, and conversation is what drives sales in North America today. It is important to find brand advocates, or better yet, have them find you. Advocates like to try new things, share stories with friends, and are intrinsically motivated. They engage in conversations that are relevant and efficient, and are drawn in when brands tell meaningful stories that are worth sharing.

The Winner of The Millennium Mission Prize Goes to…

Sabrina Cherubini!

The Millennium Alliance will donate $1,000 on behalf of Sabrina Cherubini, VP Marketing, Customer Strategy, Ann Taylor & LOFT, to the charity of her choice, Feeding America. This award is part of The Millennium Alliance’s new initiative, The Millennium Mission, in which we donate to charities such as AdoptAClassroom.org, Feeding America, The Miracle Walk, the U.S. Coronavirus Emergency Response, and others on behalf of the most engaged attendee for each event. We are excited to make a donation in Sabrina Cherubini’s name!

Don’t miss out on the next Marketing & Retail Assembly! Join us on May 25th for our Transformational CMO & Retail Virtual Assembly. Go here to RSVP.

Zooming Into 2021: The Digital Diary E-Magazine

We are thrilled to share that the latest edition of the Digital Diary E-Magazine, “Zooming Into 2021: Predictions & Insights from Today’s Leaders”, is out now! This edition focuses on what we’ve learned from the past year and what is to come in 2021. Thought leaders and industry experts continue to pave the way to digital transformation despite all of the disruption the Cybersecurity, Digital Enterprise, Healthcare, & Marketing industries have faced.

In this E-Magazine, our Thought Leaders share their insights and predictions for the year to come, Sharen Jester Turney, Former CEO of Victoria’s Secret answers your questions, we chat with Data Innovator of the Year, Craig Brabec, David Sable shares his words of wisdom in a disrupted world, Denise Lee Yohn discusses brands to watch in 2021, and more.

Go here to download the E-Magazine

#MillenniumLive with our Data Innovator of the Year, Craig Brabec!

The Millennium Alliance announced its first Data Innovator of the Year Award at the Digital Enterprise CIO & Data Transformation Virtual Assembly and it belongs to Craig Brabec, Vice President, Chief Data Analytics Officer at McDonald’s. This #MillenniumLive episode features Craig and our Advisory Board member, Sean Ammirati, discussing Craig’s career in technology, data-driven pivots in the midst of COVID-19, and the latest developments in artificial intelligence & data science. Craig also answers questions from our C-Suite members on how he’s building his team in the midst of a competitive climate for data scientist recruitment, how data fits into his initiatives for innovation, and what excites him about the future of digital enterprise.

Listen to the podcast episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

About Craig Brabec

As McDonald’s Chief Data Officer, Craig is helping to define and infuse data across the global enterprise. He is creating the roadmap to identify the team, technology, process and culture change required for enabling enterprise data transformation, establishing best-in-class data strategy and governance and evangelizing these changes throughout McDonald’s.
Most recently, Craig was the Director, Global Data Insights & Analytics within Ford Motor Company. In this role, Craig provided the executive office, product development, manufacturing, global supply chain, finance, human resources and business units with data insights to enable better decision making for the enterprise.

Craig has more than 25 years of experience working in corporate strategy and data analytics as well as manufacturing, construction, IT, supply chain and management consulting. He has a proven track record of driving value creation, growth and business performance. Prior to Ford, Craig was the first Senior Vice President, Data Analytics at McKesson Corporation, leading analytics for the Fortune 5 company worldwide.

Craig also served as the first Chief of Analytics for Caterpillar. Leadership at Caterpillar included roles in strategy, IT, 6 Sigma, and supply chain. Prior to that, Craig was part of Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy and Operations practice. Craig also served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps.

Craig serves on professional councils focused on advanced analytics and digital transformation. He is an advocate and mentor for the advancement of STEM programs across the globe, including USFIRST Robotics. Craig has an MBA from the University of Illinois, a BS in Industrial Engineering from Purdue and is a licensed professional engineer. Craig and his family currently reside in Michigan.