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Joe Sullivan, Former CSO at Facebook, Uber, and Cloudflare, Keynotes Our Transformational CISO Assembly May 6-7 in Fort Lauderdale!

Posted on by Paige Russo

The Millennium Alliance is excited to announce that Joe Sullivan, Former CSO at Facebook, Uber, and Cloudflare, will keynote our Transformational CISO Assembly on May 6-7  at The Omni in Fort Lauderdale!

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

About Joe Sullivan

Joe is the CEO of Joe Sullivan Security LLC, where he advises companies of all sizes, leads security consulting projects, and mentors security leaders. He is also the CEO of Ukraine Friends, a nonprofit organization providing humanitarian aid to children striving to learn and grow in a war zone.

Joe has worked at the intersection of government, technology, and security since the mid-1990s. He spent 8 years working for the US DOJ, eventually 100% focused on technology-related crimes, received national recognition from the DOJ for outstanding service as a federal prosecutor, and worked on many first-of-their-kind cybercrime cases, including supporting the digital aspects of the 9/11 investigation. Joe was recruited to eBay in 2002 to build out their eCrime team, and later took on responsibilities at PayPal.

In 2008 Joe moved to Facebook where he became their CSO. He was recruited from there to join Uber in 2015, to be their first CSO. His experiences at Uber are well documented publicly, for better and for worse, including with a chapter dedicated to his life and time at the company in the bestselling book Super Pumped. After Uber Joe was the CSO at Cloudflare from 2018 through 2022. Joe has testified before the U.S. Congress twice and has long been active in international safety and cybersecurity policy efforts. He served on President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, advised the Department of Homeland Security through both a formal task force and ongoing consulting efforts, and participated in a White House initiative to combat online bullying. Joe was a commissioner on the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, a board member of the National Cyber Security Alliance, and has contributed to several other nonprofit safety organizations. He was also a longtime opening plenary speaker at the Dallas Crimes Against Children Conference. In addition, Joe serves as an advisor to San Jose State University through its CAIC Industry Advisory Board and is a member of the Cloud Security Alliance’s Safe AI Non-Profit Leadership Council.

The Millennium Alliance Celebrates 12 Years of Transforming the Digital Enterprise with Record Growth and Strategic Investment

Posted on by Paige Russo

NEW YORK – March 3, 2026 – The Millennium Alliance proudly celebrates its 12th Anniversary this week, marking a defining year of accelerated growth, global expansion, and strategic advancement for the organization.

Over the past year, the company reached several transformative milestones, including receiving a majority investment from BV Investment Partners, successfully launching several new event brands, and surpassing 200 employees globally, a significant achievement that reflects the scale and momentum of the business entering its second decade.

The strategic partnership with BV Investment Partners represents a pivotal moment in the company’s evolution, positioning The Millennium Alliance for its next phase of accelerated growth, product innovation, and international expansion.

Since its founding in 2014, The Millennium Alliance has remained steadfast in its mission to connect senior-level executives and leading solution providers through highly curated, relationship-driven experiences. What began as an ambitious vision to modernize executive engagement has grown into a global platform delivering value through its Two-Day, Invite-Only Assemblies, Bespoke Executive Dinners, Digital Transformation Online Community, the fast-growing #MillenniumLive Podcast Series, and industry-leading Executive Education programs.

In its 12th year, the company continued to expand its event portfolio with the launch of several new brands, broadening its reach across industries and executive communities. This expansion, combined with disciplined operational growth and continued international development, has solidified Millennium’s position as a category leader in executive engagement.

“No matter how many years pass since Rob and I founded Millennium, each anniversary is incredibly meaningful,” said Alex Sobol, Co-Founder of The Millennium Alliance. “This past year was truly transformational. Welcoming BV Investment Partners as our majority investor, expanding our event portfolio, and surpassing 200 team members worldwide are milestones that reflect both the strength of our platform and the dedication of our people. What excites me most is that we are still in the early stages of what we believe Millennium can become. The foundation is stronger than ever, and the opportunity ahead is enormous.”

As The Millennium Alliance enters its 13th year, the organization remains focused on scaling its global executive network, deepening the value it delivers to members and partners, and continuing to redefine how senior leaders connect, learn, and grow in an increasingly complex digital economy.

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 world renowned 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 is a three-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.

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 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 70+ annual events and Digital Diary Content Platform as well as the rapidly growing Millennium Live Podcast Series.

Esteemed Member Bob Gates Attends Millennium Dinner Hosted by DevRev

Posted on by Nicole Chan

2024 marked an all-around record-breaking year for our Community Dinners program, with just over 100 dinners hosted in 20 cities across North America, but one in particular stood out. On November 20, we partnered with the team at DevRev to welcome top executives from industry-leading companies including Oracle, Thoughtspot, and Outreach at the award-winning El Gaucho in downtown Seattle.

We were especially honored to welcome Dr. Robert Gates, former U.S. Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Dr. Gates joined Dheeraj Pandey, DevRev’s CEO, for an engaging fireside chat and Q&A about the lessons he learned during his nearly twenty-seven years as an intelligence professional. On the heels of a polarizing election, the conversation allowed our attendees to engage with and learn from an accomplished industry leader who served in eight different administrations and is, to this day, the only Secretary of Defense in U.S. history to be asked to remain in that office by a newly elected President.

We are incredibly grateful to Dr. Gates and our partners at DevRev for making this very special dinner possible. This unforgettable evening highlighted the power of collaboration, meaningful dialogue, and the unique experiences that our Community Dinners aim to foster. As we look ahead to another year of building connections and hosting impactful events, we remain committed to bringing together thought leaders who inspire and challenge us to think differently. Thank you to everyone who helped make this milestone dinner an unparalleled success.

To learn more about the Millennium Community Dinners program, click here.

About Dr. Robert Gates

Robert Gates served as the 22nd Secretary of Defense (2006-2011). He is the only Secretary of Defense in U.S. history to be asked to remain in office by a newly elected President. Dr. Gates served eight U.S. presidents across both parties. He has led a distinguished career of service and institutional reform both in and out of government.

Gates began his career at the Central Intelligence Agency in 1966 and spent nearly 27 years as an intelligence professional, including 9 years on the National Security Council. He is the only career officer in CIA’s history to rise from entry-level employee to director. He served as Director of Central Intelligence from 1991 until 1993 and, through the collapse of the Soviet  Union, restructured the intelligence community for a post-Cold War world.

Gates next served as President of Texas A&M University, one of the nation’s largest universities,  from 2002 to 2006. As President, he launched a successful campaign to make Texas A&M one of the nation’s top twenty research universities.

As Secretary of Defense, Gates reversed losing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while preparing the  U.S. military for unconventional warfare and for dramatic reductions in federal spending. Among his many initiatives, Gates championed the production and deployment of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, saving the lives and limbs of thousands of U.S. service members. On his last day in office, President Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. Gates is fondly remembered as the “Soldiers’ Secretary.”

Most recently, Gates served on the NCAA Board of Governors as one of its five independent members. He chaired the board’s committee to rewrite the NCAA constitution. The new constitution marked the first successful bureaucratic restructure since 1996 and dramatically shifted power to schools and student-athletes.

Gates currently is a principal in the strategic consulting firm Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel,  LLC, with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former National Security Advisor  Stephen Hadley, and Aspen Strategy Group Executive Director Anja Manuel.

Gates serves as Chancellor of William & Mary. He is the first William & Mary alumnus in the modern era to serve as Chancellor. He is also the National Chairman of the Eisenhower Fellowships,  having succeeded General Colin Powell in 2018. He is a member of the national executive board of the Boy Scouts of America, where he served as president of the National Eagle Scout Association from 1996-2006 and National President of the Boy Scouts of America from 2014- 2016.

A native of Kansas, Gates received his bachelor’s degree from William & Mary, his master’s degree in history from Indiana University, and his doctorate in Russian and Soviet history from  Georgetown University. In 1967, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air  Force and served as an intelligence officer at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.

Gates has authored four books – Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World, published in 2020; A Passion For Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service, published in 2016; Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, published in 2014; and From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War, published in 1996.

About DevRev

DevRev’s AgentOS, purpose-built for SaaS companies, comprises three modern CRM apps for support, product, and growth teams. It connects end users, sellers, support, product people, and developers, reducing 9 business apps and converging 6 teams onto a common platform.

Unlike horizontal CRMs, DevRev takes a blank canvas approach to collaboration, AI, and analytics, enabling SaaS companies to increase product velocity and reduce customer churn. DevRev is used by thousands of companies in search of low latency analytics and customizable LLMs to thrive in this era of GenAI.

Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, DevRev has offices in seven global locations.

They have raised $100 million in funding from investors like Khosla Ventures and Mayfield at a $1.1 billion valuation. They are also honored to be named on the Forbes 2024 list of America’s Best Startup Employers.

Founded in October 2020 by Dheeraj Pandey, former co-founder and CEO of Nutanix, and Manoj Agarwal, former SVP of Engineering at Nutanix, DevRev continues to push the boundaries of innovation, helping thousands of companies thrive in the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-driven SaaS.

To learn more, visit devrev.ai.

The Millennium Alliance Solidifies A Partnership With GigaOm Across Its Digital Enterprise CIO & Enterprise AI Maturity Assemblies

Posted on by Paige Russo

NEW YORK – May 17, 2024 – The Millennium Alliance, an invitation-only organization for Senior-Level Executives and Business Transformers is pleased to announce its latest partnership with GigaOm across their upcoming Digital Enterprise CIO & Enterprise AI Maturity Assemblies throughout 2024. As part of this partnership, GigaOm will be represented by at least two of their analysts at each of Millennium’s C-Suite CIO & Enterprise AI Maturity assemblies and will be actively involved in the creation of the program content as well.

GigaOm helps today’s business people make sense of the enormous technological changes that are sweeping our world. They do this through webinars, analysis, and industry-leading research. More than 2 million monthly unique readers turn to GigaOm to better understand major technology disruptions and the new business opportunities they are creating.

“We are very excited to partner with GigaOm at our Digital Enterprise CIO & Enterprise AI Maturity Assemblies in 2024. Entering into a partnership with a research firm that prides itself on being able to understand a problem and how to implement the solution, will allow us to serve our CIO & AI members better.” Jessie Weitzer, SVP of Product, The Millennium Alliance

Click here to learn more about Millennium’s robust portfolio of CIO Assemblies.

Click here to find out more about GigaOm.

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 was recently featured on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies. The Millennium Alliance is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan and has European operations in Central City London.

Millennium Expands Its Global Footprint By Opening A London Office To Represent Its European Headquarters

Posted on by Paige Russo

NEW YORK – October 3, 2023– The Millennium Alliance, an invitation-only organization for Senior-Level Executives and Business Transformers is pleased to announce its plans to expand its presence internationally by opening an office in London in March of 2024 that will house its European headquarters. The beautiful new office will be in the heart of London, offering access to a large pool of the nation’s top talent, along with a thriving financial and technology hub, that will be utilized to fuel the continued growth of Millennium.

“After a massively successful 2022 and even more impressive first half of this year, the decision to open an office in London was an essential step in our growth strategy,” said Rob Davis, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, of The Millennium Alliance. “Our community has made it clear that they have a strong desire to tap into the vast number of business opportunities that the European market has to offer, and this expansion represents an opportunity for Millennium to meet these needs by replicating the world’s leading peer-to-peer Senior Executive Programs that our team is known for.” 

As the leader in B2B executive-level events, and also being recognized by the Inc. Magazine as one of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies, Millennium has had the privilege of working with some of the world’s leading brands such as AWS, Verizon, Google, and Microsoft, in addition to so many others. Millennium is currently working with over 75% of the Fortune 100 list. Having an international presence will allow Millennium to provide an even more elite level of support to existing partnerships as well as cultivate new strategic relationships in Europe. 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 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 was recently featured on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies. The Millennium Alliance is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan.

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