Upcoming Events

Roundtable:  Alliance Executives in Transition
Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Time: 7:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: The Vita Companies, Mountain View

The Alliance brings executives who are "in transition" together each month to share their strategies, experience and connections.

Alliance Fall Dinner
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: The City Club, San Francisco

All Alliance members and their guests are invited to attend our Alliance Fall Dinner at The City Club in San Francisco.  Our wine reception and dinner are free for Alliance members and their guests!  We host three “All-Alliance” CEO Dinners throughout the Bay Area to enable our members to get to know their fellow Bay Area leaders.

Reserve your space early.  This is will be a popular event!

Roundtable:  Alliance Family Businesses
Date: Thursday, October 04, 2018
Time: 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: R. F. MacDonald Company, Hayward

The Alliance brings leaders who run companies which include more than one family member together in our Alliance "Family Business" Roundtable. Members in this sector are invited to discuss their challenges in high-level, direct, candid discussions.

Keynote:  Curt Carlson, Founder, The Practice of Innovation
Date: Friday, October 05, 2018
Time: 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara

Prior to founding the Practice of Innovation, Curt Carlson was President and CEO of SRI International. During Curt's 16-year tenure at SRI, its revenue more than tripled and SRI became a global model for the systematic creation of high-value innovations. Carlson is widely sought as a speaker and thought leader on innovation and global competitiveness. He advises U.S. governors, prime ministers, economic ministers, and education ministers around the world on innovation, competitiveness, and educational reform. His book, written with William Wilmot, called Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want was selected by BusinessWeek as one of the top 10 business books for 2006.  Curt will discuss why innovative success is a strategic imperative and why most of your company’s initiatives likely have no value.

Following Curt's keynote, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings at 9:00 am. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

Keynote: Benno Dorer, Chairman & CEO, The Clorox Company
Date: Friday, October 12, 2018
Time: 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Bently Reserve, San Francisco

Benno Dorer is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Clorox Company. Benno joined Clorox in 2005 as vice president and general manager, Glad® Products.  Before joining Clorox, Benno worked for 14 years at Procter & Gamble in various marketing positions across a range of categories and countries, including laundry, home care, beauty care and paper products, in the United States and worldwide.

Following Benno's keynote, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings at 9:00 am. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

Roundtable:  Alliance Executives in Transition
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Time: 7:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: The Vita Companies, Mountain View

The Alliance brings executives who are "in transition" together each month to share their strategies, experience and connections.

Roundtable:  Alliance Software Companies
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Time: 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Jobvite, San Mateo

The Alliance brings leaders of software companies together in our Alliance Software Roundtable. Members in this sector are invited to discuss their challenges in high-level, direct, candid discussions.

CEO-CF: Fall Community Meeting
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2018
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Location: Rome, Italy

Our partner, the CEO Collaborative Forum (CEO-CF), an organization for European CEOs, is again offering the opportunity for Alliance of Chief Executives members to connect and collaborate while experiencing new perspectives, key learnings and unique networking opportunities at upcoming CEO-CF events. This Fall Community Meeting will be held from October 24-26, 2018 in Rome, Italy. 1000€ rate available for Alliance members. Visit www.ceo-cf.com/event/fall-community-meeting-2018-rome/ or contact CEO-CF Member Services, Stephanie d’Argenlieu, at stephanie.dargenlieu@ceo-cf.com for more information.

Roundtable:  Alliance Professional Services
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2018
Time: 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Duncan Channon, San Francisco

The Alliance brings leaders of professional services firms together in our Alliance Professional Services Roundtable.  Members in this sector are invited to discuss their challenges in high-level, direct, candid discussions.

Roundtable: Alliance CyberSecurity Companies
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2018
Time: 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: Bullguard, Redwood City

The world of “cybersecurity” is becoming even more complex and vitally critical so we are inviting Alliance members in the cybersecurity industry to come together to discuss their specific challenges and opportunities.

Roundtable:  Alliance Life Sciences
Date: Friday, October 26, 2018
Time: 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Location: Pliant Therapeutics, S. San Francisco

Alliance members in the life sciences sector come together in our quarterly Alliance Life Sciences Roundtable. Members in this sector are invited to discuss their challenges in high-level, direct, candid discussions.

Tasimba
Date: Monday, October 29, 2018
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Location: This Tasimba program will convene and end at Victoria Falls. The inclusive dates are October 29 thru November 5, 2018.

Alliance members are invited to follow in the footsteps of Alliance Founder & CEO Paul Witkay, Alliance Group Director Lori Bush and Alliance members Kirsten Bay, Matt Clementz and our dear friend Jeremy Tibbets by joining Tasimba – the inspiring African experience that is much more than just a safari!  Led by Alliance Group Director Hugh Coppen who grew up in Africa, and together with a group of like-minded leaders, you will be deeply immersed for an extraordinary week in exclusive occupancy of a luxury safari camp in a vast, private wilderness. Outside of your normal comfort zone, teeming wildlife, pristine nature and world-class visiting experts will open your mind to profound personal growth and self-discovery.  In Paul’s words, “There’s no better experience to gain perspectives on yourself and the entire world than the Tasimba Experience.”  More details are available here. Contact Hugh Coppen or visit Tasimba for more information.

Alliance Holiday Dinner
Date: Thursday, December 06, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Peninsula Golf and Country Club, San Mateo

Join Alliance members and their guests for cocktails and dinner at the Peninsula Golf and Country Club in San Mateo to celebrate the holidays!   Make sure to reserve your space early.  This is always a popular event…and it’s free for all members and their guests!

Keynote:  Alfred Chuang, Co-Founder BEA Systems & Magnet Systems
Date: Friday, February 08, 2019
Time: 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Bently Reserve, San Francisco

Alfred Chuang, who founded BEA Systems in early 1995 with Bill Coleman and Ed Scott, had managed just about every aspect of BEA by the time he became CEO in October 2001. Alfred served in that capacity until BEA was purchased by Oracle in April 2008.  Chuang is currently the CEO of Magnet Systems, a company he founded in 2008 to power the next generation of mobile applications with an open architecture to enable businesses and developers to create more engaging and productive enterprise-class mobile applications.

Following Alfred's keynote, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings at 9:00 am. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

Alliance Spring Dinner
Date: Thursday, May 23, 2019
Time: 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club, San Jose

All Alliance members and their guests are invited to attend our Alliance Spring Dinner at the Silicon Valley Capital Club in San Jose.  Our wine reception and dinner are free for Alliance members and their guests!  We host three “All-Alliance” CEO Dinners throughout the Bay Area to enable our members to get to know their fellow Bay Area leaders.

Reserve your space early.  This will be a popular event!

Keynote: Pat Gelsinger, CEO, VMware
Date: Friday, June 07, 2019
Time: 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Santa Clara

Pat Gelsinger has been serving as CEO of VMware since September 2012, nearly doubling the size of the company during his tenure. He brings more than 35 years of technology and leadership experience.  Before joining VMware, Gelsinger led EMC's Information Infrastructure Products business as president and COO. A respected IT industry veteran, he was at Intel for 30 years becoming the company’s first CTO and driving the creation of key industry technologies including USB and Wi-Fi. He led Intel to be the dominant supplier of the microprocessor – while in the significant role as the architect of the original 80486 processor.

Following Pat's keynote, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings at 9:00 am. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.