Bruce Milligan brings more than 25 years of marketing and communications experience in the technology industry. He served for 13 years as Sr. Vice President of marketing at Citizant, a mid-sized government IT and business services firm, where he also managed internal IT and proposal development.  Before that, he was Sr. Director of Employee Communications for AOL’s corporate services groups, including HR, Legal, Diversity & Inclusion, Finance, and Facilities. Bruce also oversaw internal advocacy for AOL’s brand strategy and compliance programs.

Bruce started his career as corporate communications director for Redgate Communications, the pioneering new media marketing company founded by  
Ted Leonsis, which was acquired by AOL in 1994. While at Redgate, Bruce helped create one of the Internet’s first corporate Web sites and played an instrumental role in creating the world’s first interactive, multimedia CD/online shopping system. Bruce later  served as the senior marketing executive for two Internet startup companies in Research Triangle Park, N.C., and has consulted on interactive marketing, communications, and e-commerce solutions with dozens of business-to-business technology companies of all sizes.

Bruce has advised numerous non-profit organizations on growth strategy, management, marketing, and communications. He is honored to mentor women entrepreneurs through the weVENTURE Program at Florida Institute of Technology. He has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a minor in mathematics from the University of Alabama.