Rob DeMillo

Rob DeMillo is the CEO of Sophia Space, a company building next-generation orbital computing infrastructure. Sophia Space is pioneering modular, space-based data centers designed to meet the rising demand for AI, edge computing, and secure cloud services in orbit. DeMillo has been a successful entrepreneur since the 1990s, having an impressive portfolio of 7 acquisitions and IPOs out of 9 companies. Prior to founding Sophia Space, he was awarded the position of Chief Technology Officer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in April of 2019, becoming the first CTO in the 80+ year history of the influential architecture and design firm. DeMillo joined SOM after his previous company, Nimble Collective, was successfully acquired by Amazon Web Services in early 2019. Previously, Rob was the CTO of Discovery Digital Networks, a role he assumed following Discovery's acquisition of Revision3. In 2012, DeMillo was named to EContent’s Fabulous 15: The Top Digital Media Influencers, listed alon