Millennium Live | A Leadership & Discovery Podcast

We're excited to welcome Matthieu Hafemeister, Co-Founder & CEO of Concourse, on MillenniumLive to discuss what AI transformation actually looks like inside the finance function, why trust has to come before speed, and where CFOs should start. Drawing on his experience in fintech investing and operations, Matthieu shares how finance leaders can deploy AI agents to automate workflows, build trust through governance and auditabil...

Elli Kaplan, Founder & CEO at Neurotrack, joins the podcast to talk about what’s changed over the last two years, the growing cost of inaction, and why a cognitive screener alone may not be enough. Elli shares how Neurotrack is going beyond a score to create a broader cognitive care enablement platform—one designed to bring together the clinical context clinicians need, fit into existing workflows, and support confi...

AI adoption in cybersecurity is accelerating—but is governance keeping pace? In this Millennium Live episode, Chris Cochran, Field CISO and Vice President of AI Security at SANS Institute, is here to explore the widening gap between how quickly organizations are adopting AI and how prepared they are to secure, govern, and challenge it. Drawing on insights from the 2026 SANS AI Survey and AI Security Maturity Model, Chris exam...

What if the biggest untapped opportunity in B2B isn’t generating more traffic—but actually having a conversation with the people already visiting your website? Nearly all B2B website visitors leave without ever speaking to someone, and in this episode, we have leadership from our partners at Docket to address why that problem has persisted and whether AI agents can finally change it. Arjun Pillai, CEO, Docket and Gary A...

Most people hear “electrification” and think of electric cars. But some of the biggest opportunities are happening in a much less visible place: the forklifts moving goods through warehouses and distribution centers. In this episode, we explore the hidden technology and cost gaps surrounding industrial material-handling equipment (MHE). JF Marchand, Marketing Director at UgoWork, examines why many fleets are still relyi...

Skills-based hiring, skills taxonomies, and AI-powered talent strategies are transforming HR—but there’s a foundational problem many organizations are overlooking: skills are only useful when they’re connected to a clear, governed job architecture.

In this episode of Millennium Live, we welcome back AJ Naddell, SVP Product at JDXpert, to explore why organizations are struggling to turn their growing skills data int...

Over the past two years, enterprises have invested heavily in AI pilots, copilots, and large language models. Yet for many organizations, the journey stalls before delivering meaningful business impact. So what separates the companies successfully deploying AI at scale from those still stuck in proof-of-concept mode? We’re joined by Angela McNeal, Co-Founder and CEO of Thread AI. And In this episode, Angela shares why the ind...

Consumers increasingly discover products through creators—and AI-powered search engines have surfaced as trusted voices - and could be leading the way brands earn attention and drive purchases. With change always coming so fastJoining us is Nicki Seaborn, Head of Creator Product at Later, where she helps some of the world's leading brands build creator strategies that don't just generate engagement—they drive measurable...

As organizations increasingly rely on AI to inform product development, marketing, and customer experience, we bring you the organizations that are truly delivering an impact. Today, we're joined by Chad Reynolds, CEO and founder of Vurvey Labs, a company removing the barriers for human collaboration and helping artificial intelligence better understand how people think, feel, and make decisions. Vurvey is certainly taking a differ...

Video has become a critical business tool for marketing, internal communications, sales enablement, and customer engagement - but many organizations still struggle to produce enough high-quality content to meet growing demand. In this episode of the Millennium Live Podcast, we sit down with Chad Lakin, Senior Vice President of Growth at Shootsta, to explore how organizations can build a scalable video strategy efficiently. 

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In this episode of Millennium Live, Jake Stein, VP of Retail Growth at Burq, joins the podcast to discuss why last-mile delivery has become one of retail's most important competitive advantages. Jake has spent more than two decades helping some of the world's most influential technology companies scale growth, operations, and customer experience. From past experiences at Expedia's travel marketplace to Uber's global logistics netwo...

n this episode of Millennium Live, resilience, perspective, leadership, and the human side of healthcare remind us that the best care goes far beyond treatment alone. Beau Barron, SVP of Growth at STAT Wellness, joined the podcast to share a deeply personal journey through healthcare - navigating cancer treatment as an osteosarcoma survivor, and now helping scale a patient centered wellness company nationwide. Beau walks us through...

In this #MillenniumLive conversation, Lisa Cole of 2X joins The Millennium Alliance to discuss the operating-model shift modern CMOs need to make as expectations accelerate and traditional resource models break down. Drawing from The Limitless CMO, Lisa will unpack why marketing leaders are being asked to deliver more pipeline, more personalization, more speed, and more AI-enabled efficiency - often without the budget or headcount ...

In a world where organizations are drowning in fragmented AI tools, expensive pilots, legacy software, retrofitted language models, and unclear ROI, TheNoah.ai says there’s a radically different way forward — one that is full-stack, zero-code, pre-trained, vertically ready from day one, powered by thousands of AI agents, and designed to dramatically reduce costs, deployment time, manpower dependency, compute requirement...

In March 2026, Yext surveyed 1,120 US consumers on how they find local businesses across Google, AI tools, social media, and review platforms. The findings are clear: AI adoption is on the rise, and the customer journey is now fragmented across more channels than most brands are managing. This episode breaks down what changed, where consumers place their trust, and what it takes to stay visible when customers are searching everyw...

Guests Clay Wilemon from 4L, and Christina Hedge from Booz Allen, break down why health plans are under more pressure than ever, and explore the challenges driving financial losses across both commercial and government-backed plans. They discuss what “health plans” really encompass today—from commercial insurers and TPAs to CMS programs and the VA, highlighting the unique operational and financial hurdles each fa...

For decades, enterprise IT was built around predictable models: seat-based SaaS, fixed licensing, and relatively stable consumption patterns. But today, we’re entering a world driven by tokens, inference costs, and dynamic AI workloads—where every query, every model call, and every decision has a price tag attached to it. We’re joined by Jason Langone, Senior Director of Global AI Business Development at Nutanix&m...

The way brands get seen and chosen has changed. Algorithms, retail media platforms, and AI-powered recommendations are deciding what shows up before a human even starts shopping. And with decisions being made faster than ever, the space for storytelling is shrinking. In this episode, Christi Geary, EVP and Head of Agency at AMP, joins Millennium Live to talk about what it really takes to grow a brand in today’s digital-first,...

On this episode of Millennium Live, we’re diving into one of the most urgent and misunderstood challenges in modern medicine: cognitive health and dementia care. As populations age, clinicians and health systems are grappling with how to recognize cognitive decline earlier, support families more effectively, and build care models that truly meet patients where they are. Dr. Aaron Greenstein, Medical Advisor at BrainCheck and ...