Millennium Live | A Leadership & Discovery Podcast

How can retailers turn the data they already have into smarter decisions, more effective merchandising, and real business value from AI? In this episode of the Millennium Live Podcast, we sit down with Jeff Buck, CEO of Robling, to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of retail analytics, retail data strategy, and AI-powered decision-making. With decades of experience building retail analytics companies, Jeff shares why he returned to the industry to launch Robling in 2018, helping retailers transform retail data into actionable insights that support smarter, faster business decisions. and what he believes retailers need to do differently to unlock the value of their data. Jeff discusses why organizations continue to struggle with disconnected data, overwhelming dashboards, limited customer visibility, and legacy systems that all stand in the way of better decisions. Jeff also explains how AI can empower merchants with actionable insights while keeping human judgment at the center of critical buying, assortment, and merchandising decisions.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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 auditability, measure ROI, and empower teams to focus on higher-value strategic work. Listen now and discover where AI is delivering real results today and how CFOs can take practical steps to accelerate AI adoption across their organizations. Also catch Matthieu at the Transformational CFO Assembly in Austin, Nov 4-5.More about the guest: Matthieu Hafemeister is the co-founder and CEO of Concourse, the platform where enterprise finance teams build production-ready AI agents. Before Concourse, he was on the fintech investing team at Andreessen Horowitz and led growth at Jeeves, where he saw firsthand how much of the finance function still runs on manual work. Concourse has raised ~$20M from Standard Capital, a16z, CRV and Y Combinator, along with angel checks from CFOs at companies including OpenAI, Cursor, Vercel and Carta. Today Concourse works with 100+ finance departments, from high-growth companies to Fortune 500 teams like Palo Alto Networks, deploying alongside them with a team of ex-CFOs and forward-deployed AI engineers.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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 confident decision-making. Elli also look at what it really takes for health systems to implement this kind of solution without adding another disconnected tool to an already complex technology environment.And like we do on so many of our episodes, we’ll look ahead: What could cognitive care look like five years from now if health systems get this right—and what does that mean for patients?The Millennium Alliance | #millenniumlive | #cognitivehealthHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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 examines the rise of AI-enabled attacks, shortcomings in threat detection, workforce readiness, accountability for autonomous systems, and why foundational defenses may matter more than an AI-vs.-AI arms race. He also introduces the “Principle of Least Agency” and shares a practical 90-day sequence leaders can use to move from AI governance uncertainty toward meaningful action.Reference Links: https://www.sans.org/white-papers/2026-sans-ai-survey-insightshttps://www.sans.org/mlp/2026-ai-security-maturity-model-ebookChris Cochran is the Field CISO and Vice President of AI Security at the SANS Institute, where he stands at the intersection of frontier AI innovation and real-world cybersecurity defense. A Marine Corps veteran and former leader at organizations like Netflix, Mandiant, the U.S. House of Representatives, Axonius, and NSA, Chris has spent his career translating complexity into clarity, whether guiding organizations through emerging AI threat landscapes, pioneering defensive AI workflows, or shaping the next generation of AI-security practitioners. His work blends deep operational cyber experience with cutting-edge research in AI governance, model risk, multi-agent systems, and adversarial AI, positioning him as one of the few leaders equally fluent in shaping AI strategy and securing it. Known for his storytelling, community leadership, and ability to distill fast-moving technical shifts into actionable insight, Chris is helping build the future where AI systems are both powerful and safe.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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 Amaral, VP, Marketing, Docket join Millennium Live to talk through the latest developments in B2B go-to-market. The conversation goes beyond the hype around AI agents to examine how an the Inbound Demand Agent can engage prospects, qualify intent, use trusted company knowledge, Sales Knowledge Lake™ at Docket, and hand off to sales when a human is needed. Arjun and Gary also challenge the traditional MQL model and discuss what happens to marketing and sales roles when the first inbound interaction is no longer handled by a form or a rep.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.