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🎙️ Millennium Live: Where the Leaders of Today are Transforming the Digital Enterprise The Millennium Alliance Podcast offers Fortune 1000 C-Level executives, leading public sector/government officials, and thought leaders across a variety of disciplines a unique and exclusive platform to present opportunities to their peers, share industry developments, and tell the story of their career and overall company value. Headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, The Millennium Alliance is a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm. Focusing primarily in areas such as business transformation, executive education, growth, policy, and need analysis. Millennium is quickly becoming one of the most dynamic locations for collaboration across the world. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

  1. 6월 15일

    Episode 369 | Stop Renting Your Customer Relationship: The Case for Owning Last-Mile Delivery

    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 network, Jake has built a career at the intersection of technology, commerce, and operational excellence. He shares lessons from building delivery infrastructure at Uber Direct, explains why retailers are increasingly reclaiming ownership of the customer experience, and explores how modern delivery orchestration is transforming everything from beauty and home improvement to time-sensitive B2B parts fulfillment. Jake also dives into Burq's AI-powered orchestration platform, Pulse AI, and how intelligent dispatching, real-time exception management, and proactive customer communication are helping retailers improve reliability without simply adding more delivery capacity. Jake offers his perspective on the future of retail logistics, why reliability is emerging as a stronger loyalty driver than speed, and what retail leaders need to understand as the industry shifts from carrier expansion to AI, data, and orchestration. More about Jake and Burq: Jake Stein is VP of Retail Growth at Burq, where he leads enterprise expansion across retail and distribution. He joined Burq from Uber Direct, where he ran Retail across the U.S. and Canada, partnering with national retailers to embed delivery directly into their native ecommerce experiences. Before last-mile, Jake spent two decades in online travel, leading global partnerships and distribution strategy working with top lodging brands. Across 25+ years of leadership, his work has lived at the intersection of technology, commercial strategy, and operations. Burq is a last-mile delivery infrastructure platform that gives businesses access to a broad carrier network all in one place. Powered by Pulse AI, Burq delivers the intelligence and flexibility to optimize every delivery, from execution to customer experience. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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  2. 4월 30일

    Episode 364 | Health Plans Need Help, Now: Breaking Free From Systems & Silos Holding Down Plan Performance

    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 faces. Clay shares 4L's approach to transforming performance, emphasizing interconnected workflows, breaking down costly silos, and how 4L’s partnership with Booz Allen combines advanced AI, cybersecurity, and large-scale delivery expertise to modernize healthcare ecosystems. The episode also introduces the 4L Health Plan Performance Suite—an integrated platform designed to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enable truly high-performing health plans. About the Guests: Christina is a seasoned executive leader with over 30 years of experience driving healthcare transformation across commercial plans, federal programs, provider contracting, and digital health innovation. As CMS Market Lead and Federal Healthcare Payer Practice Lead at Booz Allen Hamilton, she collaborates with federal payers (CMS, the Department of Veterans Affairs, TRICARE, and the World Trade Center Health Program) to spearhead impactful change at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Previously, Christina held leadership roles at WellDoc, Kaiser Permanente, and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, bringing innovative mobile apps to market to improve health outcomes, managing multimillion-dollar portfolios, and fostering payer-provider collaboration. Known for her operational expertise and strategic vision, she is adept at addressing complex healthcare challenges while uniting payers, providers, and policymakers to create sustainable solutions. Clay serves as CEO and Chairman at 4L Data Intelligence ™. He has helped in launching over 500 new healthcare brands and has co-founded multiple healthcare technology companies. Clay is also a partner in the Visionary Venture funds. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Octane, a Southern California non-profit economic development organization that has helped early-stage tech and med-tech companies raise over $5.9 billion in funding. He holds a BA degree from Vanderbilt University. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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  3. 4월 20일

    Episode 363 | The AI Pivot: Re-Architecting for Token Economics and the Road to 2027

    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—a leader at the forefront of helping enterprises navigate one of the most profound shifts in modern IT: the transition from buying software, to buying intelligence. In this episode, Jason shares insight into the real-world challenges enterprise leaders are facing right now: - How to strategically shift AI workloads away from expensive foundational models and toward open-source and small language models—without disrupting developer velocity - Why the orchestration layer—the “Enterprise Harness”—may matter more than the model itself, and how that changes long-term investment strategy - How to manage the rise of “Shadow AI” while still enabling innovation across the business - What governance, sovereignty, and accountability actually look like in hybrid, multi-cloud environments - And why “Day 2” operations—scaling, securing, and maintaining AI systems—may be the biggest blind spot for organizations today Jason also unpacks how CIOs are balancing multicloud complexity, avoiding vendor lock-in, and modernizing infrastructure—while still moving fast enough to stay competitive in an AI-first world. And of course, we’ll explore how Nutanix is helping enterprises turn GenAI from experiment into real, scalable business value—and what’s coming next on the road to 2027. As one of Nutanix’s early pioneers, Jason contributed significantly over 8 years to the company's early success before embarking on broadening his professional skills and experiences. During his 4 years away from Nutanix, Jason led sales for both a SaaS multi-cloud networking company as well as an early generative AI startup. After leading the startup from seed through A Round, he returned to Nutanix at the beginning of 2024 to run the Nutanix Enterprise AI line of business. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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🎙️ Millennium Live: Where the Leaders of Today are Transforming the Digital Enterprise The Millennium Alliance Podcast offers Fortune 1000 C-Level executives, leading public sector/government officials, and thought leaders across a variety of disciplines a unique and exclusive platform to present opportunities to their peers, share industry developments, and tell the story of their career and overall company value. Headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, The Millennium Alliance is a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm. Focusing primarily in areas such as business transformation, executive education, growth, policy, and need analysis. Millennium is quickly becoming one of the most dynamic locations for collaboration across the world. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.