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#MillenniumLive: Revitalizing the CFO’s Playbook: The Rise of AI-Driven Financial Intelligence with Terzo

In this episode, Brandon Card, CEO and Co-Founder of Terzo, talks about how enterprise AI is transforming finance and contract management. Drawing on his experience at Microsoft and IBM, Brandon explains how Terzo’s platform helps Fortune 100 companies uncover billions in hidden waste buried in contracts. He also dives into why CFOs are missing huge cost-saving opportunities, the rise of “Service as Software” over traditional SaaS, and what it takes to bring AI into complex enterprise environments. Brandon also introduces Nirvanai, Terzo’s new multi-agent AI advisor that turns contracts, spend, and operations into a unified, real-time source of truth — redefining how enterprises operate at scale.

Brandon Card is the CEO and Co-Founder of Terzo, an AI-powered financial intelligence platform that extracts and analyzes critical data from contracts, invoices, and other financial documents. Before founding Terzo in 2020, Brandon held roles at Microsoft and IBM. Those experiences led him to build a smarter platform for managing supplier relationships and spend.

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About Terzo

Enterprise AI: Contract intelligence | Financial analytics | AI-powered insights. Terzo AI extracts, analyzes, and visualizes your contract and invoice data, empowering you to make data-driven decisions.

Our platform was designed on the foundation of financial intelligence, providing business teams the necessary data to optimize spend, reduce costs, and manage risk and governance across their entire supplier ecosystem.

Terzo has global operations across the United States, Canada, and India.

For more information, visit terzo.ai

#MillenniumLive: AI Won’t Work with Your Bad Job Data: Learn How to Fix It with JDXpert

Everyone’s talking about AI — but few are actually making it work. In this episode of Millennium Live, we sit down with AJ Naddell, Senior Vice President of Product at JDXpert, to cut through the AI hype and talk about what really matters: clean, structured job data. From blockchain buzzwords to broken data pipelines, AJ breaks down the real reason so many HR teams struggle to get value from AI, how to fix it, and how poor data quality costs organizations millions every year.

Key Topics Include:

  • How to clean, connect, and structure your job, pay, and skills data before layering in AI
  • What job architecture really means (and why 50% of enterprises are rebuilding theirs right now)
  • How AI can supercharge job architecture to improve skills mapping, compensation, career pathing, and retention

👉 Connect with AJ and the JDXpert team on LinkedIn or visit jdxpert.com to learn more.

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About JDXpert

JDXpert is the leading SaaS platform for job information management, helping organizations structure and optimize job data to enable smarter hiring, fair and accurate pay, and overall workforce performance.

For more information, visit jdxpert.com

#MillenniumLive: Reclaiming Hidden EBITDA: How MindBridge AI is Powering the CFO’s Central Insights

In this episode of Millennium Live, we sit down with Karthik Manimozhi, Chief Growth Officer at MindBridge AI, to explore how today’s finance leaders can uncover what he calls hidden EBITDA — the untapped profit potential buried deep within enterprise data. Karthik shares how AI is enabling finance teams to move beyond backward-looking scorekeeping toward real-time, strategic decision-making. He dives into why legacy tech investments often trap CFOs in fragmented data systems, how unsupervised and agentic AI are redefining analytics, and what it takes to build a truly AI-ready finance team.

Key Topics Discussed:

  • The evolution of the CFO from scorekeeper to enterprise value architect
  • The role of AI as an “enterprise MRI” for detecting hidden profit drivers
  • How to bridge the gap between AI pilots and enterprise-scale impact

🎧 Tune in to discover how MindBridge AI is helping CFOs turn analytics into advantage— and insights into EBITDA.

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About MindBridge

MindBridge is the global leader in AI-powered financial risk intelligence. Our platform, MindBridge AI™ is enabling finance and audit professionals to build the AI-powered finance department of the future. With over 120 billion financial transactions analyzed with MindBridge’s AI, we set the standard for innovation, scalability, and customer satisfaction.

For more information, visit www.mindbridge.ai

Vince Torres, Chief Marketing Officer at DIRECTV Recognized as Our 2025 CMO of the Year!

The Millennium Alliance is proud to announce that Vince Torres, Chief Marketing Officer at DIRECTV, was honored as our 2025 CMO of the Year at our Transformational CMO Assembly, held October 29–30 at The JW Marriott, Atlanta Buckhead!

See the full list of winners and learn how you could be our next nominee—visit our Awards Page!

About Vince Torres

Vince is a marketing executive with 25+ years of experience driving growth and transformation across the technology, media, and telecommunications industries. He currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer at DIRECTV, where he leads the brand and product transformation of DIRECTV into a modern, customer-centric streaming company.

He has a proven track record in brand strategy, product innovation, and marketing operations, with expertise in customer acquisition and retention, pricing strategy, and digital sales. Vince is passionate about marketing innovation, including building robust MarTech infrastructures to reach new audiences, accelerate digital growth, and deliver cost efficiencies.

Unlock the Future of HR — Join Mercer’s HR Digital Transformation Webinar

Are you ready to reshape the way HR drives organizational success?

Join us for an innovative webinar where Mercer will unveil a first-of-its-kind Operating Model that shifts the focus from activities to outcomes, creating a new blueprint for the future of HR. This session will explore how to break down silos between HR and IT, fostering greater innovation, speed, and agility in today’s evolving workforce—where humans and machines work hand-in-hand.

What you’ll learn:

  • How to shift from activity-based to outcome-focused HR strategies
  • Practical steps to unite HR and IT for faster, more flexible operations
  • The evolving role of HR in partnering with humans and machines
  • A roadmap to transition from rigid structures to a future-ready, agile HR model
  • Tips for maintaining business continuity and demonstrating impact quickly

This isn’t just another webinar—it’s your opportunity to discover a bold, actionable framework that will empower your HR function to lead organizational change and unlock new potential

Breaking the mold: Mercer’s outcome-driven operating model

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time.

Reserve your spot today and be part of the future of HR.

Can’t make it live? No problem! Register to receive the webinar recording and be the first to receive a copy of Mercer’s new outcome-driven operating model “Operating by design – An outcomes model for perpetual change”.

About Mercer

At Mercer, we believe in building brighter futures.

Together, our 25,000 employees in over 130 counties are helping redefine the future of work, reshape retirement and investment outcomes, and unlock real health and well-being.

For over 75 years, we’ve provided trusted advice and solutions to build healthier and more sustainable futures for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Balancing economics and empathy in our approach, we work side by side with you to find solutions to benefit your people and your business. By turning ideas into actions that spark positive change, we help you enrich employees’ lives and careers and drive innovation, progress and performance. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan.

Get to know us better: Click the “learn more” button at the top of the page to discover everything we do to help you meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Follow us on Twitter at @Mercer.

Learn more at www.mercer.com

#MillenniumLive: Redefining Post-Acute Strategy: Smarter Transitions with PointClickCare

Hospitals face mounting pressure to reduce preventable readmissions and avoid costly care gaps — especially during the critical post-acute phase when patients transition to skilled nursing facilities. In this episode, we sit down with Hamad Husainy, Chief Medical Officer of PointClickCare, to explore how health systems are tackling “data black holes,” strengthening SNF partnerships, and embedding AI-driven insights into daily workflows. We’ll break down how predictive risk scoring works, what success looks like under value-based care, and where technology and AI are headed next for post-acute care.

 

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About PointClickCare

PointClickCare is a leading health tech company with one simple mission: to help providers deliver exceptional care. With the largest long‐term and post‐acute care dataset, we power AI-driven healthcare that fuels intelligent transitions, insightful interventions, and financial sustainability. Enhanced by our marketplace of 400+ integrated partners and trusted by over 30,000 provider organizations and every major U.S. health plan, we’re redefining healthcare, so it doesn’t just survive — it thrives.

For more information, visit www.pointclickcare.com

#MillenniumLive: Turning Promise into Practice: The Next Chapter for AI in Healthcare with Signal 1

In this healthcare-focused episode, MillenniumLive had the pleasure to have Mara Lederman, Chief Operating Officer at Signal 1, to unpack a critical question in today’s healthcare landscape: Why is AI adoption slowing down—even as enthusiasm continues to rise?

Mara brings a deep, operational perspective to the conversation, offering insights into how health systems can move beyond pilot projects and scale AI effectively. Mara provides explanation into the nuances between AI governance vs. AI management, as well as actionable advice on how to lead responsibly without slowing innovation. For healthcare leaders, navigating the complex path of AI deployment can be extraordinarily challenging, but helping health leaders unlock its full potential across their organization is what Signal 1 does best.

Key Topics Include:

  • Why so many AI tools stall after pilot phase
  • How health systems can adopt portfolio-level oversight for AI
  • The biggest misconceptions around managing AI at scale
  • What effective monitoring and oversight look like in practice
  • Lessons from other industries for healthcare AI

Tune in to learn how to go from AI hype… to AI impact.

 

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About Signal 1

Signal 1 helps health systems unlock the value of their AI investments while managing risk. With built-in governance workflows, real-time monitoring, and ROI tracking, we make it easier to adopt AI responsibly—without slowing innovation.
Purpose-built for healthcare and informed by years of experience managing AI at scale in other industries, Signal 1 empowers healthcare organizations to translate innovation into real clinical, operational, and financial outcomes.

For more information, visit www.signal1.ai

Modernizing the Content Supply Chain with EPAM

Contributed by EPAM

As content demands grow, many organizations struggle to scale without sacrificing quality or compliance. Discover how Adobe and EPAM are redefining the modern Content Supply Chain — empowering enterprises to accelerate delivery, strengthen governance, and improve ROI.

What You’ll Learn:

  • How intelligent automation transforms speed and scalability
  • The role of governance in ensuring consistency and compliance
  • How enablement unlocks cross-team adoption and efficiency
  • Real-world results from enterprise modernization success stories

📅 Date: November 11, 2025

Register here

About EPAM

Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments.

We leverage AI and GenAI to deliver transformative solutions that accelerate our clients’ digital innovation and enhance their competitive edge. Through platforms like EPAM AI/RUN™ and initiatives like DIALX Lab, we integrate advanced AI technologies into tailored business strategies, driving significant industry impact and fostering continuous innovation.

We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world.

We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market.

Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as Most Loved Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services.

Learn more at www.epam.com.

Gary Horsfield, Group Supply Chain Officer & Group Category Leader Blade Excellence at BIC Recognized as Our 2025 Supply Chain Leadership & Innovator of the Year!

The Millennium Alliance is proud to announce that Gary Horsfield, Group Supply Chain Officer & Group Category Leader, Blade Excellence at BIC, was honored as our 2025 Supply Chain Leadership & Innovator of the Year at our Digital Supply Chain Transformation Assembly Europe, held October 21–22 at The Marriott Hotel City West in Munich!

About Gary Horsfield

Gary Horsfield is a Global Board Executive and visionary supply chain leader with more than 25 years of multinational and multicategory experience across some of the world’s most respected brands. A British national with a truly international outlook, Gary has lived and worked across Europe, Asia, and Australia—giving him a rare, first-hand understanding of cultural diversity, operational complexity, and global market dynamics.

Throughout his career, Gary has held senior leadership roles at Mars, PepsiCo, Kellogg, William Grant & Sons, and now BIC, where he has served since 2021 as Group Supply Chain Officer and Group Category Leader for the Blade Excellence division.

Renowned for his strategic vision and creative problem-solving, Gary has a proven track record of breaking into new markets, transforming global operations and supply chains, and driving sustainable growth across both public and private sectors. Above all, he is a firm believer in the power of people—championing teams to lead with courage, unlock potential, and shape the future of supply chain with purpose and innovation.

Provider-Guided, Patient First: The Future of Virtual Care with MD Live by Evernorth

Contributed by MD Live by Evernorth

Virtual care has evolved from a nice-to-have to a strategic imperative. And now the future demands more: care that’s integrated, personalized, and provider guided. Explore how you can set yourself up to win in this new era of virtual care, and how our partners at MD Live by Evernorth deliver high-quality, personalized care at scale.

Learn more here.

About MD Live by Evernorth

MD Live by Evernorth is a leading provider of virtual health care services in the U.S. with more than 60 million members nationwide. We work with our health plan, health system, and self-insured employer partners to give patients convenient and affordable access to the highest quality medical and behavioral health care, 24/7, from the comfort and safety of their homes.

With a vision and passion for changing health care for the better, we are working to improve the patient experience, close the patient-provider accessibility gap, and bring providers opportunities to augment the services they currently offer. We imagine a new end-to-end care experience to complement – not replace – the way customers and patients interact with their existing providers to achieve:

• Earlier identification and diagnosis of critical care needs
• Faster and more seamless referrals to high-performing providers, including specialists and behavioral health
• More convenient access to appropriate, affordable sites of service, and pharmaceutical fulfillment

To learn more, visit mdlive.com.