#MillenniumLive: Maximize Customer Satisfaction, Minimize Operational Costs with RELEX

We kick off this week on #MillenniumLive podcast with the market-leading supply chain & retail planning platform. help retailers and consumer brands unify their planning, from demand and merchandise to supply chain and operations, for maximum customer satisfaction at the lowest operating cost. Rich Kurhajetz, Lead Field Strategist at Relex, joins the podcast with over 20 years experience spanning demand planning, forecasting, operations, merchandising and buying from analyst to lead roles. He is driving financial improvement, inventory reduction, and cost reductions across retail, grocery, CPG, and distribution customers in North America. In this episode, Rich explores the ways RELEX utilizes machine learning and AI to support today’s dynamic and evolving supply chain, the role of real-time data analysis predictive analytics in foreseeing capacity challenges, and the benefits of retailer-supplier collaboration as a solution to capacity constraints. Rich also discusses how RELEX is leading the way to CO2 and waste reduction, creating a more sustainable supply chain.

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About RELEX

RELEX Solutions helps retailers and consumer brands drive profitable growth across all sales and distribution channels by maximizing customer satisfaction and minimizing operative costs. Their market-leading, unified supply chain and retail planning platform helps retailers and consumer goods companies align and optimize demand, merchandise, supply chain, and operations planning across the end-to-end value chain. They drive record-high product availability, increased sales, improved sustainability, and the best return on investment in inventory, space, workforce, and capacity.

To learn more visit: https://www.relexsolutions.com/

Chris Winton, Former CPO at Tesla and Fedex Keynotes our Transformational CHRO Assembly February 27-28, 2024!

The Millennium Alliance is excited to announce Chris Winton, Former Chief People Officer at Tesla and Fedex will keynote our Transformational CHRO Assembly at The Omni Barton Creek in Austin February 27-28, 2024!

Interested in joining this Assembly? Click here to request an invite.

About Chris Winton

Chris Winton is a distinguished C-suite executive renowned for his expertise in leveraging digital technologies to transform business models and create valuable opportunities. With a multifaceted background encompassing Information Technology (IT) and Human Resources (HR), Winton possesses a rare skill set that spans across various domains. His extensive experience in Talent Acquisition, Compensation strategies, Organizational Effectiveness, Leadership Development, and Corporate Culture Shaping has earned him a reputation as a strategic leader capable of driving organizational success. Chris’s innovative approach to blending IT and HR functions has led to groundbreaking advancements in the way businesses operate and adapt to the digital age.

Throughout his career, Chris has consistently demonstrated his ability to identify and capitalize on emerging digital trends, thereby reshaping conventional business paradigms. His keen insights, coupled with a deep understanding of human capital dynamics, have empowered him to navigate the complex landscape of modern businesses successfully. Chris’s track record is highlighted by a series of achievements where he has effectively harnessed digital technologies to drive business growth and enhance operational efficiency. His strategic vision and hands-on approach have not only transformed businesses but also positioned him as a thought leader in the intersection of technology and human capital management.

With a passion for innovation and a relentless drive for excellence, Chris continues to make significant contributions to the corporate world, inspiring others with his visionary leadership and transformative initiatives.

Five Reasons Why You Need Cloud Investigation & Response Automation with Cado Security

Contributed by Cado Security

With more than 60% of corporate data currently stored in the cloud, cloud computing has influenced a true renaissance in how we manage and deliver applications and services. The appeal of migrating to the cloud is clear – greater speed, agility, flexibility, cost savings, and more. However, digital transformation also poses new security challenges — especially when it comes to forensics and incident response.

This white paper covers five reasons why you need Cloud Investigation and Response Automation to ensure your organization is equipped to efficiently understand and respond to cloud threats.

Read the full whitepaper here.

About Cado Security

Cado Security is the provider of the first cloud forensics and incident response platform. By leveraging the scale and speed of the cloud, the Cado platform automates forensic-level data capture and processing across cloud, container, and serverless environments. Only Cado empowers security teams to respond at cloud speed.

To learn more, visit cadosecurity.com.

#MillenniumLive: The Courage To Think BIG

To kick off this week of Digital Supply Chain Transformation, we welcome a partner that’s empowering breakthrough innovations, to Millennium Live. Milliken develops everything from new molecules to new products that protect first responders, help wounds heal faster, protect our food, and make environments healthier. Joining the podcast is Darren O’Connor, Senior Client Lead and Shawn Smith, Director of Client Development – NA at Milliken. Together they discuss how the recent global shift in supply chain dynamics impacted traditional SC model, especially the increase in e-commerce and consumer demands for faster delivery. They also tackle how Milliken dealing with the current supply chain challenges and the steps they take to understand client requirements & opportunities.

Darren has worked for Milliken & Company for over 17 years, starting as a Product/Process Improvement Engineer in Milliken’s Automotive Division, holding roles as a Process Improvement Leader & Site Leader supporting the organization with health & safety, Performance/Operational Excellence. As a Senior Client Lead, Darren partners with organizations at all levels in the strategic and tactical implementation of Leadership, Health & Safety, Supply Chain and Performance Excellence.

Shawn has worked for Milliken & Company for over 15 years. He started as a Product and Process Improvement Engineer in Milliken’s textile division. He has held many different positions within multiple Milliken manufacturing sites. After his role as a PPI Engineer he held many positions such as, Production Leader, MPS Specialist, Senior Production Leader, PPI Manager, and Supply Chain Leader. Shawn’s role as an MPS Specialist at the Columbus, NC site was instrumental in developing it into a model site for the company and helping the new PSbyM (process solutions by Milliken) business create its initial education material.

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About Milliken & Company

Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leader whose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow’s breakthroughs today. From industry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, they create products that enhance people’s lives and deliver solutions for customers and communities. Their commitment to driving change for more sustainable outcomes is at the core of everything they do.

Their innovative capabilities can help people solve challenges. Their extensive portfolio includes thousands of patents varying in a diverse range of applications across industries including textile, specialty chemical, flooring and healthcare businesses. Milliken knows that the best ideas are born by empowering the brightest people. That’s why they give their teams the tools they need to imagine world-changing solutions and then realize their vision. They focus on insights and innovation to develop everything from new molecules to new products that protect first responders, help wounds heal faster, protect food, and make environments healthier. At Milliken, we make products that make people’s lives better.

At Milliken, they foster a culture of integrity and excellence, encouraging their talented team of curious minds to push boundaries and uncover new possibilities. Together they strive to positively impact the world around for generations to come.

Millennium Expands Its Global Footprint By Opening A London Office To Represent Its European Headquarters

NEW YORK – October 3, 2023– The Millennium Alliance, an invitation-only organization for Senior-Level Executives and Business Transformers is pleased to announce its plans to expand its presence internationally by opening an office in London in March of 2024 that will house its European headquarters. The beautiful new office will be in the heart of London, offering access to a large pool of the nation’s top talent, along with a thriving financial and technology hub, that will be utilized to fuel the continued growth of Millennium.

“After a massively successful 2022 and even more impressive first half of this year, the decision to open an office in London was an essential step in our growth strategy,” said Rob Davis, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, of The Millennium Alliance. “Our community has made it clear that they have a strong desire to tap into the vast number of business opportunities that the European market has to offer, and this expansion represents an opportunity for Millennium to meet these needs by replicating the world’s leading peer-to-peer Senior Executive Programs that our team is known for.”

As the leader in B2B executive-level events, and also being recognized by the Inc. Magazine as one of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies, Millennium has had the privilege of working with some of the world’s leading brands such as AWS, Verizon, Good, and Microsoft, in addition to so many others. Millennium is currently working with over 75% of the Fortune 100 list. Having an international presence will allow Millennium to provide an even more elite level of support to existing partnerships as well as cultivate new strategic relationships in Europe. To see even more of the powerful partners that Millennium is working with, check out their packed calendar of assemblies and digital transformation online community.

For more information or to get in contact with The Millennium Alliance directly, contact
info@mill-all.com..

ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM ALLIANCE

This all started in 2014 when our founders, Alex Sobol & Rob Davis, decided to create the most intimate, high-level & exclusive in-person and online think tank for leaders in a wide variety of industries within both the private and public sectors: The Millennium Alliance. Since its founding, Millennium has built a strong reputation nationwide, now with thousands of engaged Members, and was recently featured on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies. The Millennium Alliance is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan.

Building upon its award-winning conference and executive education businesses, today, The Millennium Alliance continues to stay connected with its C-Suite Members and partners through intimate In-Person and Virtual Assemblies, industry-leading Executive Education Opportunities, and by providing exclusive industry insights from the nation’s leading academics, business leaders, and technology providers via our 50+ annual events and The Digital Diary Content Platform, as well as the rapidly growing #MillenniumLive Podcast Series.

#MillenniumLive: Power Your Innovation with Lightbend

This week the #MillenniumLive welcomed a partner with a prominent goal: solve the challenges to support the most business-critical initiatives. Lightbend provides the core technologies that enable developers to easily build high-performance, scalable cloud native microservices and API’s.

Alec Cross, VP, Business Development, is responsible for leading the Lightbend Partner Network and growing strategic relationships with the world’s leading System Integrators (SI) and Hyperscalers. Alec discusses the benefits of cloud native applications and how to bring digital strategies to life. He has over 25 years of experience helping customers solve their most challenging business problems with the practical implementation of software.

Listen on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, and Google Podcasts.

About Lightbend

Lightbend simplifies the challenges of building globally distributed, cloud-native applications. They provide development teams with cutting-edge technology and expertise to create resilient microservices that effortlessly scale and process data for crucial real-time decisions and personalized customer experiences. Say goodbye to back-end complexity and long lead times that hinder business progress, and embrace a faster path to success.

To learn more, visit lightbend.com.

Our Partners at Cado Security Named 2023 SINET16 Innovator

Contributed by Cado Security

Over the past few years our partners at Cado Security have embarked on an incredible journey to redefine incident response for the cloud. Times like these fill them with joy, reminding them that while pioneering a new category is a relentless uphill climb, it’s all worth it.

The Cado team was recently recognized by SINET and selected as one of the sixteen most innovative and compelling companies in the world.

This prestigious award recognizes only the top 16 most innovative cybersecurity companies worldwide and it is truly an honor to be recognized.

Learn more in this article from Cado Security.

About Cado Security

To learn more, visit cadosecurity.com.

The Millennium Alliance Builds On What’s Been A Great 2023 By Scheduling 70+ Events In The U.S. Alone Next Year, Including 4 New Event Tracks

NEW YORK – September 27, 2023 – To cap off what’s so far been the best year in its nearly ten-year history, The Millennium Alliance has formalized its plans to add four powerful new event tracks to its growing portfolio of 70+ C-Suite Assemblies in 2024. These new additions directly reflect Millennium’s commitment to expanding its available offerings to members and customers and include:

Transformational CRO Assembly: Taking place in June, this event is designed to address the evolving CRO role to help them navigate the challenges of tomorrow that sales leaders will encounter in the years to come.
MedTech Innovation & Transformation Assembly: Taking place in June, this event is designed to address the unique pain points of today’s C-Suite MedTech leaders.
Transformational Talent Attraction & Development Assembly: Taking place annually in June, this event is designed specifically for the heads of talent acquisition and will be co-located with Millennium’s flagship CHRO Assembly.
Enterprise AI Transformation Assembly: Taking place starting in Q4 co-located with each of our main event brands and will deliver members with the same high-level networking and educational opportunities as our existing event tracks. These new AI tracks include:

✔️ Enterprise AI Supply Chain Transformation Assembly

✔️ Enterprise AI Marketing Transformation Assembly

✔️ Enterprise AI Security Transformation Assembly

✔️ Enterprise AI Maturity & Transformation Assembly

✔️ Enterprise AI HR Transformation Assembly

✔️ Healthcare AI Transformation Assembly

“It’s exciting to continue to see our portfolio of offerings evolve as we continue to dedicate each day to better serving our incredible community. It’s also thrilling to know that this is only the beginning of our expansion, as we have additional growth plans on the horizon for 2024 a beyond. We’ve recognized through the unprecedented demand for our Assemblies this year that we need to not just continue to give our partners what they’re asking for, which is a 100% in-person product, but also an expanded portfolio of events. – Alex Sobol, Co-Founder, The Millennium Alliance

With the addition of these new event brands, Millennium has set its sights on following up what’s been a massively successful 2023 so far, with an even bigger year in 2024. Their strategic expansion comes as a way to better service its thousands of members across North America.

Click here to view the Full 2024 Assemblies Calendar.

For more information or to get in contact with The Millennium Alliance directly, contact info@mill-all.com.

About The Millennium Alliance

The Millennium Alliance is a leading technology and business educational advisory firm with the sole mission of helping to transform the digital enterprise. Through our executive education platform, peer-to-peer learning model via our senior-level Assemblies, exclusive research projects conducted with Ivy League academic institutions, and our numerous digital properties, we have become a trusted source for real-world tangible learning and engagement opportunities for senior executives and their technology partners.

This all started in 2014 when our founders, Alex Sobol & Rob Davis decided to create the most intimate, high-level & exclusive in-person and online think tank for leaders in a wide variety of industries within both the private and public sectors: The Millennium Alliance. Since its founding, Millennium has built a strong reputation nationwide, now with thousands of engaged Members, and was recently featured on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies. The Millennium Alliance is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan.

Building upon its award-winning conference and executive education businesses, today, The Millennium Alliance continues to stay connected with its C-Suite Members and partners through intimate In-Person Assemblies, industry-leading Executive Education Opportunities, and by providing exclusive industry insights from the nation’s leading academics, business leaders, and technology providers via our 50+ annual events and The Digital Diary Content Platform, as well as the rapidly growing #MillenniumLive Podcast Series.

Physician Insights: What’s Needed to Improve Prescribing Workflows with Arrive Health

Contributed by Arrive Health

Providers often lack the tools needed to have informed conversations with patients about which medication options are covered and which are the most affordable.

Our partners at Arrive Health commissioned a survey of outpatient prescribers to understand the effectiveness of their current prescription decision support technologies and what information they want at the point of care.

Download the whitepaper to learn:

What data is used when making prescribing decisions
How current decision support tools assist (or impede) patient conversations around cost
What the future of informed prescribing looks like

About Arrive Health

Arrive Health is the leading provider of integrated solutions that improve patient affordability and access to care. They collaborate with premier health systems, pharmacy benefit managers, payers, and healthcare IT vendors to clear the way for better health.

Arrive Health offers a combination of real-time prescription benefit technology, prior authorization workflow tools, and automated patient engagement capabilities. More than 300,000 providers leverage our solutions to find lower-cost medication options, reduce friction throughout the healthcare journey, and enable adherence for 300M patients across the US.

To learn more, visit arrivehealth.com.

#MillenniumLive: Save 10 Minutes on Every Incident with Generative AI with BigPanda

Generative AI shows incredible promise, particularly when it comes to explaining complex terms in natural language. But can AI help ITOps teams struggling to keep up with a flood of incidents that demand their attention? In this podcast, Jason Walker, Chief Innovation Officer at BigPanda discusses the current state of generative AI, how to best apply AI to ITOps to get real value, and the importance of clean, enriched data for reliable results. The discussion highlights why generative AI is becoming a necessary tool to make incident response faster, more accurate, and more consistent than humans can achieve alone.

From starting his career as a United States Marine Corps helicopter pilot to becoming the CIO of BigPanda, Jason Walker brings skill and professionalism to any situation regardless of scale, speed, or complexity. Jason is driven to help customers accelerate their AIOps journey by leveraging BigPanda’s practical applications to enhance operations performance and ignite transformative growth. He previously served as Chief Customer Officer, and as CTO, for BigPanda. Previously, Jason spent ten years at Activision-Blizzard, leading Blizzard’s IT operations transformation to support multi-product, always-online global gaming services with an AIOps-driven centralized OpsCenter. His positive experience as a BigPanda customer at Activision-Blizzard convinced him to join the company in 2020

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About BigPanda

BigPanda is a data science platform for automating IT event correlation, which helps IT, NOC and DevOps teams detect & resolve critical issues 90% faster. We help IT teams keep up with the explosion of scale & complexity in their data centers, by using data science to correlate massive amounts of daily IT alerts from fragmented clouds, applications, services and servers, and automatically turning them into actionable insights.

For more information, visit: http://www.bigpanda.io.