The First Mile with MetaRouter
by MetaRouter
Creating Winnable Moments at the Speed of Now with Mike Danley Acxiom
About this podcast
Unpacking data tales, triumphs, and tiny disasters, one mile at a time. The First Mile is a podcast from the MetaRouter team that explores the most critical stretch of the customer data journey: the first mile. Each episode dives into the technologies, strategies, and stories shaping how enterprises collect, govern, and activate data at scale.
From identity resolution to AI-driven personalization, from privacy-first infrastructure to the evolution of retail media, The First Mile brings together industry leaders, innovators, and practitioners to discuss how to turn data into a durable competitive advantage.
Whether you’re a marketer, data engineer, or privacy leader, this is where the conversation begins, all in the first mile.
Episodes
- Creating Winnable Moments at the Speed of Now with Mike Danley Acxiom · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail Customer decisions are increasingly made in the moment, but many brands still rely on fragmented signals, disconnected identities and data that arrives too late…
- From Data Sharing to Governed Intelligence with Adrian Bolosan from Databricks · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail Modern data collaboration promises to help organisations work together without repeatedly copying, moving or exposing sensitive information. But while the…
- AI Gets Powerful When Understanding Drives Action In The Moment · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail AI doesn’t start with algorithms. It starts with data flow. In this episode of the First-Mile Podcast, we sit down with Patrick Harrington, Head of AI & Machine…
- Second-Gen Retail Media, It's No Longer Just A Nice To Have · 25 minSend us Fan Mail Retail media is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s a core growth system. In this episode, Second-Gen Retail Media: It’s No Longer Just a Nice to Have, we sit down…
- Systems, Signals & The Future of Data · 40 min · Season 1Send us Fan Mail Data shouldn’t be a black box, or a blame game between platforms. In this episode, we go straight to the core problem: tracking everything exactly once, and why…
- From Chat to Checkout: MetaRouter and the Rise of Agentic Commerce · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail What happens when shopping moves from websites to conversations? In this episode of The First Mile Podcast, host Dom Burch sits down with Patrick Harrington…
- From SEO to GEO: How AI Is Rewriting Discovery and the Power of First-Party Data · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail Discovery has moved from links to conversations, and that shift is rewriting how customers find, evaluate, and buy. We sit down with Patrick Harrington, head of…







