6 × 6lock Podcast

What does it actually mean to put planning first — before compliance, before tax prep, before anything else? John Mark Prewitt , CPA and Founder and Managing Member of Cohesion , joins Mike Langford and Todd Sorrel for a conversation that every founder, operator, and private markets leader needs to hear. John Mark built Cohesion around a simple but rare idea: that the most valuable thing an accoun...

What happens when a $64 million wire is ready to go out the door and you can't verify the account it's going to? Jeff Wilkinson has lived that moment — not once, but repeatedly — as the founder and CEO of two community banks he built from scratch and grew past $1 billion in assets each. Jeff just closed the sale of Keystone Bank to Third Coast Bank in January 2026. Days before this recording, he s...

What if the biggest threat to your firm's next capital call isn't a hacker — it's a nation-state intelligence operation running enterprise-grade AI? On this episode of the 6 x 6lock Podcast, Mike Langford and Peter Steppe are joined by Vivek Ahuja , Director of FinTech & Financial Institution Partnerships at Persona — the identity verification platform that powers 6lock's KYC, KYB, and fraud p...

Alex Du dropped out of Stanford GSB five months before graduation to become employee #1 at Column . Six years later, he's COO of a nationally chartered bank that's rebuilding banking infrastructure from scratch. In this episode, Alex and Todd Sorrel (CEO of 6lock ) dive deep into what it takes to build a championship culture in an industry that's never been known for it. From owning 100% of your i...

What is finance, really? Britt Harris gave an unforgettable answer on the Scholars of Finance podcast — finance isn’t the most important industry, but it is the lifeblood of every other one. That idea kicks off one of the most wide-ranging, wisdom-packed conversations in 6 × 6lock Podcast history. Britt Harris is the founder of On Eagles Wings Advisors and a 6lock advisor. He is the only investor...

When everyone told Oliver Freigang that automating waterfall calculations was impossible, he saw an opportunity. After his employer rejected the idea, Oliver and his co-founder Gregor bet their own money that they could solve one of private markets' most complex-and most broken-problems. That bet became Qashqade , a Swiss fintech now protecting billions in fund distributions from the kind of error...

The private credit market has exploded to over $4 trillion in assets — but the infrastructure behind it hasn't kept pace. Most firms are still moving billions of dollars using the same manual, high-risk processes that were built for a much smaller, slower market. On this episode of 6 × 6lock, hosts Mike Langford and Todd Sorrel (CEO & Co-Founder, 6lock) sit down with Stanton Ray , Head of the...

The threat landscape for private markets has changed — dramatically and fast. And the firms that don't realize it yet are the ones most at risk. On this episode of 6 x 6lock, host Mike Langford and Peter Steppe , Chief Security Officer at 6lock are joined by Stacey Cameron , CISO at Halcyon — former Information Systems Security Officer at the Department of Homeland Security, founder of CyCam Strat...

Private equity and venture capital firms move billions of dollars every year — and most of them are doing it in ways that haven't fundamentally changed since the days of the telegraph. Wire fraud, business email compromise, and sophisticated deepfake attacks are exploiting the very trust that private markets run on. And the bad guys are winning. In this inaugural episode of the 6 × 6lock Podcast,...

6 x 6lock | A Secure Money Movement Podcast for Private Markets Get a preview of what's coming on 6 x 6lock — the podcast built for senior leaders across private equity, fund administration, treasury, security, and fintech. Each episode features six focused topics, six minutes each, with guests who are shaping the future of private markets. Upcoming guests include Stacey Cameron (CISO, Halcyon), S...