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Elizabeth Park Seattle, WA MBA, Booth McKinsey & Co Accenture Amazon Umbrex member
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Elizabeth Park. I’m an operations consultant specializing in procurement and change management, having worked at both McKinsey and Accenture. I started my career in operations at a global construction and engineering firm before moving into consulting, which shapes how I approach every engagement: practical solutions built around the belief that people make or break a […]

Geoff Orazem Washington, D.C. JD, Harvard Law School McKinsey & Co J2 Ventures Tigris Systems Umbrex member
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Geoff Orazem shares advice on how to avoid common mistakes when looking for government contracts for your business. Land profitable government contracts and make long-lasting relationships with government buyers. Use the right tools and processes to easily discover your niche. It’s easy to get buried under the licensing, registration, and administrative work. Anyone from small […]

Bradley Kiefaber New York, NY MBA, U of Michigan BCG Accenture MIO Partners Umbrex member
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Bradley Kiefaber. I have more than 20 years of experience helping leading hedge funds and alternative asset managers solve complex business and risk challenges. My work has included building enterprise risk capabilities, leading firm-wide strategic initiatives, and designing the systems and processes that support investment and risk decision-making. I work comfortably across investment, technology, operations, […]

Olivier Dallemagne Brussels, Belgium MSc, Louvain BCG Monitor Deloitte Simon-Kucher
Thought Leadership

Olivier Dallemagne tackles the issue of AI pricing mistakes and explains how to improve execution, monetization, and how to avoid false progress. Should AI reinvent your business model—or first help you see the price your customer can actually absorb?” The pressure is back — and the reflex is wrong The biggest AI pricing mistake is […]

Cristine Andrade Leal São Paulo, Brazil MBA, University of Michigan McKinsey Accenture IQVIA pharma, retail, digital, and agribusiness Umbrex member
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Cristine Leal. Cristine is an executive and consultant with 20 years of experience in strategy, business development, GTM and M&A. She has worked across various sectors including pharma, retail, digital, and agribusiness. Cristine has extensive experience in consulting, C-level relations, project management, and corporate governance.

Camille Estime Portland, OR MBA, Stanford BCG Intel Corp Twenty FirstCenturyBrand Estime Consulting & Design
Thought Leadership

Camille Estimé identifies three key stages of the customer experience that are often overlooked. She identifies the three steps that build energy, engagement, and ultimately yield returns in brand advocacy. In 2023, Beyoncé posted a note on her website: a birthday wish for fans attending her remaining Renaissance shows to wear “their most fabulous silver […]

Kamil Dmitrowski Warsaw, Poland MEng, Wroclaw Univeristy of Technology McKinsey Whirlpool Collins Aerospace
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Kamil Dmitrowski identifies the problem of overdesigned and overpriced products and shares how creating a structure that builds habit can overcome the issue. Europe’s competitive potential lies in how we manage cost across functions — not in isolation. Most engineers design for the best specs and features. But very often, it’s more than the customer […]

Jim Williams Vancouver, BC MBA, Kellogg McKinsey & Co FTC Solar Agilent Technologies Umbrex member
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Jim Williams. Jim is a seasoned procurement and product leader with extensive experience in driving product and procurement strategy and execution. He worked at McKinsey & Company for 15 years focusing his time on procurement and product development engagements. Since McKinsey, Jim led the product teams of FTC solar and at Info-Tech Research Group before […]

Geoff Orazem Washington, D.C. JD, Harvard Law School McKinsey & Co J2 Ventures Tigris Systems Umbrex member
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Geoff Orazem. Experienced professional with a background in VC and consulting, specializing in federal market sales and growth strategies, Due Diligence, operational transformation, startup launch, and federal acquisitions & innovation.

Tom Dissing Sydney, Australia MSc, Aarhus University McKinsey & Co Strategy& Gartner
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Tom Dissing shares three themes from the recent IBR Conference panel on Designing a Whole-of-Government Agentic AI & Data Strategy in Canberra. Today I moderated the IBR Conference panel on Designing a Whole-of-Government Agentic AI & Data Strategy in Canberra. One of the things that struck me was how much the conversation around Agentic AI […]

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Thought Leadership

Nicolas Rencoret dives into why many strategies fail to deploy, he identifies the break points, and shares how to bridge the gap between planning and execution. Annual planning produces an impeccable document that operations never opens again. Strategic alignment is the bridge between that document and what your team actually does on Monday morning — […]

Piyush Kamra New Delhi, India PGDBA, Symbiosis Int'l University BCG Accenture Pinnacle Umbrex member
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Piyush Kamra. Piyush is an AI-native procurement leader with over 20 years of experience in procurement leadership and AI tool development. He has a proven track record of building procurement functions and deploying AI-driven sourcing solutions across multiple regions.