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Jay Jagatheesan Miami, FL MEng, M.I.T. McKinsey & Co Ernst & Young PwC
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jay Jagatheesan. A former McKinsey expert and engagement manager focused on post merger integrations, divestitures and supply chain strategy. A former McKinsey consultant, I have more than a decade of experience in spearheading teams to manage large-scale strategic programs and transformations. I have enjoyed being a jack of all trades […]

Michael Weinstein Los Angeles, CA MBA, New York University Boston Consulting Group Milbank RBT
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Michael Weinstein. Mike has more than 10 years of experience including roles across MBB consulting, biglaw, and with a family office. He spent two years at BCG specializing in private equity due diligence of B2B tech and business services companies (mostly enterprise and legal tech targets), operational strategy and transformation […]

Davide Jarach Milan, Italy MBA, SDA Bocconi BCG Goglio Group Independent Consultant
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Davide Guido Jarach. A summary of Davide’s experience follows. “Performance-driven, strategic thinker and accomplished professional, offering extensive experience in supporting mid to large sized businesses for defining and implementing their growth strategy, their international expansion. Experienced in managing special situations and turnarounds, particularly on finance related and organization issues. Well-versed […]

Jason Alan Forrest New York, NY BFA, Winthrop U McKinsey & Co Product Stack Network Awesome
Thought Leadership

Jason Forrest shares a comprehensive article based on insights drawn from a math book and explains how the findings can be applied to problem solving and design thinking. I’m so smitten with learning that I fear I may be addicted to it. Imagine my delight when I learned about How To Solve It – a […]

Kurt Kendall New York, NY PhD, M.I.T. McKinsey & Co Kurt Salmon Glaxosmithkline Kairos Growth Partners
Thought Leadership

Kurt Kendall reflects on the real cost of replacing humans with robots and shares a video of Elon Musk getting a hair cut. 2025 is shaping up to be the put up or shut up for translating this first wave of AI excitement to real tangible business applications. Not the shiny object ones to impress […]

Fedor Lisitsyn Chicago, IL MBA, Harvard McKinsey & Co Google The Kraft Heinz Co
Thought Leadership

Fedor Lisitsyn shares an inspirational post designed to encourage all entrepreneurs to leap forward. Why I always make a Jump at the finish line and how it’s related to entrepreneurship mindset Some of you may know that I love sports. My key focus is triathlon – sprints, Olympic distances, and just running (10k and half […]

Sahaj Dasot Dubai, UAE MBA, INSEAD Bain & Co Tony Blair Institute
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Sahaj Dasot with Dune Impact. A summary of Sahaj’s experience follows. “Hi – I’m Sahaj, an international development and strategy consulting professional with over 8 years of experience working at the intersection of public, private and development sectors across South Asia, Middle East, and Europe. I engage with senior leaders […]

Andrea Ioannilli London, England MSc, Bocconi University Bain & Co Braxton Associates Allison S.p.A.
Thought Leadership

Andrea Ioannilli shares a video from the Hera Group that introduces the company’s AI capabilities. The Hera Group is powering up its AI capabilities with more than 150 prioritized use cases, spanning all business areas. From launching five new AI initiatives to supporting several customer operations processes with a chatbot tool, Hera is ready to […]

Bomy Lee Chung Boston, MA PhD, M.I.T. McKinsey & Co Flagship Pioneering MIT
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Bomy Lee Chung. A summary of Bomy’s experience follows. “I am an experienced advisor, having worked in academic, consulting, industry, and start-up settings through my career so far. I have partnered with executives and other leaders across a wide range of industries and functions to develop strategies, execute transformations, and […]

Allen Levovski Toronto, Canada MBA, University of Toronto McKinsey & Co Partners in Performance Sanofi
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Allen Levovski. Allen has worked in consulting for nearly 20 years, including 6 as an associate and then engagement manager at McKinsey. Allen has worked across industries, from heavy manufacturing and mining to food and pharmaceuticals, supporting, leading, and architecting transformations, as well as designing and deploying digital manufacturing solutions […]

Mohammad M Ghassemi Detroit, MI PhD, M.I.T. Boston Consulting Group S&P Global
Thought Leadership

Mohammad Ghassemi highlights a novel AI method to improve medical image segmentation. Friends, if you (or someone you care about) ever face a serious medical issue, obtaining a medical image (CT/MRI) is often the first critical step in assessing the situation and planning treatment. However, the human body is incredibly complex, and medical images don’t […]

Roberto Mello Sao Paulo, Brazil McKinsey & Co Oliver Wyman Genesys
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Roberto Mello. Roberto is a seasoned management consultant with over a decade of experience at top consulting firms, including McKinsey & Oliver Wyman, and extensive expertise in leading roles at software companies such as SAP and Genesys. He specializes in strategic pricing, cloud computing, and AI-driven solutions, having delivered significant […]