Peter Frode calculates the economic reality and viability of fast public charging-stations for electric vehicles. Although the United States has long lagged other regions in electric vehicle (EV) adoption, the country is now reporting record growth. EVs represented about 8 percent of all new passenger cars sold in the United States in 2022, up from […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Piers Rosholt. Piers is a climate and sustainability expert, formerly a Senior Engagement Manager in McKinsey & Company’s Sustainability Practice, with experience in both the Africa and New York offices. He brings a unique blend of strategic acumen and climate expertise, having worked extensively across the private, social, and public […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Willem Vriesendorp with Enelpy. A summary of Wiillem’s experience follows. “Background in Applied physics and Materials Science (MsC). Spent 8 years with McKinsey mostly focusing on energy, industrials, and chemicals, with a specific focus on renewables and sustainability, including batteries, solar, ESG, CCUS, hydrogen, biofuels, materials, and more. Functional focus […]
Paolo Fornasini explores the role of AI in changing the value of our personal data, and states that in this fast-paced space, the numbers are constantly changing but the movement continues. From Excel to SQL, technologies that help us process and analyze information have led to ever-increasing innovation in the digital economy. Yet none of […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Steven Lehrer with SBLehrer. Steven has spent almost 40 years in the Life Science industry commercializing new products and technology in biopharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical formulation technology, genetics, molecular genetics, in-vitro diagnostics, ag biotechnology and health care economics. Steve has led multibillion divisions of MNCs, led startup operations and run business in […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Bartholomew Sayer. Bart spent the past decade working for the Estee Lauder Companies, most recently as SVP | General Manager for the international business for one of its largest heritage brands, Clinique ($1B P&L). Bart was previously a partner at Booz & Company (now Strategy&, part of PwC), focused on […]
Mason Adair shares key steps to take when assessing product/market fit. A recent client of mine asked me to help them assess whether a B2B SaaS product of theirs had achieved product / market fit. Answering this question would go a long way to helping them decide whether the state of their product justified a […]
Suhail Acharya shares a short video that draws a line between worrying and meditating. 90% of our worries never turn out to be true. And another 90% of the rest are easily handled. Yet we waste so much time worrying! The reel below captures a conversation between my PAST (Mr. Worrier) and my PRESENT (Mr. […]
In a highly amusing video, Joe Vidricksen demonstrates the need for detailed instructions applied to business processes sandwiched neatly between two slices of bread. Are your business processes engineered for success? Are they at least fully understood, at every step, across functions in the enterprise? In how they engage customers, partners, and vendors? 30 years […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Joe Vidricksen. A summary of Joe’s experience follows. “As a tenured results-driven Manufacturing, Supply Chain, & Procurement Executive, I enjoy bringing multi-industry insights to the organizations I serve. I have a passion for driving operational and customer-focused excellence, leading complex global change in cost transformations and de-risking the Supply Chain, […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Gadareth Higgs with Higgs Insights. Gadareth Higgs, Ph.D., is a strategic consultant with over 15 years of experience across healthcare, life sciences, and research. He has led high-impact projects in precision oncology, organizational transformation, and M&A strategy, collaborating with industry leaders at ConcertAI, McKinsey & Company, and several enterprise payers […]
Jean-Dominique Rey shares his experience in using Gemini in supplier market analysis for recycling of certain equipment. For an industrial services company, we utilized generative AI (Gemini) in supplier market analysis for recycling of certain equipment. Here’s our return on experience based on this work. Time-Saving, Like Having a Junior Assistant Generative AI undeniably accelerated […]