Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jesper Sjöström with Footprint Partners. Jesper Sjöström is an experienced change leader with background as senior manager at top-tier management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Since leaving McKinsey & Company in 2012 Jesper has led his own boutique consulting firm and provided freelance consulting services. With almost 20 years’ experience […]
Jackie Luo shares thoughts of the pros and cons of building a SaaS business. The market for Software as a Service (SaaS) applications is one of the fastest growing markets. According to Gartner, the worldwide SaaS application market is growing from $59 billion in 2017 to $113 billion in 2021. Not only are big enterprises […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Dirk Harlacher with Nordkap.Consulting. Dirk worked at BCG between 2004 and 2013, focusing on strategy, marketing & sales, and organisation projects for mining, metals, and machinery clients in Europe and Africa. Since 2019, he runs his own consulting boutique Nordkap.consulting, which focuses on strategy, pricing, and commercial excellence topics in […]
Ritesh Awasthi shares an article on the potential of Australia’s national hydrogen situation. Was a recent article in Bloomberg a concerning obituary of a promising technology that has the potential to accelerate our fight against Climate Change? Dig deeper, and you realize, not really! It is, however, a timely warning for a course correction, as […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Carly Vivian with Carly Vivian Consulting. Carly is an accomplished executive coach with over 25 years of organizational change and strategy development expertise. Having held leadership roles at notable institutions like the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Coca-Cola, and consulting firms including McKinsey, Slalom Consulting, and Cogency Group, Carly brings […]
Kurt Kendall shares a post on the convergence of Generation Alpha and AI. I was recently talking to the former CMO of a consumer company about how AI will transform marketing. Generation Alpha looks to be the first generation where Artificial Intelligence will be native to their lived experience. Like how the internet shaped Millennials, […]
Ben Lazaroff shares a new rule for interacting in today’s divisive climate. 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲: before debating anyone or starting a difficult conversation — state your sources 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁. i’m all for dialogue and intellectual exchange, but it’s too often lost that people are coming from wildly different places when they set out to talk about something […]
Stijn Leupe shares his thoughts on defining models, and using data from models and different modeling techniques. Lies, damned lies and … financial models It is often said that everything can be proven with (misleading) statistics. The same could be said about financial models. First we need to get out of the way the miss […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Bin Huang with B&R Consulting. A summary of Bin’s experience follows. “As a consultant with expertise in Strategy, Data Analytics and Visualization, and Digital Transformation, I help organizations unlock growth and efficiency through data-driven insights. My consulting experience with McKinsey and Oliver Wyman spans diverse areas, including building data visualizations […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Otmane El Hidaoui with TERANOVIA. Otmane has over 18 years of experience as a Senior Strategy and Operations Consultant, working with top firms like BCG, Accenture, and CGI. He specializes in digital and technology transformation for the Financial Services, Retail, and Industry sectors, with a focus on: 1. Digital Strategy: Creating […]
Katie Liebel shares best practices and insights on strategic planning for board directors. The lauded annual Board strategic plan review demands tremendous preparation both on the part of staff members and Board Directors. But, how often do the meetings achieve their intended purpose? It is an opportunity for the Board to ratify the strategic choices […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Christina Boiler with Wolfrock. Christina is a former diplomat turned business operator with over 20 years experience helping organizations transform their operations into sustainable business models. She currently runs her own advisory firm, Wolfrock LLC, focused on transformation, strategic execution and fractional COO services. Across her career, Christina has worked […]