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Kenza Touhs Casablanca, Morocco MSc, University of Nottingham McKinsey & Co Easyway consulting
New Member Announcement

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Kenza Touhs with Easyway consulting. Kenza is an independent strategy consultant with an 8-year track record supporting the leadership of various private and public sector clients around 4 main fields: strategy & market intelligence, digital transformation & e-services, innovation management & startup ecosystems, as well as capability building & knowledge […]

Ruoyu Bao Singapore PhD, University of Chicago McKinsey & Co Lenovo Independent Consultant
Thought Leadership

Ruoyu Bao explains the benefits of integration of AI into your strategy and operations to prepare your organization for a future defined by continuous disruptions and transformations. Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be the most talked-about technology since the creation of the Internet. While AI is capturing the imagination of the business world, turning data into […]

Heiko Schickel Munich, Germany PhD, Technical University of Darmstadt McKinsey & Co Infineon Technologies Advinceo
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Heiko Schickel with Advinceo. Heiko is a seasoned senior advisor, board member, and consultant with over two decades of experience across global industries. Having held leadership positions at McKinsey & Company, Hilti Group, and Infineon Technologies, Heiko brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in navigating complex business environments. His industry […]

Mark Kroening Boston, MA MBA, University of Michigan McKinsey & Co Environmental Defense Fund Independent Consultant
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Mark Kroening. Mark is a systems change advisor and coach building the consciousness and capability to make a better world, based on a framework he developed during PhD research capturing the universal patterns of living systems. His global experience includes management consulting across the US with McKinsey & Company, developing […]

Thomas Duester San Francisco, CA MBA, Kellogg Bain & Co Nike Hugo Boss Mitosis Consulting Intl
Thought Leadership

Thomas Duester shares thoughts specific to the semiconductor industry and three factors that will influence the decision to be horizontal or vertical players. There is an age-old question out there of whether technology companies should be horizontal or vertical players. Here are some thoughts specific to the semiconductor industry. The semiconductor industry is undergoing a […]

Rend Stephan Paris, France MBA, London Bus School BCG Booz & Co Macquarie Bank anticomplex.org
Thought Leadership

Stephan Rend shares a video where he was interviewed on CBS about the huge acceleration in data collection, analytics, and availability and the challenges faced by information overload, and garbage data. View the video on YouTube

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Thought Leadership

Cheryl Tan takes a look at the top trends that brands of any size should keep an eye on right now. These are exciting times for those of us in the e-commerce sector. The introduction of disruptive new technologies coupled with the coming-of-age of a digitally-native generation is giving rise to a flurry of new […]

Thomas Duester San Francisco, CA MBA, Kellogg Bain & Co Nike Hugo Boss Mitosis Consulting Intl
New Member Announcement

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Thomas Duester with Mitosis Consulting Intl. Thomas is a seasoned executive leader with extensive experience in both consulting and in-house roles, driving growth strategies and operational excellence across consumer and B2B technology industries. He spent three years at Booz & Company and currently advises at Bain while running his own […]

First Lendy Jakarta, Indonesia MBA, Universite Grenoble Alpes Boston Consulting Group Accenture Independent Consultant
New Member Announcement

Umbrex is pleased to welcome First Lendy. Professional with 10+ years of experience in Strategy, Go-to-market, Supply Chain Excellence, Strategic Sourcing, Process Improvement, and Digital Transformation within Oil & Gas, Utilities, Infrastructures, and Telecommunication industries.

Stephen Paige Chicago MBA, London Bus School Bain IAC Partners Royal Dutch Shell Loup City Consultants
Thought Leadership

Stephen Paige shares a stark reminder about the health impacts of PFAS and a resource for more information. The PFAS chemical family (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances – i.e. those wonderful chemicals in Teflon and its hundreds of cousins) and the environmental contamination that they cause is a critical topic for every one of us and […]

Ralf Wildung Frankfurt, Germany BA, Berufsakademie Karlsruhe McKinsey Mazda Motors Signition Holding Independent Consultant
New Member Announcement

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Ralf Wildung. A summary of Ralf’s experience follows. “After starting my career in Market Research with Research International and Inra Germany, I founded an empirically based Brand Consultancy (Mobile in Mobile/wissenswert) together with partners. From there it took me into McKinsey’s Marketing Practice as Practice Specialist. In order to apply […]

Ankit Sheth New York, NY BS, University of Maryland Bain Susquehanna Growth Equity ANS Growth
New Member Announcement

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Ankit Sheth with ANS Growth. Ankit has spent the past 5 years helping businesses scale as a growth equity investor at Susquehanna and management consultant at Bain & Co. A DC native, he now calls New York City home and loves finding new hiking trails, pizza and reading. After working […]