Umbrex is pleased to welcome Xavier Melendez with DAX & Company. With over 30 years of experience in strategic, financial, and operational planning. Has structured multiple businesses through mergers and acquisitions, debt financing, joint ventures, and negotiated contracts with multinational companies (public and private) throughout the American continent and Europe. Valuations (deal & asset value): […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Wesley Wheless with Develop My IP. Wes is an independent consultant who specializes in the development and monetization of topic expertise. Wes believes expertise is a superpower and primarily works with other independent consultants seeking to convert their career insights into unique IP and proprietary services. Prior to independent consulting, […]
Jared Simmons shares an episode from his podcast series What Is Innovation? In this episode, he interviews Doug Shapiro on the impact of innovation and creativity. Innovation is often seen as the result of solving problems. But it doesn’t always have to be that way. In Episode 70, Doug Shapiro, Vice President of Research and […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Nathan MacKenzie. Nate is an experienced COO, an ex-BCG consultant, a graduate of Harvard Law School, and a former military officer. In his nearly 4 years with the Boston Consulting Group, Nate focused on transformations, supply chain optimization, corporate strategy, and change management. After leaving BCG, Nate took on the […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Eric Flyckt. With an MD and a strong product and strategy background, I bring over 15 years of expertise in revolutionizing healthcare delivery through technology, data, and design. My recent role as SVP of Product at Memora Health involved spearheading a team of product managers, designers, and clinicians to craft […]
In this evergreen post, Paul Sims explains what you can do when your skill set is not enough to secure a position with a company. At Kredible, we do a lot of research. In our research study in July 2015, we asked hiring managers across the country how a candidate’s online presence affects the hiring […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Alexandre Guertin with Opti Consulting. Alex is an experienced CFO with well-rounded experience in strategy (McKinsey / Harvard MBA), finance, accounting, treasury, risk, and audit with a focus on business optimization and finance modernization for global financial institutions. He’s been the global controller and CFO for Canadian operations at Sun […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Aleem Bandali. Aleem has built a 10+ year career as a generalist, building knowledge and experience in a wide range of industries and functions. He has held leadership roles at a fast growing SaaS unicorn (o9 Solutions), a leading Management Consultancy (Bain & Company), and the world’s largest retailer (Walmart) […]
In this article, Darien Smith explains how businesses can operate more efficiently, create more jobs, and ultimately build better communities. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”— MARGARET MEAD Small businesses are the backbone of America. According to the […]
Stephanie Soler shares little-known aspects of coaching plans that work and five questions you can use to develop a coaching plan. One of the essential tasks of a leader is to coach those who work for you. When it comes to creating coaching plans, most leaders are incomplete. They focus on simply identifying 2-3 development […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Raman Bhatia with DataCreek Consulting. 15+ years of leadership experience in management consulting (strategy & operations), product development, product operations and technology industry. Succeeded in roles with top consulting firms – As a management consultant with Deloitte and McKinsey, developed growth strategy, market insights, and digital transformation for Fortune 500 […]
Raman Bhatia shares five levers that can be leveraged to maximize results when scaling processes. Processes are critical to run the businesses as well as support the growth. Often early-stage products require significant investments to become mainstream however businesses are consistently under pressure to achieve more with less i.e. decouple outcome growth with the increase […]