Umbrex is pleased to welcome Marie-Pier Darsigny. Marie-Pier began her journey in medicine, successfully completing the theoretical component of the medical doctorate program, establishing the foundations for her analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Drawn by the business world, she decided to pivot her career and joined a promising AI startup in Montreal called Lyrebird before being […]
Hady Khayrat shares a post about AI’s impact on executive search. The following is a dialogue I recently had with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. My portion of the dialogue was edited for length, maintaining content and intent (by ChatGPT, of course) while AI’s portion is presented verbatim. Hady’s Opening Statement: I recently explored an online platform designed […]
Brendan Lippman shares a post and invitation to a guide designed to help your team understand the root causes of customer churn. Do you want to better understand the root causes behind why your B2B SaaS customers are leaving? This is the first step in building an effective action plan to retain and grow more […]
In this post, Tyler Grant shares key points to consider when team building. 70% of the advice I see on LinkedIn about teams is completely useless for the average team. There’s a lot of conversation about speed to delivery, value generation, stable teams, and fast paced, build to last tech practices. However, I feel that […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Sumin Koo with BioMed Resolve. Sumin began her career in McKinsey & Co’s healthcare practice. She served pharma and biotech clients, focused on Merger & Acquisitions and R&D strategy / operations. Post-McKinsey, she joined Novartis to run late-stage clinical trials and shepherded assets through to obtain FDA License approvals. She […]
James Anderson shares a wise word or two from the world of existential philosophy and how it relates to the world of work. Defining ‘existentialism’ is surprisingly difficult. For a start, few of its most famous proponents would even recognise or accept the label – and fewer still are partial to simple explanations*. When people […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jon Paul Watts with Halite Group. Jon has nearly 25 years of operations and technology consulting experience working with top financial services, healthcare, consumer products, defense, mining and technology companies. He has significant expertise in helping clients develop business models, build actionable transformation strategies, design digital first operating models and […]
Meagan Dietz shares a post and a call to action for all business leaders who’d like to transition to clean energy. Is anyone in my network a part of a community and/or non-profit looking for funds to transition to clean energy? If so, please DM me!” The Solve It Prize Overview The Solutions for Lasting, […]
Kathryn Valentine shares a post and link to a podcast on career growth and financial confidence. Thrilled to have joined Everyone’s Talkin’ Money for a powerful conversation on career growth, financial confidence, and breaking down barriers to success. We discussed the intersection of money and career decisions, sharing stories and strategies on how to navigate […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Marcus Jilla. A summary of Marcus’ experience follows. “Former BCG Consultant with experience leading consulting teams in Strategy, Transformation and Due Diligence across Consumer, Technology, Venture Capital and Private Equity. Seasoned business manager and operator with 14 years total experience and 10 years of P&L accountability. Ran strategy & transformation […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Meagan Dietz with Dietz Co Ventures. Meagan has 15+ years’ leadership experience across lower-mid market ventures, $250M privately-held companies and $3B publicly listed corporations. She has deep sector and P&L expertise in consumer goods and retail with secondary expertise in real estate services and production. She’s worked extensively in strategy […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Vaisakh Shankar. Vaisakh Shankar is an ex-Mckinsey consultant (SFO,VAN) and former strategy exec at AB Volvo (India), currently freelancing as an independent consultant while pursuing a full-time career as an actor. At Mckinsey, Vaisakh served clients across banking, automotive, entertainment and tech, setting up PMO and transformation roadmap for compliance […]