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Zamir Akimbekov San Francisco, CA PhD, UC Davis McKinsey & Co C3 AI
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Zamir Akimbekov shares how Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) can explain what’s breaking business impact and how to fix it. Engineers or PMs who solve customer’s problems, aka Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE), is the missing discipline between AI and business impact. After leading customer-facing AI teams at C3 AI for over three years, across banking, energy, […]

Dusan Svalek Bratislava, Slovakia MBA, IESE Bus School Boston Consulting Group CME Slovak Telekom AI Strategy Umbrex member
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Dusan Svalek. 30 years of executive operating experience across telecommunications, media, and strategy consulting. Deputy CEO and COO at CME (6 TV operations across Central and Eastern Europe), Chief Country Officer at Slovak Telekom with full country P&L, and Project Leader at BCG Prague. I work with clients on commercial strategy, go-to-market architecture, revenue turnaround, […]

Hava Adziashvili New York, NY BBA, Zicklin School of Business McKinsey & Co Ernst & Young
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Hava Adziashvili explains why problems with AI adoption is generally not the technology. AI adoption is not a technology problem. It is an operating model decision disguised as a technology initiative. Across several organizations I’ve worked with, and in conversations with senior leaders, I keep seeing the same pattern: AI tools are deployed. Pilots are […]

Anastasia Adizes Los Angeles, CA MS, U of Finance, Russia Bain&Co BCG VTB bank Yourbusinessproducer.com
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Anastasia Adizes shares four components of wiring services into automated workflows. I spent a large portion of my weekend with my AI agents. Again :/ Now I finally get what vampire vibe coding means. Wiring services into automated workflows. One after another. Looking up and realizing it’s dark out. Four things nobody mentions. The first […]

Vibhuti Singh New Delhi MBA, Indian Inst of Mgmt - Calcutta Bain Microsoft Qualcomm Revenue Strategy and GTM Umbrex member
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Vibhuti Singh. Revenue Strategy and GTM professional with over 7 years of experience in large tech companies and management consulting. Proven track record in driving growth through data-driven strategies and cross-functional execution. Experienced in market expansion, business planning, and performance management.

Joseph Herrera Houston, TX BE, Vanderbilt University Boston Consulting Group Umbrex member
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Joseph Herrera. I’ve spent the last 4 years on some of the highest performing teams globally, tackling major strategic initiatives for Fortune 500 leadership teams: Operational overhauls freeing $100M of in-year cash flow, Transformations that relocate 5000 people worth of work, procurement overhauls unlocking $35M in a single engagement, global operation centralizations across 50 countries, […]

Laolu Adeola Los Angeles, CA MBA, Kellogg McKinsey & Co Navistar Faraday Future Leke Services
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Laolu Adeola shares information about the California Clean Fuel Reward (CCFR), a slide deck that explains how this can help public and private fleets in California, and what is needed to qualify for funding. Last week, California announced $1 billion for electric truck operators. Here’s some more information about the program. Governor Newsom launched the […]

Weston Fox Chapel Hill, NC MBA, U of North Carolina Boston Consulting Group IQVIA Novartis Pharmaceuticals Umbrex member
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Weston Fox. Weston is an experienced Commercial executive with a strong background in sales, strategy, and corporate development within the life sciences and healthcare sectors. He has held leadership roles at IQVIA, Novartis, BC Platforms, University of Virginia Healthcare, and Target RWE (how Highlander Health), where he has successfully managed Commercial teams which have generated […]

Boluwatife Akinola Philadelphia, PA MBA, Harvard McKinsey & Co Thinkverse The Gates Foundation Umbrex member
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Boluwatife Akinola. Bolu is an independent strategy consultant with experience across operational efficiency in M&A, financial projections, growth strategy for technology and financial inclusion companies, and strategic development with philanthropic institutions, K-12 systems, and higher education organizations. She has worked across the Northeast U.S., the West Coast, and Sub-Saharan Africa, bringing a cross-market perspective to […]

Leonardo Salles Toronto, ON MBA, York u McKinsey & Co Kraft Heinz Canada Amazon
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Leonardo Salles explains why corporate packaged goods companies are turning to corporate venture capital and how it helps the CPG giants innovate for the future. The consumer packaged goods industry is undergoing one of its most significant structural shifts in decades. Legacy incumbents — companies that built empires on mass distribution, brand equity, and retail […]

Mark Zorrilla II Houston, TX MBA, Rice University McKinsey & Co Medtronic Takeda Pharmaceuticals Umbrex member
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Mark Zorrilla. Life sciences professional with over 10 years of experience in analytical science, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and management consulting. Proven track record in advising senior leaders and redesigning operating models to achieve top-quartile performance. Experienced in GMP-regulated operations and digital transformation initiatives.

Karl Adamson Tallinn, Estonia MSci, University of Cambridge McKinsey Mars & Co Eesti Energia energy and cleantech Umbrex member
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Karl Adamson. Karl is a former McKinsey Associate Director and Associate Partner with over 18 years of experience in strategy, growth, operating model, and organization transformation projects. He has a strong background in background in PE, industrials, energy and clean tech, known for his analytical rigor and senior-client leadership.