Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Chad Baures. Chad is author of the book Paid Search – The Seven Fundamentals, founder of the SaaS AdConsutlant.Ai, and a seasoned consultant with over 15 years of experience in maximizing performance across retail […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Nicholas Pomponio. A summary of Nicholas’ experience follows. “Strategic and hands-on Chief Financial Officer with a proven record of building financial infrastructure and operational discipline within complex organizations. Experienced in driving value creation through […]
Matthew Levey shares a recent proposal about meritocracy and changing elite college admissions. It’s a three part essay with links to the first two parts at the bottom of this one. In the first essay in this series, I argued that elite college admissions shape the values that define future leadership as much as they […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Alexander Adamov. A summary of Alexander’s experience follows. “Analytically grounded strategy and operations professional with over 12 years of experience in private equity, management consulting, and corporate transformation. Proven track record in structuring complex […]
Kirstin Lynde explains the benefits of drafting a list of items you will not do to improve overall efficiency by eliminating or delegating. Have you Made a “To-Not-Do” List Lately? Portrait Of Stressed Businessman With Too Many Tasks To Do At Office Most of you reading this post have drawn up thousands of To-Do lists. […]
Tre Tennyson shares his experience of creating an ad for Runway’s Big Ad contest. And, he shares the ad. I had only two weeks to produce an ad for a product that doesn’t exist. Runway’s Big Ad Contest challenged creators to build the best possible spec ad for a fictional product using AI-generated video. I […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Jessica Boccardo with Iota Impact. Jessica is an enterprise strategy and AI transformation executive with 15+ years of experience advising C-suite leaders and building high-impact operations across consulting, financial services, and technology. She runs […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Ilkin Deniz Ozen with Deniz Ozen Consulting. A summary of Ilkin’s experience follows. “Ex-McKinsey strategy and transformation consultant with experience driving significant revenue impact across Fortune 100 companies. Specializes in agile growth, large-scale transformation, […]
Alexander Stenfert Kroese shares a five area CDD framework and highlights points of focus. CDD has one job: tell the deal team whether the revenue projections are believable, and on what conditions. Everything else is in service of that question. Most teams commission it too late and scope it too broadly. Both mistakes are avoidable. […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Dimitri Verweire with DVentures. Dimitri is a senior strategy and business leader with 15+ years’ experience across Life Sciences and Chemicals, incl. Agribusiness, Nutrition, Food, Public Health, Flavour & Fragrance, and Personal Care. Combines […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, NGai D. Merrill with Sankofa Business Advisors. NGai is a global strategy and operations executive with 25+ years of experience driving operational excellence and increased customer value by identifying and solving critical business issues. […]
Mario Estrada uses making art as a metaphor on how not to build a dashboard and offers a few tips on taking a more effective approach. Imagine asking a crowd to paint a mural but giving them no direction. Each person, with the best intentions, adds their own splash of color, their unique touch. You […]