Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Marcello Berland with BC Maytan. Marcello established his strategic foundation at McKinsey before embarking on a career defined by high-stakes business transformations across Latin America. He is best known for disrupting the Brazilian eCommerce […]
Vijay Raghavan identifies what goes wrong with a merger that underperforms after the acquisition. 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝑴&𝑨: 𝑾𝒉𝒚 “𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒄𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔” 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 When a large company, Acme, acquires a smaller firm, Widget, to enter a new product area, it often seems like a perfect match. Widget has a proven track record with approximately $20M in annual […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Patricia Nicklin with Nicklin Social Impact Consulting. A summary of Patricia’s experience follows. “Through Nicklin Social Impact Consulting, Pat brings her nonprofit, corporate, and foundation clients 35 years of on-the-ground leadership experience in strategic […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Marisa Ford with MKF Consulting Group. Marisa was most recently an Associate in the Operations Practice at McKinsey, where she advised private equity–backed and Fortune 500 clients on large-scale transformations, post-merger integrations, and procurement […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Chinnies Chibuko. Chinemelum (Chinnies) is a data and AI consultant with over four years of experience at McKinsey & Company, where he has helped organizations modernize their data ecosystems and build scalable analytics platforms. […]
Vidyadhar Ranade explains how to reduce the cost of fixing data quality and improve data quality across the value chain. AI can efficiently improve data quality by automating data operations and stewardship. This article explores the application of AI to improve data quality across the entire value chain from entry to its consumption, and across […]
Marcello Berland shares an overview of Mercado Libre’s Q4 performance in 2025. Mercado Libre’s Q4 2025 results highlight tension between record growth and shifting expectations. While revenue rose 45% YoY to $8.8B and GMV hit $19.9B, the stock saw a sharp correction. This reflects a pivot in sentiment following an earnings miss versus consensus. The […]
Nathan Carbone promotes a company article that identifies the quantifiable costs of climate risk. As a former CRO and CFO, I repeatedly saw climate risk discussed in boardrooms — but rarely translated into quantified financial exposure that could genuinely inform capital allocation and long-term strategy. CRFE was built to bridge that gap. It translates physical […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Larry Cohen with ArcTangent Solutions. Larry, former Chief IT Architect and Head of Quality Engineering at the Boston Consulting Group, has led his own IT and management consulting firm, ArcTangent Solutions, since 2006. He […]
Shelley Rescober shares a few words on the growth of the creator economy from side hustle to small business. The creator economy has graduated from side hustle to small business, and the next phase isn’t simply more creators. It’s professionalization. Platforms, financial tools, and marketing infrastructure are being built specifically for creators as businesses, not […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Nathan Carbone with Ambition Zero Advisory. A summary of Nathan’s experience follows. “My background combines top-tier strategy consulting with senior executive leadership roles, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer positions. This allows […]
Carrie Rodriguez invites fellow facilitators to the in-person Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network event on April 17th, 2026. As a new MAFN: Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network member I am exited to attend this inaugural event in Northern Virginia. Inviting all my facilitation colleagues to join me and other growth-minded professionals in April! Access the post on LinkedIn