Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Fayet R Valles. A summary of Fayet’s experience follows. “Former McKinsey Associate Partner and operator focused on helping investors and leadership teams improve business performance. Currently President of an acquired lower middle-market industrial company […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Bill Kristan. Bill is a strategy and business growth professional working at the intersection of energy, infrastructure, and the built environment. He previously served as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he worked […]
Pamela Talevski explores the relationship between private equity in sports and operational value creation. Picture the scene. A managing partner at one of the world’s most respected private equity firms is sitting across from an NFL owner. He has just written a check for $800 million. Ten percent of a franchise. One of the most […]
Kelly Sekulich shares a few Q&A for people exploring opportunities in the public sector. When people first start exploring public sector work, the questions usually come fast: Do I need to register somewhere? Should I be responding to RFPs already? How do people even price this? Those are reasonable questions. But experienced practitioners usually start […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Erwin Leussink with ArcSpan Partners. Erwin worked for six years in the Operations practice at McKinsey & Company, leaving as an Associate Partner in the Implementation practice to launch his own implementation consulting business […]
Jas Gill explains how stepping into the Goldilocks zone can improve your mental performance by maximizing the positive impact of stress. 🤹🏼♂️ The Ultimate Meta-Skill: Mastering the Goldilocks Zone for Mental Performance ….⬇️ 🌟 What Goldilocks knew about the science of flow (before most others)? The Goldilocks Principle in Mental Performance 🔬 Have you ever […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Stef Verbrigghe. Stef (Belgium) is a strategy and operations advisor with a 10yr track record, focusing on data-driven assessments of growth opportunities & cost optimization. Stef has extensive experience in Healthcare, Pharma and Industrial […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Louis Goldberg with Clay Court Enterprises. Louis is a senior analytics and AI executive with years of experience driving measurable business outcomes across telecom, consulting, and entrepreneurship. He advises on business transformation, analytics strategy, […]
Taylor Rose shares a short post and actionable, effective tips on overcoming the scroll addiction. Everyone says they want less screen time this year. I didn’t want less output, fewer connections, or to disappear. I just wanted my phone to stop stealing hours from me. Two changes took me from 6+ hours a day on […]
Mark Shahinian shares advice on conducting user interviews to gain useful insights and data on your product. The single best source of data on what users need from your product is the user interview. You get a great deal of information from a single user interview. If you do dozens and dozens of them – […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Kelly Sekulich with Civic Acumen. A summary of Kelly’s experience follows. “After spending 7+ years at McKinsey and a career serving public sector entities, Kelly left, retired (!) and launched Civic Acumen to help […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Melike Nurdogan. Melike is an independent consultant based in Munich, Germany. She previously served as a Junior Engagement Manager and Senior Associate at McKinsey & Company and most recently worked in value creation at […]