Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Shubham Bhatnagar. Shubham brings ~9 years of experience across consulting and industry, including ~3.5 years with Boston Consulting Group and ~1 year with Deloitte Consulting. He has led strategic projects across metals & mining, […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Amita Goyal with Goyal LLC. Amita brings 20 years of experience across finance, management consulting, and startups, with a background at UBS, BCG, and WeWork. Most recently, she founded and led an AI startup […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Eric Mankin. Eric has had a varied working life in both business and university settings. He retired from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education in 2020 and spent the 2018-19 academic year as a Harvard Business School […]
Uri Goldberg shares an interesting post that looks back to 2020 and the shift in demand and price of peanuts during times of crises. Peanut butter has a long history of reflecting the state of the US economy and changes in consumer preferences. During WWI, the home front was asked to reduce wheat, beef and […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Yaser Soliman. Yaser is a strategic-minded leader with a proven track record in enterprise strategy development, cross-functional leadership, and organizational transformations. His experience includes Citi’s Capital Markets Group and BCG, where he successfully drove […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Uri Goldberg. Passionate innovator with over 15 years of experience driving growth and strategy across industries. As VP of Business and Corporate Development at Yad2, Israel’s leading marketplace, he shapes pricing strategies and go-to-market […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Miranda Yen. Miranda brings a diverse background across consulting, merchandising, planning, and e-commerce. She has held merchandising and planning roles at Coach and Louis Vuitton, founded the e-commerce homeware brand Kin Objects, and worked as a […]
Ikenna Enwere shares helpful tips for small businesses currently using AI. In my last post, I highlighted the top AI adoption barriers SMB owners are facing and suggested strategies tech providers can implement to help drive adoption among AI Explorers. Today, I’m shifting focus to Active AI Users—SMBs already using AI in daily operations—and what […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Stefanie Teichmann with TECA. Dr. Stefanie is an ex-McKinsey consultant, business executive, academic, and certified executive coach. She brings deep expertise in business strategy, organizational leadership, and executive development, grounded in over 25 years […]
Mohammad Ghassemi shares a video that identifies three main areas in agentic design and how it should be tailored to the task requirements. This lecture, delivered by Dr. Mohammad Ghassemi at Michigan State University (CSE 491/895), introduces the concept of Agentic Design Patterns in the context of building AI agents The talk covers three main […]
Joydip Gupta shares a Forbes India article where he was interviewed on the opportunities and challenges in India’s lending landscape. Had a great session with Forbes India discussing the opportunities and challenges in the lending landscape in India. Lots of innovators and disruptors, but when the dust settles down, what will separate the eventual winners […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Karthik Subramanya with Carnatic Capital. A summary of Karthik’s experience follows. “Senior strategic leader with 25+ years’ global experience in energy, renewables, infrastructure finance, and consulting. Proven track record in advising investors and governments, […]