Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Michal Bak with MTH Consulting. Michal has over 20 years of experience linking strategy with execution. During first 10+ years he focused on Marketing and Sales – initially working in Marketing at Danone in […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Jason Jennings. Jason spent three years at Boston Consulting Group after earning his MBA from Wharton. At BCG, his casework spanned a diverse range of industries—including Pharma, Consumer, Travel & Hospitality, Aerospace & Defense, […]
Eric Tribe takes a moment to share statistics on men’s mental health and a few suggestions on how to help. Thanks for taking a moment to read this. There’s no easy segue into it, but men’s mental health is easy to miss. It rarely looks the way we expect. It might show up as silence, […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Adrian Janon with nGülam. A summary of Adrian’s experience follows. “With over 25 years of leadership experience, I guide organizations in the Media & Entertainment (M&E), SaaS, and Technology sectors to accelerate revenue, optimize […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Lukas Erlebach. A summary of Lukas’ experience follows. “Entrepreneurial leader with 15 years of experience building and scaling tech and software companies backed by leading VC and PE investors. I bring deep expertise in […]
Sam Fatoohi shares an episode of Machine Minds where he was interviewed on his company Bomello. Greg Toroosian & I had an amazing time recording the machineminds podcast. We spoke about why I founded Bomello, the value that it provides for our customers, common hardware development challenges, and where we see the future in software […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Sam Blackburn. Sam is a strategy, innovation, and commercial growth consultant with a strong foundation in financial analysis and product development. Sam was a Senior Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he led […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Sam Fatoohi. Sam spent seven years with BCG and Monitor Deloitte in Strategy, leading sales, M&A, transformation, and Operations programs for high-tech and manufacturing clients. He most recently co-founded and served as CEO of […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Vincent Michael Tan. Vincent is a seasoned Healthcare Expert with over five years of healthcare management consulting experience. He spent over four years at McKinsey, dedicated to serving healthcare payers and providers. In 2024, […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Poppy Johnson with Chiefly. Poppy is building the United Kingdom’s leading Chief of Staff practice. As a former Chief of Staff and McKinsey consultant, she has spent the best part of two decades understanding […]
Kathryn Valentine shares a short, sharp, and shocking reminder on AI limitations and bias, and how it could affect you. ‘Can’t Ai coach me through my negotiation?’ Maybe, but new research shows it will probably mislead you, especially if you are a woman or person of color. ‘In one example, someone negotiating a base salary […]
Peet van Biljon explains three actionable steps that help tie R&D spend to business impact. In uncertain times, the R&D portfolio is vulnerable to budget cuts. Tying each R&D project to a Business Impact that is justifiable at the Board level protects the R&D portfolio from capricious budgets cuts and provides a rationale for reallocating […]