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Robert H Miller Chicago, IL MBA, Northwestern McKinsey & Co GainSystems MPC Group
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Robert H Miller. Bob a versatile and pragmatic senior executive, delivers rapid results across P&L management, marketing, strategy, product management, and sales for organizations ranging from startup to private equity and large publicly traded multi-national companies. Bob excels in bringing order to chaotic environments and ambiguous situations by rapidly implementing […]

Warren Walker Houston, TX MBA, Booth BCG Dell Indeed
Thought Leadership

Warren Walker shares a comprehensive article on an agreement between the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and listing sites and how this affects Zillow. On March 15th, 2024, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) proposed a settlement to end the multiple lawsuits they were facing over the issue of how residential real estate commissions were […]

Kimberley Swords Brisbane, Australia MBA, RMIT U McKinsey & Co Nous Group Riffle Advisory
Thought Leadership

This company post from Kimberley Swords explains how circular construction reduces cost and environmental impact. There’s a real buzz about town in Brisbane as the ‘delivery partner’ beauty contest and associated procurement steps up a gear. This is a real opportunity to lock in practices that drive cost out and environmental benefits up. Prevailing views […]

Rut Patel Boston, MA MBA, Indian Institute of Management McKinsey Wipro Tata Consultancy Services
Thought Leadership

Rut Patel shares the critical myths that often derail AI transformations drawn from his first-hand experience. Over the years, I’ve seen firsthand why even the most promising transformations fail. Based on my experience, here are the critical myths that often derail AI transformations : Myth 1. AI is a silver bullet for every business challenge […]

Kareem Ibrahim London, England MD, Imperial College London BCG Axiom Healthcare Strategies Blue Matter Consulting
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Kareem Ibrahim with Ibrahim Advisors. Kareem is a medical doctor with four years experience as a resident doctor in the NHS. He then worked for Boston Consulting Group for 3.5 years within their healthcare practice, supporting multiple clients across health systems, biopharma and medtech. He gained particular expertise in corporate […]

Kimberley Swords Brisbane, Australia MBA, RMIT U McKinsey & Co Nous Group Riffle Advisory
New Member Announcement

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Kimberley Swords with Riffle Advisory. Since 2000 Kimberley has advised CEOs, Government Ministers, private sector leaders and people seeking to achieve systemic change in the way the global economy accounts for nature and climate risk, and organizes to achieve net zero. Following a senior executive career in government, Kimberley was […]

Pam Fox Rollin San Francisco, CA MBA, Stanford Bain & Co Accenture IdeaShape
Thought Leadership

Pam Fox Rollin shares a few actionable ways to support and empower the women on their team in and towards leadership roles. Ten years ago, only 16% of mid-career women aspired to top management. Just 13% felt confident they could get there. Today, 54% of women want that seat at the table, and 59% believe […]

Kareem Ibrahim London, England MD, Imperial College London BCG Axiom Healthcare Strategies Blue Matter Consulting
Thought Leadership

Kareem Ibrahim shares where he was failing as a professional coach and what he did to improve his services and results for his clients. When I first started dabbling in personal training many years ago, I focused almost exclusively on exercise: ✅ Researching the most up to date science ✅ Designing killer personalised workouts ✅ […]

Warren Walker Houston, TX MBA, Booth BCG Dell Indeed
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Warren Walker with Intellous Partners. A summary of Warren’s experience follows. “I am a previous Boston Consulting Project Leader and strategic visionary with a proven track record as a corporate strategy leader, adept in crafting and executing transformative corporate strategies. Recognized for orchestrating high-impact business development initiatives, M&A transactions, and […]

Danielle Sword Atlanta, GA MBA, Duke U BCG MassMutual Financial Group Sword & Sage
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Danielle Sword with Sword & Sage. Danielle Sword spent four years in the Consumer practice at BCG and has been running her own consulting practice focused on GTM strategy and operations since 2024. Prior to BCG, she was an actuary and strategy lead at MassMutual Financial Group. Danielle has particular […]

David Salinas Geneva, Switzerland MS, Cornell McKinsey & Co The Global Fund Gavi
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome David Salinas. David is a senior advisor, consultant and facilitator on strategic, organisational, governance matters. His practice includes organisations in philanthropy, international development, global health and the private sector — and draws on his combined experience of working at senior level within complex organisations and developing a cross-cutting view as […]

Jimmy Bijlani San Francisco, CA BS, Rutgers University Boston Consulting Group IBM Google
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jimmy Bijlani. Jimmy is the CEO & Founder of AI Momentum Partners, a Silicon Valley-based AI consulting firm helping mid-market and enterprise companies translate AI strategy into measurable business results. He brings over a decade of experience at the intersection of technology and consulting, with leadership roles at Google, BCG, […]