Umbrex is pleased to welcome Ben Lazaroff with Elevate Advisory. A summary of Ben’s experience follows. “Started at McKinsey then moved into Policy at the Chicago Mayor’s Office. Building a marketplace for chess coaches at townsquarechess.com. Started my own LLC / S-corp (Elevate Advisory LLC) doing advisory work for Bain & Co’s Private Equity Group, New York City and various other firms. Advising primarily takes the form of corporate diligences, public policy, targeted VC work, and corporate strategy / fundraising…

Alex Sharpe shares an older but relevant article with links to sources  and on the danger of cybercrime in health technology and other industries.  The cyber industry has a long history of dealing with data and information in both paper and in digital formats. The information in our DNA is different. DNA is who we are. When compromised, it is not something we can change like a lost password or username or even a Social Security Number (SSN). We cannot…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Lev Lesokhin. Lev has served as an executive leader, strategist, CMO and product evangelist at multiple tech firms. His experience ranges from software development & QA, cybersecurity, NLP, and consumer finance to full stack marketing, product development, and supply chain optimization. Lev serves on the boards of two software industry consortia and an AICPA workgroup. Prior to becoming a CMO, Lev was on the executive team as the head of technology and analytics for CAST,…

Jeffery Perry shares an article on the problem of cybersecurity and why everyone must make it a priority. Cybersecurity threats are growing significantly across the business landscape. Not a day goes by without media reports of cyber attacks by bad actors intent on holding businesses hostage to disrupt operations and/or demand major ransom payouts. As such, businesses are increasingly investing in cybersecurity human capital, cybersecurity frameworks, and significant financial capital to wage the cybersecurity battle. Even with these efforts, businesses…