“There is no other program in the world today like this,” says Mitchell Levy, director of the Silicon Valley Executive Business Program and facilitator of its chief strategy officer module. “We are delivering the practical elements of an MBA program in a short period of time, giving the students real-world, hands-on, tried-and-true lessons learned (both good and bad) that they can relate directly to their own work experiences and apply in their current jobs and future endeavors.”
The first session of the Silicon Valley Executive Business Program is now in progress. Here’s what its students say:
"Coming from years in engineering management roles, I needed to round out my business management skills. This program gave me exactly that, using a well-focused and practical approach, all successfully presented in the context of today's accelerating rate of technological changes in the business management world."
Yoed Nehoran, Engineering Director
"After five years of working for an international venture capital firm, I felt I needed much more than the occasional training session and workshop. With the Silicon Valley Executive Business Program, I found a program that would allow me to stay in business while giving me an edge!
The combination of general management and finance, coupled with practical industry-based information merging theoretical knowledge with operational skills and incorporating real-life case studies, made me choose this program. It is opening up my mind and making me analyze business from a wider perspective."
Katja Gehrt, Marketing, 3i Corporation
"It's difficult to commit two years of our busy lives to getting an MBA. So the idea of being able to obtain this quality of education in a four to five-month time frame for five to six times less money was really attractive. Plus, the course is designed and taught by professionals with many years of practical experience which helps to bring in a practical, global and systematic perspective."
Michael Sadetsky, Executive Director, Improve Systems, Inc.
"In this fast-paced business environment, getting practical education delivered with real projects for immediate use is an opportunity I couldn't pass up. A truly added benefit was the Ninth House online learning courses that allow me to learn some of the key fundamental leadership elements online at my pace."
Mukesh Kumar, CTO, Alonis Networks Inc.
The Silicon Valley Executive Business Program’s faculty is made up of experienced executives and entrepreneurs. They are enthusiastic about this new program, which gives them an opportunity to teach in the classroom the management skills which they practice in business:
"More than just book knowledge, the faculty bring years of practical experience in actual positions which they are educating the students about…. The Silicon Valley Executive Business Program will be a tremendous opportunity for younger executives to hear from top CXOs in the valley about how the real world operates."
Rich Brenner, CEO, The Brenner Group, Inc. and facilitator of the chief financial officer module
"Marketing is both science and art. It is easy to pick up the facts, but far more difficult to develop the art. The sharing of knowledge gained through experience is the best way to develop the marketing artists of the future. The Silicon Valley Executive Business Program provides the opportunity to learn, share and practice marketing principles in a non-threatening environment where perception and reality can meet."
Suzette Cavanaugh, marketing consultant and facilitator of the chief marketing officer module
"I'm very pleased to be associated with the Silicon Valley Executive Business Program. I'm particularly impressed with the quality of the other faculty, content and structure. It's an exceptional program meeting a real need in the marketplace."
Michael Griego, president, MXL Partners and facilitator of the chief revenue officer module
"What I consider to be truly exciting and invaluable about this program is the caliber of my colleagues facilitating the learning experience. I am truly honored to be able to be a part of this unique opportunity…. The power of education is in the ability to immediately transfer that learning directly and relevantly back to the participants’ everyday work and personal lives. This program is designed to do just that."
Gwen Hanna, consultant, facilitator, coach and facilitator of the chief people officer module
The Silicon Valley Executive Business Program will be offered three times during 2004:
February 6 through May 1, 2004
June 4 through August 28, 2004
September 17 through December 11, 2004
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