The Berkeley MBA for Executives Program Graduates 69 Students

[…] Innovation Officer in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has started four companies, and guided innumerable others.  She is also a graduate of the BC EMBA program, and increasingly committed to teaching at Haas, where she taught New Venture Finance and Advanced New Venture Finance to the graduating EMBA class. Cheit Award […]

Inside Edge

[…] under new CEO Satya Nadella, however, says Teece, as the company has made up for lost time in entering cloud computing through its Azure portal. Juhi Saha, EMBA 15 (shown right), had a front-row seat to that transformation in positions including global director of strategic startups and director of financial services. Saha ran a […]

New Executive MBA immersion focuses on the Nordics

Robert Strand, who will lead the first Nordic EMBA immersion, with sons, Mikkel (left) and Jonas, and wife, Sarah, in Copenhagen on the iconic Christiana Bicycle made in Copenhagen, Denmark How do Nordic countries dominate virtually all global sustainability metrics? Why are Nordic companies three times more likely to be in the Dow Jones […]

Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program to Close in 2013

[…] in 2013, in addition to its Full-time MBA and Evening & Weekend MBA programs.    Columbia Business School recently launched a Saturday-only delivery option to augment its EMBA-New York program, in addition to its EMBA-Global partnership programs with London Business School and University of Hong Kong and full-time MBA program.    Current students in […]

Silicon Valley Immersion Yields Entrepreneurship Insights for EMBAs

[…] Hanke, MBA 96, VP of Google’s Niantic Labs (Google acquired Hanke’s startup in 2004 to become the foundation for Google Earth); Tim Campos, BS 95 (Engineering), BC EMBA 10, CIO of Facebook; Shantanu Narayen, MBA 93, CEO of Adobe; and a panel of partners with leading venture capital firms. “What’s special about this program […]

Student Startup Roundup: IDbyDNA, Lendsnap, SapphirePine

[…] forming the team’s ideas, and for pairing them with Steve Payne, a partner at Architect Partners, who serves as a mentor, he said. IDbyDNA Co-founders: Guochun Liao, EMBA 14, MS 01 Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence, PhD 01 Genetics/Bioinformatics, President and CEO Martin Reese, PhD 00, Computational Biology, Chairman Let’s say you’re sick and you go […]

Three Berkeley MBA Programs Score High Marks in U.S. News Ranking

[…] international (#9 in 2013) #8 in management (#7 in 2013) #11 in marketing (#9 in 2013) #14 in accounting Each ranking for full-time MBA, part-time MBA, and EMBA programs is based on a different methodology. The full-time MBA ranking rated 63 programs and is derived from a peer survey of business school deans and […]

Berkeley EMBAs Get Inside Track on How Washington Works

[…] of Congress, White House policy makers, ambassadors, lobbyists, and journalists. The Washington, D.C. trip, held July 14-18, is one of five immersive experiences receiving high praise from EMBA students, emphasizing experiential learning, collaboration with elite companies, and networking with high-level business and policy experts. “The EMBA DC Immersion week provided what was truly a […]

All Three Berkeley MBA Programs Rank in Top 10

[…] Report, published March 10. The Full-time Berkeley MBA program ranked #7 for the eighth year in a row. The Berkeley MBA for Executives remained at #9 among EMBA programs rated in the specialty rankings. Among other specialty rankings, the Berkeley MBA placed as follows: #3 in nonprofit #5 in entrepreneurship #7 in finance #7 […]

New Exec MBA class arrives at Haas

[…] snack entrepreneur, and a rocket scientist. Photo: Noah Berger “We’re so excited to welcome this interesting new class,” said Susan Petty, director of admissions for the Berkeley EMBA program. “They have talents in so many areas inside and outside of their professional lives, and their backgrounds are incredibly diverse.” Students average between eight to 22 […]

Haas List

[…] which asks students to download a journal and commit to reading a certain number of books. If successful, they’ll score four free tickets to Cal’s home opener. EMBA Program 3. World Ranked The Berkeley MBA for Executives Program ranked #4 in the world, according to the Economist Which MBA? list. More specifically, Haas ranked […]

Big Business

[…] polluter, contributing up to 8% of global carbon emissions, according to think tank Chatham House. That’s more than three times the impact of aviation fuel. Kas Farsad, EMBA 18 (shown left), looks at cement and sees opportunity. Thirteen years ago, Farsad was one of the lead inventors on a team that discovered a method […]

Berkeley MBA Programs Earn High Marks in Three Rankings

[…] also considered. The data is weighted 50% on the results of 2011, 30% on 2010, and 20% on 2009. Read the full Economist Which MBA ranking. Berkeley-Columbia EMBA Ranked #5 among U.S.-based Programs The Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program ranked #22 in the world and #5 among U.S.-based executive MBA programs, according to a survey […]

MBA for Executives Class of 2016 Begins Studies

[…] Emeritus and Nobel Laureate Oliver Williamson was honored, featured food inspired by Berkeley-based Chez Panisse restaurant. The group tasted water sourced in the Sierras by Stewart Wells, EMBA 15, founder of startup California Artesian; and sipped wines from Cannonball Wine Co., founded by Yoav Gilat, MBA 2005. The dinner also honored other Berkeley culinary […]