In August, 85 senior leaders from technology companies around the world, participated in the 2006 AeA/Stanford Executive Institute on the Stanford University campus. The intensive eleven-day executive management course provided a rare opportunity to step back and assess critical business challenges, learn new perspectives, and apply successful strategies to running globally competitive technology businesses.

Guest Speakers II NVL Winners II Class Roster II Class Profile II Faculty II Testimonials

"The Institute was one of the best things I have done in years.  The past 11 days
re-kindled my interest in higher education, provided me with valuable
tools for my job, and allowed me to collaborate with great people."  
B. Winston Hendrickson, Senior Director Engineering, Adobe Systems  
 

Executives Discuss Leadership & Business Strategy

Attendees took every opportunity to explore leadership, business management and strategy with the Institute's elite faculty, CEO speakers, and accomplished participants. Together executives learned valuable lessons in corporate stewardship, while discussing 19 high tech business cases and leading books. Curriculum addressed technology market strategy, accounting, finance, innovation, negotiation, strategic management, operations, and culture.

Network Appliance and Plantronics CEOs Share Insights

New Venture Lab Ignites Entrepreneurial Spirit

A unique element to the Institute is the New Venture Lab (NVL),  an entrepreneurial challenge in which participants apply and incorporate principles addressed in class into a cohesive and integrative final product. Working in small groups, participants present their business plans for new high-tech products to a panel of Venture Capitalists. This unique experience provides insight into understanding, participating in, and managing the entrepreneurship process.

NVL Winning Teams:

Tied for Venture Capitalist Choice:
C2 Corporation
Product: A no-fee service for consumers to receive consumer product evaluation and competitive pricing information via their cell phones by typing in or taking a picture of the product's scancode number.   

Team Members: Michael Eberhard, Concur Technologies; John Kittrell, Magma Design Automation; Guy Churchward, BEA Systems; Kathrin Winkler, EMC Corporation; Eric Allegakoen, Adobe Systems; Shyam Vijay, Adobe Systems


 

Tied for Venture Capitalist Choice:
Presence Communications
Product: Disruptively integrated voice communication tool to provide small businesses with virtual offices and a full suite of professional phone services over the wireless network.

Team Members (From L-R): Curt Sacks, Endwave Corporation; Sunil Veluvali, Sylantro Systems; Rahul Aggarwal, Siemens Communications; John Szpak, EFJ; Anthony Tsai, Proctor & Gamble; Louis Dubin, Radyne Corporation

Tied for People's Choice: Read2Me
Product: A unique personal web service that converts documents (books, periodicals, word files, PDF files, etc.) to audio files for use on mobile devices by students, professionals and the sight impaired. 

Team Members (From L-R): Gerald Aschoff, The Boeing Company; Michael King, Abacast; Oliver Gunasekara, ARM; Terence Clearkin, BEA Systems; Raja Gopal, Sylantro Systems; Michael Bullock, Internap Technologies



 

Tied for People's Choice: EZ Track
Product: A unique, easy, secure and affordable personal property tracking and location system based on RFID tag technology.

Team Members (From L-R) Stefan Voegel, Mattson Thermal Products; Huibert Verhoeven, National Semiconductor; Zhi-Min Ling, Xilinx; Takashi Tsujimura, Kulicke & Soffa Industries; Daniel Swan, Analog Devices. Not pictured: Marc J. Dalderup, Vitronics Soltec

 

Alumnus Recognized for Outstanding Achievement

Bill Jasper, CEO of Dolby Laboratories attended the Institute in 1981. Mr Jasper provided an inside perspective on going public, building a company culture that stimulates innovation, and leading for long-term growth.      From Left to Right: Tim Bennett, Chief Operating Officer of AeA, Tom Byers, Co-Director and Professor at Stanford University, Bill Jasper, CEO of Dolby Laboratories, Peter Glynn, Co-Director and Professor at  Stanford University, and Elaine Sanders, Senior Vice President of AeA.

Participants Share Insights and Expand their Horizons

“The single most important executive education experience I have had!”
– Cal Huntzinger, Manager Marketing and Engineering, Varian Medical Systems
 

"An incubator of academic knowledge, experience, and personal networking focused
on learning and application.” 
– Gerald Aschoff, Operations, The Boeing Company



"The Institute will give you new tools to make better decisions and move your organization forward.”
– Bill Roth, Vice President, BEA Systems
 

“The Red Bull of leadership training.”
– David Wadhwani,Vice President Product Development, Adobe Systems

2007 AeA/Stanford Executive Institute
If you're interested in becoming a part of this prestigious group of alumni or recommending a colleague to attend the 2007 AeA/Stanford Executive Institute, August 12-23, 2007, contact AeA's Executive Education Team at 408.987.4276

This page was last updated on 10/10/06.