CU Executive MBA Class Profile

Average age: 38 years

Average work experience: 16 years

Masters degree or above: 17%

CU Executive MBA Class Profile (pt.2)

Undergraduate Degree:

36% technical/engineering

33% liberal arts

31% business

National Recognition

The University of Colorado has a national reputation for excellence and is the largest university in the Rocky Mountain region.

National Recognition (pt.2)

The program is offered by CU's three business schools, which are ranked among the nation's top 20 percent. All three schools have earned AACSB accreditation – the most rigorous available.

Alumni Network

Executive MBA graduates belong to a special alumni group that sponsors continuing education and social programs.

Alumni Network (pt.2)

The Executive MBA alumni network provides an invaluable group of advisors and contacts throughout your career.

Executive-Level Service and Convenience

Program staff handle all the details so you can focus on academics. Downtown Denver classroom facilities resemble a technologically advanced boardroom.

Executive-Level Service and Convenience (pt.2)

You can complete the Executive MBA in less than two years. Class schedules minimize work disruption by meeting one full day a week, on alternating Fridays and Saturdays.

International Component

CU's Executive MBA Program recognizes the imperative of global business understanding by integrating global ceconomy issues throughout the second-year curriculum

International Component (pt.2)

Because there is no substitute for first-hand experience, the program also includes a nine-day educational trip to an international business center

Sponsorship Cost Data

Paid by participant's organization: 45%

Shared by participant and the organization: 30%

Paid by participant: 25%

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Sponsoring Organizations

A

Addison Wesley Longman
Adolph Coors Company
Advanced Datacomm Solutions
Advantage Resources International
Advent Systems, Inc.
Agilent Technologies
Alcon Surgical
American Express
American Red Cross
American President Lines
American Skandia
AMGEN, Inc.
Andersen Consulting
Ansco Investment Company
Apex Silver Mines
Apple Computer, Inc.
ARCO Coal
Atlas Copco Compressors, Inc.
AT&T
Auraria Higher Education Center
Aurora Nurse-Midwives
Avaya Inc.
Avaya Technologies

B

BP/Amoco Crude Oil Supply & Logistics
BP/Amoco Pipeline Co.
BP/Amoco Production Company
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Bank One Corporation
Bestop, Inc.
Boulder Community Hospital
Brown & Root, Inc.
Bureau of Land Management

C

Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.
Cargill, Inc.
Ceavco Audio-Visual Co., Inc.
Center for Craniofacial Surgery
Centura Health
Cisco Systems
City of Boulder
City & County of Denver
City of Englewood
City of Longmont
City of Loveland
Colorado High School of Denver
Colorado Mountain College
Colorado PERA
Colorado School of Mines
Comcast Communications
Computing Devices International
ConocoPhillips Inc.
Cooper Power Systems
Coors Brewing Company
Corporate Express
Crum & Forster Insurance Company
CSG Systems, Inc.
CueStix International
Customer Insight Company
Cummins Engine Co.
Cyprus Minerals

D

Data National Corporation
Decoma - Kinetex
Delta Dental Plan of Colorado
Denis Miller Consulting Engineers
Department of Defense
Department of Human Services
DIA Business Partnership
Dieterich Standard
DuPont

E

Eagle County Ambulance District
Eastman Kodak Company
East West Technology
EG&G
Emergency Medical Physicians
Encompass Electrical Technologies
Ericsson Wireless
Ernst & Young
Evergreen Resources, Inc.

F

FirstBanks
First Data Corp.
Foster Wheeler Environmental
Frito Lay

G

Galileo International
Gates Rubber Company
G E Capital
G.E. Global Control Services
General Electric
General Services Administration
GeriMed of America, Inc.
Glaxo Welcome
Great-West Life

H

Hach Company
Hewlett-Packard Company
Honeywell, Inc.

I

IBM, Inc.
ICG Communications
IMI-Norgren
Informix Software, Inc.
International Marketing & Research Co.

J

Jeppesen Sanderson
John Deere Construction Equipment
Johns Manville Corporation
Jones Intercable

K

Kaiser Permanente
Key Bank, N.A.
Knoll Pharmaceuticals/BASF AG

L

Layne-Western
Level 3 Communications
Listen Up, Inc.
Lockheed-Martin
LONCO, Inc.
Lucent Technologies

M

MacTemps, Inc.
Marriott Corporation
Maxcor Manufacturing Inc.
McData
MCI
Medtronic
MERILab, Inc.
Merrill Lynch
Metropolitan State College
Micro Motion
Monsanto
MWired

N

National Renewable Energy Lab
National Park Service
National Semiconductor
NCSL
Nestle Food Company
Neuro-Biometrix, Inc.
Newmont Gold Company
Newmont Mining Company
New Technology, Inc.
Nextel Communications
Noel-Levitz
Nortel Networks

O

Ohmeda
Oracle Corporation
Otsuka Electronics USA, Inc.
Ottawa Financial Corp.

P

PAC Flex Systems
Particle Measuring Systems
Pediatrix Medical Group
Pennzoil-Quaker State Company
Pepsi Cola
Pinpoint Technologies
Planet Honda
Power Motive Corporation
Powers Phillips, P.C.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Proxy

Q

Quantum Corporation
Quark, Inc.
Qwest Communications
Qwest Wireless

R

Raytheon
Resource Group for the Arts
Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Riviera Electric
RNL Facilities Corporation
Roche Laboratories, Inc.
Rockmount Ranch Wear
Rocky Flats Environmental Tech Site
Rocky Mountain Orthodontics
Rogers Supply Co.
R.T.D.

S

Safety-Kleen Corp.
Samsonite Corporation
Samuel Engineering
Scitor Corporation
Shaw Construction
Showtime Networks Inc.
Skiing Magazine
Snyder Oil Corporation
Solar Energy Research Institute
Source Precision Medicine
Speer Industries
Sport Obermeyer, Ltd.
Sprint
Stanley Aviation Corporation
Starwood Hotels and Resorts
Statera
St. Luke’s Hospital System
Storage Technology Corporation
Sun Microsystems
Syncor International

T

TDA Research
Teledyne Water Pik
Tolin Mechanical Systems Company
Town of Estes Park
Transgenomic
Translogic
TRW

U

Unaxis Optics
United States Postal Service
U S Banks
U.S. Courts
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. General Services Administration
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Meat Export Federation

V

Valas Financial Corporation
Valleylab, Inc.
Vari-l Company

W

Warrior Solutions
Wells Fargo Bank
Wendy’s International, Inc.
Weyerhaeuser
Woodward Governor Company

X

Xcel Energy
Xerox Corporation

You're learning all of these things; your perspective is changing; your knowledge base is deepening; there's just no way around the fact that you're going to be a more robust asset.

— Lynnette Stephens

COO, Major Medical Supply

Executive MBA Class of 2009

This has given me a much broader understanding of finance, the way that we set water rates, why we issue bonds at certain times based on market conditions and the economy, and given just a much better overall perspective of what it means to be a leader in this field.

— Brian Good

Director of Operations, Denver Water

Executive MBA Class of 2009

There is no other class on campus that these instructors would rather teach than the EMBA program, and they actually compete to be able to teach this program. They know their topic, and they are able to teach it with such a degree of energy and excitement that really gets you engaged.

— Bob Sztukowski

Executive MBA Student

I literally in class would pull up my business' QuickBooks accounting system ... so I was applying it instantaneously.

— Cindy Brown

CEO, Blue Moon Works

Executive MBA Class of 2005

I will, from personal experience, tell you that it's one of the best things that you can do not only personally but career wise. You'll come out of this with more options than you ever imagined.

— A.J. Workman

VP Sales, Blue Moon Works

Executive MBA Class of 2005

Between the group settings and the interactions in class, it is very common that students will tell you they are learning a tremendous amount from other students in the class … we're structuring the program trying to get that interaction.

— Richard L. Wobbekind

Associate Dean, MBA and Executive Programs

Professor of Finance

The small study group experience provided me an opportunity to explore and appreciate diversity in a collaborative environment. As the Director of Space Systems Program Operations, I implemented this model in a corporate structure when building the operations team to oversee and improve space sensor production performance. The result was a highly creative, effective team and a reduction in overall cycle time and workmanship defects.

— Laryssa Densmore

Director of Space Systems Program Operations, Raytheon Company

EMBA Class of 2000

On entering the program I knew that I would gain great value from the financial analysis and accounting classes. One big surprise though was the great practical benefits I obtained from other courses. Halfway through this class, I basically recovered the financial investment in the program by applying a few key marketing principles at my company.

— Everod (Eveready) Samuel

President, Samuel Engineering Inc.

Executive MBA Class of 2002

The CU Executive MBA program was a lot more rigorous, fulfilling, and rich in content than a traditional MBA. There was just no comparison. All of my classmates were intent on getting their education, developing professionally, and opening up new opportunities. After completing the program I took advantage of CU’s dual-degree option to complete a second master’s degree in finance. With the Executive MBA as my core, I was largely able to design my own program.

—Derek Figueroa

Chief Financial Officer, Seattle Fish Company, Denver, Colorado

The most valuable aspect of the program was the confidence it gave me in the leadership of my division. It was great to work with and learn from professors who are active in the 'real world' and well respected across the world.

— Tina J. Valdez

International Chief Information Officer, Vice President Hosted Technology, TeleTech