Welcome to the Class of 2006

Check out the 2006 Institute Recap to see who attended, and view the Investor & People's Choice Award winning NVL team presentations:
 

Venture Capitalist's Choice
C2 Corporation	Presence Communications
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.	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.

People's Choice
Read2Me	EZ Track
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.	Product: A unique, easy, secure and affordable personal property tracking and location system based on RFID tag technology.

Dolby CEO Receives 2006 Alumni Award

With a BS in industrial engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA in finance from the University of California, Berkeley Bill attended the AeA/Stanford Executive Institute in 1981 as an Executive Vice President. Two years later he became Dolby's President. Over the last 25 years, he has led the company's successful transition from an analog audio pioneer to a digital entertainment company that has made consumers aware of just how good audio can sound.
 

As a CEO Guest Speaker at the 2005 Institute, Bill shared his experiences leading Dolby through its successful IPO and its transformation from a company with a focus on pure audio to one that is widely recognized for its world-class expertise in both audio and video.

AeA and Stanford University presented Mr. Jasper with the 2006 AeA/Stanford Alumni of the Year Award on August 23rd. 

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Other Reading

• Execution: Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan

• Technology Ventures by Byers & Dorf

• Innovator's Dilemma, by Clayton Christensen

• Built to Last & Good to Great by Jim Collins & Jerry Porras

• Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos, by Kathleen Eisenhardt & Shona Brown

• The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

• Who Says Elephants Can't Dance: the History Behind IBM's Historic Turnaround by Louis Gerstner

• The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell

• Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew Grove

• Driving Excellence: by Michael Jones & Steve Sanghi

• The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley

• Freakonomics: by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner

• Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

Refer a Colleague! 

Encourage your colleagues and employees to attend AeA's renowned technology business education programs.
 
AeA/Stanford Executive Institute
for senior leaders in technology companies
August 12-23, Stanford University

AeA/Santa Clara University Management Development Program
for new & transitioning managers in technology companies
June 11-14, Santa Clara University

On line applications are available at http://www.aeanet.org/execed

AeA/Stanford Faculty Director Awarded Gores Award

Join us in congratulating Institute Faculty Director Tom Byers, who was recently awarded the Walter J. Gores Award which is Stanford University's highest award for teaching.

Tom joins an acclaimed group of Past Gores Award Winners including AeA/Stanford Executive Institute Co-Founder and current Faculty Member Henry E. Riggs who received the Gores Award in 1980.

Where Are They Now? Alumni Updates