“An insightful, educational, and more personally, an inspirational side through ALL key areas of business – big & small.”
– Shyam S. Vijay, Senior Manager, Adobe Systems

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

“An excellent program that promises to feed you with the knowledge you need to be an effective & confident leader.  A great opportunity to meet other execs in the tech industry & share vision, strategy, current challenges, & future solutions.”
– Paul Gubbay, Director Engineering, Adobe Systems

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

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

“The program provides an excellent overview of all aspects of running and growing a business in high tech industry.  Good mix of classroom sessions, CEO talk, & group discussion/networking opportunities.  New Venture Lab put everything we learned to test memorable and enriching experience overall.”
– Soma Somasundaram, Vice President Software Development, Infor

“A must for high tech executives.  Tremendous interaction with world-class professors and fellow executives.” 
– David Hall, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Endwave Corporation

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

"The AeA/Stanford program has been inspiring.  It offers a unique environment for learning, sharing, participating, and visioning.  I’d highly recommend the AeA/Stanford program to all that aspire to change the world through action.”
– Dave Rohona, Manager Marketing, Data I/O Corporation

“The course gives an excellent broad perspective on the most important business
functions to high-tech industry.” 
– Anonymous

“The AeA/SEI widens the horizon for major disciplines of general management, while also offering a great networking and self reflection focuses.  One underestimates how much can come across in 11 days.”
– Roland Rott, Director Large Accounts, Exact International

“A very useful review of business school – a mini MBA.” 
– Bruce Nelson, Chief Financial Officer, NetGuru

“My expectations were vastly exceeded, from the staff, material, the people, and
especially the food.” 
– Anonymous, Xilinx

“The best focused two weeks you can spend learning about how to understand
and run a business.” 
– Victor Hester, Executive Vice President Manufacturing, Verari Systems

“This course is everything you make it in terms of your professional life.” 
– Michael Bullock, Vice President Engineering, Intermap Technologies
 
“The executive institute was one of the best things I have done in years.  The past 11 days re-kindled my interest in higher ed, provided me with valuable tools for my job, and allowed me to collaborate with great people.” 
– B Winston Hendrickson, Senior Director Engineering, Adobe Systems

“Consuming and inspiring.” 
– Kathrin Winkler, Senior Director Product Management, EMC Corporation
 
“Excellent look at various aspects of leading a business.”
– Phil Christenson, Manager Device Support Group, Data I/O Corporation

“The Institute had broadened my perspective and reinforced my past experiences; both of which are essential to learning.” 
– Dan Donati, Vice President Engineered Solutions Group, Elgar Electronics Corporation
 
“Provides a great grounding in all the fundamental areas affecting high tech businesses.”
– Jason Power, Market Development Manager, Dolby Laboratories

 “An excellent overview of what it takes for a leader of companies to know about all the topics in order to succeed.”
– Brian Hedayati, Director Business Management, Maxim Integrated Products

“Fabulous program, highly recommend”
– Michael Horne, Director Group Marketing, Cadence Design Systems

“It is exactly as I had hoped.  We spent time covering the major functions needed to run a successful business.  The classes were led by industry recognized professors that have extensive real-life experience.”
– Rich Godlasky, Manager Business Development, MTC Technologies

“A great general management/leadership perspective to senior management development.”
– Eric Allegakoen, Senior Director, Adobe Systems

“There’s nothing better than unplugging from the 9 volt de charger that is work to remind yourself about the many kilovolt power substation that is education.”
– Steve Macatee, Director Product Development and Training, Rane Corporation

“Besides the academic & real situation (practical) learnings, it was an excellent value to discuss with experts from different industries and experiences.”
– Rahul Aggarwal, Director, Siemens Communications

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