This summer, 77 senior leaders gathered at the Stanford University campus for an intensive eleven-day executive management course. The rigorous curriculum, world-class faculty and accomplished participants made the 2005 AeA/Stanford Executive Institute a highly enriching experience. Together executives learned valuable new perspectives and corporate stewardship from world renowned faculty. They discussed 19 high tech business cases and leading books on technology market strategy, accounting, finance, product development, innovation, negotiation, and corporate culture.  

"The best and brightest in high tech and teaching from one of the best graduate business programs in the world - I loved it!" 
- Mark Hebeisen, Vice President of Marketing, Endwave Corp.  

Class Roster II Class Profile II Faculty
Testimonials II Slideshow

 

Synopsys,  Dolby Laboratories and AeA CEOs Share Insights

	Aart DeGeus, CEO of Synopsys reflected on fortitude and how leaders build & project confidence even when courses of strategic action are not clearly defined.
	Bill Jasper, CEO of Dolby Laboratories provided an inside perspective on going public, building a company culture that stimulates innovation, and leading for long term growth.
	Bill Archey, CEO of AeA highlighted tech's historical involvement in legislative and government initiatives.  He shared updates on competitiveness, stock option expensing, SOX and intellectual property issues impacting the industry.

A unique element to the Institute is the New Venture Lab,  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 First Place:  Timeless Design Automation Product: ClockFree: software tools for developing integrated circuits based on power saving asynchronous technology.  Team Members: Michael Barone, Xilinx; Peter Beerel, U. of Southern California; Patricia Gilmore, Openwave Systems; Thomas (Scott) Kallman, Matheson Tri-Gas; Allan Padgett, Adobe; Jonathan Saari, Synopsys

Tied for First Place: GameBOOST
Product: GameBOOST, a game enhancement exchange where gamers can customize features, and preview/purchase game extensions and upgrades, using proprietary virtual key technology.  

Team Members: Mikhail Aleksandroskiy, Xilinx; Daniel Brown, Cymer; Gordon Cooper, Analog Devices, Inc.; Ted Costas, Dolby Laboratories; Paul Dorin, SYS Technologies; 
Arnd Krueger, Spectra Physics; Petros Varangis, Zia Laser; Andres Vazquez del Mercado, Telmex

People's Choice: Clix-It
Product: A 2-D bar code through which readers canaccess, through their camera cell phones, more information on advertised products.   

Team Members: Carlos Domingo, Celartem; Andrew Dowell, Dolby Laboratories; James Gentry, MTC Technologies; Vito Mazzarino, Synopsys; Donald Olson, Adobe Systems; Dewayne Quinn, Apple; Hamid Savoj, Magma Design Automation; Rade Zrilic, MatrixOne

Ned Barnholt, Chairman Emeritus of Agilent Technologies, received the 4^th Annual AeA/Stanford Executive Institute Award for Outstanding Achievement by an alumnus. Barnholt attended the first AeA/Stanford Executive Institute in 1975, as a product marketing manager for Hewlett-Packard (HP). 

From Left to Right: Tom Byers, Co-Director and Professor of Stanford, Ned Barnholt, CEO Emeritus Agilent Technologies,  Tim Bennett, Chief Operating Officer of AeA and Peter Glynn, Co-Director and Professor at  Stanford.

A 35-year veteran of HP, Barnholt guided Agilent Technologies through its 1999 spin-off and built Agilent into the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of test, measurement and monitoring devices.   Barnholt presently is a director of KLA-Tencor Corporation and serves on the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Advisory Committee (LCAC).

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