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Students who complete the Managing Technology and Innovation Concentration are eligible to have the Concentration noted on their transcripts (please see the Bulletin for the list of requirements). Take advantage of this focused set of courses to deepen your overall understanding of: the innovation context, organizing for innovation (both large firm issues and start-ups), the process of innovation (team and project management), and systems design.
These courses will better prepare you to engage with the Santa Clara University technology and innovation community. Relevant University organizations include: the Leavey School of Business’ Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; the SCU Center for Science, Technology, and Society; SCU's Tech Law Forum; and especially, the student-run Entrepreneurs’ Connection.
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Managing Technology and Innovation Today I am the MTI Concentration Advisor and host this blog to keep SCU Technology and Innovation students connected with current events related to the Concentration, and to events of general interest to our community. I also host a personal blog focused on technology and organizations. Welcome.
Prof. Terri Griffith, Management Department
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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 1:03 PM
Your classmates pointed out that Judy Estrin, author of Closing the Innovation Gap (Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy) is speaking on campus Feb 9, 4:30-7pm. I have canceled my 503 class so they (and I can attend). If you do not have another class (or can talk your faculty into letting you go), please go.
You do need to RSVP (faculty, staff, and students are free). Please email Bonita Banducci banducci@genderwork.com
Join us for a Global Innovation Dialogue with Judy Estrin, author of Closing the Innovation Gap. A technology pioneer and business leader, Judy will describe what will be required to reignite the spark of innovation in business, education, and government - ensuring our long-term success in the global economy.
Judy will highlight some of the key points from her book:
The fundamentals required to nurture innovation, including five simple but important values for transforming your organization into a force for productive change
How you can ensure that your business benefits from a thriving "Innovation Ecosystem"
Examples from established companies, startups, and research labs that illustrate the power of innovation
About the speaker
Judy Estrin is CEO of JLABS, LLC. She co-founded seven technology companies and was chief technology officer at Cisco Systems. Serving on the board of directors of the Walt Disney Corporation and FedEx Corporation, Estrin is also a member of the technology advisory boards of Stanford's School of Engineering and Bio-X campus-wide interdisciplinary initiative. She has been named three times to Fortune magazine's list of the 50 most powerful women in American business.
Location:
Santa Clara University
California Mission Room
Benson Center
More info
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Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 4:36 PM
"Protecting Personal Identities Online"
Erika Rottenberg
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of LinkedIn
January 28th
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Williman Room, Benson Center
Santa Clara University
Light lunch will be served (I don't see an RSVP requestion, but you could to HTLI@scu.edu)
Part of the IT, Ethics & Law Colloquium Series cosponsored by the High Tech Law Institute; the Center for Science, Technology, & Society; and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
On-line networking sites, such as LinkedIn, Facebook and MySpace, allow friends, acquaintances and/or professionals to connect and communicate with each other and have become an essential part of many people's daily lives. While most of these communications and interactions enrich our lives and enhance our business productivity, sometimes they can become problematic, especially when inappropriate or harmful information is published online. Erika Rottenberg, General Counsel of LinkedIn, a professional networking site with over 34 million members, representing 170 industries in 200 countries, will talk about opportunities and pitfalls posed by on-line networking sites and how we can be smart users of the sites. This will be a moderated discussion followed by an audience question and answer period.
Erika Rottenberg is Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of LinkedIn, responsible for LinkedIn’s worldwide legal matters, including privacy. Prior to LinkedIn, Erika served as General Counsel for two public technology companies, providing valuable experience in dealing with the regulatory policies and challenges specific to technology centric public companies. Most recently, Erika was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, for Nasdaq-listed SumTotal Systems. Prior to SumTotal, Erika was Vice President, Strategic Development and General Counsel of Creative Labs, the company that brought multimedia to the PC with the Sound Blaster sound card. Erika received her law degree from Berkeley's Boalt School of Law and started her legal career at the Silicon Valley technology based law firm of Cooley Godward.
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Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 10:11 PM
University of North Carolina's Prof. Howard Aldrich is scheduled to present to the CIE / MTI Reception. Prof. Aldrich's expertise includes: Creation & composition of entrepreneurial teams, small business start-up and survival rates, active learning, creating in-classroom learning opportunities
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Friday, Dec. 19, 2008 2:55 PM
MKTG 696 as currently taught by Prof. Montermoso counts as an elective for the MTI Concentration. Prof. Montermoso's version is largely focused on technology examples -- versions taught by other faculty will have to be separately approved. The "computer" may not automatically note this as a valid elective - so double check.
MKTG 696: Business to Business Marketing
Business-to-Business (B2B) Marketing encompasses those management activities that enable a supplier firm to understand, create, and deliver value to other businesses, governments, or institutional customers. In the context of these business markets, value refers to the economic, technical, service, and social benefits a customer firm may receive for buying the market offering. Using core readings and in-depth case analysis, the course will introduce and apply the guiding principles of B2B Marketing, which include using value as the cornerstone for decision-making, focusing on business processes and the business as a "buying center" with the various roles of participants, stressing business across borders, and accentuating working relationships and business networks. Through this course, students will also develop critical analytical and problem solving skills for a variety of business marketing situations.
Prerequisites: MKTG 551 and MTKG 553
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Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 6:39 PM
Tuesday, January 27
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Williman Room, Benson Center
Lunch Symposium: "Science, Religion, and the Human Person"
Mark Graves, Scholar in Residence, Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley
Research Fellow; Center for Science, Technology, and Society; Santa Clara University
Wednesday, January 28
12 p.m.-1 p.m.
Williman Room, Benson Center
Lunch Symposium: "Protecting Personal Identities Online"
Co-Sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the High Tech Law Institute
Thursday, January 29
6 p.m-8 p.m.
Saint Clare Room of the Learning Commons (Library)
Panel Discussion: “Alternative Energy: the Future is Now"
Co-Sponsored by Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Technology Center, and Orradre Library, and The Jewish Student Union Hillel of Silicon Valley
Thursday, February 5
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Williman Room, Benson Center
Lunch Symposium: "Risk Assessment for Genetically Engineered Crops: Is the US Government Keeping the Environment Safe?"
Michelle Marvier, Associate Professor, Biology Department and Environmental Studies Institute, Santa Cara University
Co-Sponsored by the Food and Agribusiness Institute
Thursday, March 5
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Williman Room, Benson Center
Lunch Symposium: "Do Developing Countries Really Need Biotechnology?"
Peggy Lemaux, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Plant & Microbial Biology, University California Berkeley
Co-Sponsored by the Food and Agribusiness Institute and the Biology Department
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Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 4:28 PM
All occur in the California Mission Room, Lower Level Benson Center from 4:00-5:20 p.m.
Soon these will be posted (with the RSVP link) to: http://www.scu.edu/business/scll/
I've also added that link to the calendar links above.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Mike Carey
Co-owner of Seirus Innovation; Referee, NFL; Member, Board of Trustees, Santa Clara University
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Mitchell Baker
Chairman, Mozilla Foundation
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
David Ebersman
CFO and Executive VP, Genentech, Inc.
Have a great break. Please think about events that would add value to your MTI concentration -- and provide the ideas in the comment section below (or on the Facebook page). We have a small budget for an event each quarter. We could see about combined events with CIE or the Entrepreneurs' Connection.
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Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 4:03 PM
Nov 13 (Thur) @ 4pm the PARC Forum presents Nobel Laureate Prof. Martin Perl. Directions to PARC
From their invitation:
The speaker will touch upon the following topics in his talk:
· The special nature of Creativity in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
· Necessary Conditions for Creativity
· How to Develop a Good Idea
· Colleagues
· The Art of Obsession in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
· The Technology You Use Now
· Future Technology
Upcoming PARC Forums:
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Thursday, Nov 20, 2008:
The Innovation Ecosystem: A Strategic Perspective on Renewable Energy
Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
Thursday, December 4, 2008:
Cloud Computing
Ram Shriram, Sherpalo Ventures
... and don't forget, Global Entrepreneurship Brown Bags Nov 17-21... Read the previous post for more information.
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Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 9:41 AM
Colleagues & Friends,
Join the CIE as we bring Global Entrepreneurship Week to SCU with informative daily brown bag seminars Monday through Friday, November 17-21, featuring a variety of topics.
All five seminars will be held from Noon to 1 pm in the Forbes Family Conference Center in Lucas Hall. The schedule is as follows:
Monday, November 17: Cleantech Monday with Phil Nail, Founder & CTO of AISO
Tuesday, November 18: Biotech Tuesday with Kenneth Linhares and Michael Patrick of Fenwick & West, LLP
Wednesday, November 19: Social Entrepreneurship Wednesday with Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) Co-Founder & Program Director Jim Koch
Thursday, November 20: Web 2.0 Thursday with Ross Mayfield, President & Co-Founder of Socialtext
Friday, November 21: VC Panel Competition-Five teams from the Santa Clara Entrepreneur Organization (SCEO) will compete in the Be a VC venture capital competition
Bring your own lunch or stop by the Cadence Café, located just outside the Forbes Family Conference Center. These seminars are free; however, for planning purposes, please RSVP today.
[To RSVP or for more information: www.scu.edu/business/cie/vin/events-overview.cfm
I hope to see you there,
Kevin Holmes
Director
Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE)
Santa Clara University
(408) 554-5757
www.scu.edu/cie
"Connect. Educate. Launch."
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Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008 12:05 PM
Tonja Brown tells us:
Debora Shoquist, Senior Vice President, Operations, NVIDIA Corp.
Wednesday, November 5th from 4-5:20 p.m.
Forbes Family Conference Center, Lucas Hall 126.
This will be a great opportunity to hear from one of the top executives at a leading visual computing technologies company.
You must RSVP in advance for this lecture: www.scu.edu/business/scll
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Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008 8:23 PM
I wish I could tell you more, but here's what I found:
Plug and Play Tech Center posts events on the TechVenue Calendar for Silicon Valley. I noticed that there is an Entrepreneur-Engineering Mash-Up listed for Thur Oct 30. HOWEVER, the PnP events site says it's every first Thur from 4-5. This puts it on Nov 6. The contact person is Connie Weisman connie@plugandplaytechcenter.com
If someone is interested enough to contact Connie, please post a comment here about what this even is, and whether it sounds useful to MTI concentration students.
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Monday, Oct. 13, 2008 8:45 AM
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Monday, Sep. 29, 2008 8:39 AM
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Sunday, Sep. 28, 2008 11:39 AM
Here they are in one big bunch for your scheduling pleasure. I will also post as the term progresses. Note that I am not listing these on the Facebook "Events" calendar as they are not official Concentration events. (Don't forget Oct 6th -- EA speaker - which is getting top billing this quarter.)
CSTS appreciates it if you RSVP. Many of these events include a reception or lunch so they need to estimate numbers. Please contact Eddie Lucas at elucas@scu.edu or 408-551-6090 to RSVP
Center for Science, Technology, and Society Fall symposia series
Thursday, October 9
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Parlors B and C, Benson Center
Brownbag Lunch Symposium: Environmental Risk Assessment
Jim Keenan, Health Scientist, ChemRisk
Tuesday, October 28
4-6 p.m. (reception immediately following)
Williman Room, Benson Center
Panel Discussion: Communicating Issues in Agrobiotechnology to the Public
Panelists:
Sally Lehrman, Knight Ridder San Jose Mercury News Endowed Chair in Journalism and the Public Interest, Santa Clara University
Belinda Martineau, Former Corporate Biotechnologist Writer
Chad Raphael, Associate Professor, Communication Department, Santa Clara University
Moderator: John Farnsworth, Director, Sustainable Living Undergraduate Research Project
Director, Penstemon Project for sustainability across the Curriculum, and Lecturer, Environmental Studies Institute, Santa Clara University
November 6
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Williman Room, Benson Center
Brownbag Lunch Symposium: Playing God or Serving Mammon: Catholic Ethical Concerns about Transgenic Crop Technologies
Keith Warner OFM, Assistant Director for Education, Director of the Faith, Ethics & Vocation Project and Project Director, Environmental Studies Institute, Santa Clara University
November 13
Conference: Transformative Changes through Science and Technology: The Role for Social Benefit Entrepreneurs featuring a keynote address by Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and the 2008 Tech Award Laureates. Further details will be sent to you separately.
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Thursday, Sep. 25, 2008 6:50 PM
October 6th: The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Managing Technology & Innovation Concentration invite you to a reception and talk by Bryan Neider of Electronic Arts. He is in the perfect position to talk about the difficult decision to hold back their latest blockbuster game, Spore, until it was ready. Innovative firms (e.g., EA, Pixar) often have to make difficult timing decisions. How do you know when an innovation should be held back?
We've planned a social hour / mixer on the 3rd floor Terrace from 6pm - 7pm. Then Mr. Neider will speak in the Weigand Room (Arts & Sciences) from 7pm-8pm
This event will also give you the chance to meet the 15 participants in the CIE program "Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship." Fourteen of the participants are from Italy, and one from Australia. They will be with us for the next two terms. Start your networking now!
Please RSVP to Nick Kurns NKurns@scu.edu
Bryan Neider, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Electronic Arts Worldwide Studios
Bryan Neider is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EA Worldwide Studios with responsibility for managing budgets and financial operations. Mr. Neider joined Electronic Arts in 1989 and held several positions in finance, operations, and corporate development.
Prior to joining EA, he served at the accounting firm of Touche Ross, at Data East USA and Microprose/Spectrum-Holobyte. Mr Neider earned his History degree from Santa Clara University and his M.B.A. from California State Hayward.
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Thursday, Sep. 11, 2008 10:44 PM
Meet with all the Concentration Advisors at Back to School Night during the special class schedule.
7pm to 8:30pm First floor Lucas Hall
"The purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for our graduate business students to meet faculty and staff from various departments and resources. The event is organized in a resource fair fashion for all of our graduate business students, faculty, and staff. Our hope is that our students will take advantage of the opportunity to discuss their programs with both academic and non-academic departments, and to learn about the student network organizations and opportunities for them to participate in co-curricular activities."
Great chance to help us plan for the rest of the year -- Including meeting with the Italian entrepreneurs attending the CIE's Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship program.
Come to Monday or Tusd.... or both
Help me decide how best to communicate with Concentration members.
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Thursday, Sep. 11, 2008 10:40 PM
Perceptions of Fairness and Insider Trading: Cross-Cultural Evidence From Ten Countries," Professor Meir Statman, Glenn Klimek Professor of Finance, SCU Department of Finance
SCU Wiegand Room
Note that I also posted this on the Facebook page (become a fan):
http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/santa-clara-CA/Santa-Clara-University-Managing-Technology-Innovation-Concentration/31256323078
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Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 5:00 PM
Based on some feedback from your classmates, I've started a Facebook "page" for the
Managing Technology & Innovation Concentration.
http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/santa-clara-CA/Santa-Clara-University-
Managing-Technology-Innovation-Concentration/31256323078
Please become a "fan" of the page if you are interested in this concentration. This will be our way of building a community of students and alumni. (I think the additional site is necessary as this site doesn't have the ability to communicate with one another.) Ideally we'll find a way to use the sites synergistically and not just duplicate the information.
I look forward to talking with you about the design of the pages, and how best to communicate and build community around the Concentration. Looking forward to seeing you all at the Fall get together (date to be annouced soon).
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Monday, Aug. 4, 2008 11:25 AM
PARC FORUM *Thursday*:
August 7, 4:00 - 5:00 pm, George E. Pake Auditorium at Palo Alto Research Center (www.parc.com/directions)
TITLE: A New PARC: Capturing Business Value from Research Innovation
SPEAKER: Mark Bernstein, Palo Alto Research Center President and Center Director
ABSTRACT:
PARC is at work developing a model that optimally couples its unique class of research innovation with multiple potential paths for creating business value. In the transition from corporate lab, there have been new choices made that seek to balance the research we want to do with the revenue we need to generate. This talk will touch on the business values that have shaped research directions and how the research has generated business opportunities.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Mark Bernstein has led one of the world's premier centers of innovation since 2001. He was named President and Center Director at this time to lead PARC in its transition from Xerox research division to independent research company. Under Bernstein's leadership, PARC has broadened its research agenda and developed areas of commercial focus while retaining close strategic ties with Xerox Corporation.
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Monday, Jun. 2, 2008 8:01 AM
As the year draws to a close, let's think about how to use this site to your benefit. I just went through all the calendars listed above and nothing struck me as being worthy of posting here -- but my perspective and networks are not yours. Feel free to forward announcements of events you think other MTI concentration students/alumni would find helpful. Also, feel free to point us to other websites you have found helpful. Are there particular blogs you find useful? We could create a blog referral page (perhaps a wiki?)
I have been on sabbatical this year and so our face to face interactions have been limited. Look for more on campus integration as we start the Fall term. Feel free to suggest activities. Network/club officers -- please think about how we might join forces to bring powerful events to campus.
Have a safe and productive summer. This site will be live over the summer -- but will need your suggestions for content.
Terri Griffith
tgriffith@scu.edu
http://www.TerriGriffith.com/blog
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Friday, May. 9, 2008 10:47 AM
A reminder about a wonderful speaking engagement coming up on Tuesday, May 13th. We would like to encourage you and your students to attend and hear from a true leader in the business world.
Tuesday, May 13th
Edward Zander
Chairman of the Board, Motorola
California Mission Room, Lower Level, Benson Center
4:00-5:15 p.m.
Biography
Edward J. Zander is chairman of the board of Motorola, Inc. Since beginning at Motorola in January 2004, he has brought Motorola not only a wealth of experience, but a keen understanding of the emerging challenges and opportunities in the communications space. He has successfull reorganized the company, overseen the introduction of several exciting new products and sharpened Motorola's focus on innovation and operational efficiency. Zander entered his position with over 25 years of experience in the technology industry.
Prior to joining Motorola, Zander was a managing director of Silver Lake Partners, a leading private equity fund focused on investments in technology industries. Before that, he served as president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems until June 2002. During his tenure, Zander grew Sun to $18 billion in revenues, established it as the number-one company in the server market and built it into the pre-eminent supplier of network infrastructure. Earlier, Zander served as president of Sun's computer and software divisions. Prior to joining Sun in 1987, he held senior management positions at Apollo Computer and Data General.
Zander received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master's degree in business administration and an honorary Ph.D. from Boston University.
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