San Diego State University's MBA for Executives program

You will also gain insights from the many guest speakers from diverse industries that our faculty and current students invite to campus each year. These distinguished individuals include executives from within and outside the San Diego community, as well as distinguished faculty from other institutions, who greatly enhance the classroom experience.

Below is a list of distinguished speakers from the last five years.

Kent Baker, Division Counsel, Qualcomm Inc.

Giles Bateman, Director/Investor, Beverages & More, Think Outside, Inc., Skydesk, Inc.

Anthony Broad, Director, International Finance, Invitrogen

Tres Conrique, Founder & CEO, Rancho Santa Fe Technology

Miro Copic, Founder & Principal, BottomLine Marketing

Michael Cunningham, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at SDSU, and Founder, President and CEO of Cunningham Graphics International (CGII)

Mary Curran, Market President, Union Bank of California

Stephen Cushman, President, Cush Automotive Group

Lawrence DeMonaco, Vice President - Global Human Resources, General Electric Capital Corporation

Peter Djokovich, President & CEO, Strategix Performance

Duane Drake, CFO, San Diego Foundation

Mike Gotfredson, CEO, Roadrunner Sports

Harry Gruber, CEO, Kintera, Inc.

James Gunderson, Corporate Governance Counsel, Schlumberger Limited

Garry Hall, Rear Admiral, United States Navy

Bill Holmes, Founder & President, SupplyPro

Irwin Jacobs, Co-founder & Chairman of the Board, Qualcomm, Inc.

Leonard Lavin, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Alberto-Culver Company

Fred Lawrence, Venture Partner, Shepherd Ventures

Tony Medrano, President, SEED Enterprise LLC

Graham Milner, Executive Vice President, WD-40 Company

Robert Nascenzi, President & CEO, Claritas

Garry Ridge, President & CEO, WD40 Company

Yann Risz, Founding Partner & COO, The Next Practice

Michael Robertson, Chairman & CEO, MP3.com

Ralph Rubio, Founder & CEO, Rubios Fresh Mexican Grill

John Sarkisian, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Semtek Innovative Solutions

Neil R. Senturia, Founder & CEO, Blackbird Ventures, Inc.

Alex Sun, CFO, Mitchell International

Lyle Turner, Founder, Invitrogen Corporation

Johann Verheem, Chairman, ResponseIQ.com

Barbara Wight, Vice President of Finance and CFO, T-Systems International

"If sharing of the rich variety of professional experiences between classmates does not give you enough fresh insights, the exposure to local business leaders from the telecommunications industry, from Maquiladora operations, from start up companies and from resources through the Entrepreneurial Management Center will surely provide you with valuable lessons in immediate, real-life business case studies whether you plan to be an entrepreneur or an intrapreneur. This clearly differentiates this program from other Executive MBA programs in the nation."

Kirk Imamura
President
Avatar Entertainment Corporation and
CEO, 441 Records Corp.
EMBA V Graduate, 1996

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