On June 16, 2010, Mahesh Singh, Co-founder and Sr. Vice President of Products at Digité, delivered a guest lecture “Enabling Globally Distributed Projects,” in the Managing Product Development Course for the MBA-One Cohort at the Lucas Graduate School of Business at San Jose State University. Mahesh shared his experiences and insights of over 20 years in Software and IT Services in product management, marketing, sales, and project management. He is collaborating with Prof. Gita Mathur of the College of Business to develop teaching material for courses on product and technology development. Digité is a Silicon Valley start-up and leading provider of collaborative enterprise software for Agile Application Lifecycle Management, targeted towards Corporate IT, IT services/Outsourcing and IT-Consulting companies.
MBA Students learn about Managing Globally Distributed Projects from Digité Co-founder
June 22nd, 2010
New Location for Off-Campus Programs
April 30th, 2010Beginning June 21st, all off-campus business graduate operations are scheduled to be moved from the current Rose Orchard facility to the Network Meeting Center at Techmart on Great America Parkway in Santa Clara. If you are unfamiliar with Techmart, is it located in the heart of the “Golden Triangle” (on Great America Parkway next to the Convention Center and the Hilton Hotel), and is easily accessible from Hwy 101, Hwy 237, and public transportation. The facility is located about 5 minutes (2 miles) from the Rose Orchard facility. This new location offers a comfortable, up-to-date learning environment. Other business graduate institutions that use the Techmart facility include The Haas School at Berkeley, Pepperdine University, and Saint Mary’s College.
Network Meeting Center at Techmart
5201 Great America Parkway,
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Network Meeting Center in Silicon Valley’s TechMart
52nd Annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner
March 25th, 2010Thursday April 22, 2010 – 6:30pm
San José State University
Barrett Ballroom
Student Union
Celebrating Student Success
Honoring
Constance B. Moore ‘77
Ronald G. VandenBerghe ‘59
Proceeds from the dinner will go to supporting student excellence
For ticket and event information please contact Sofia Moede – 408-924-3394
Constance B. Moore ‘77
With over 30 years of experience in the real estate industry, Constance Moore is the president and CEO of BRE Properties, Inc. a role she assumed in 2005. She also serves on BRE’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining BRE in 2002 as its Chief Operating Officer, she was the managing director of Security Capital Group & Affiliates. From 1993 to 2002, Moore held executive positions with Security Capital Group, including co-chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Archstone Communities Trust. Moore holds an M.B.A. from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and a bachelor’s degree from San José State University. She is the immediate past Chair of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts; the Vice Chair of the Tower Board of San José State University; a member of UC Berkeley’s Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics Policy Board’s Executive Committee; a member of the Board of Directors for the Real Estate Roundtable; a member of the Urban Land Institute; and a member of the Board of Rent Bureau LLC. Connie and her husband, Roger Greer, live in San Francisco.
Ronald G. VandenBerghe ‘59
In January 1959 Ronald VandenBerghe graduated in 3 ½ years from San José State with honors in Business Administration. He is the founder and President of VandenBerghe Properties, Inc. Throughout his more than 50 years in the real estate industry, he has developed, constructed and property managed more than 10,000 multi-family apartment units in the state of California. Ron taught accounting at U.C. Berkeley Extension from 1963-1970 as well as taxes and finances for the College of Emergency Physicians for many years. He is a certified public accountant, estate tax planner, former accounting and finance officer in the United States Air Force Reserves & California Air National Guard. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church and was a founder and past president of the San Ramon Valley Christian Academy. He is a 32° Mason. He serves on the advisory board of Wells Fargo Bank Greater Bay and was an organizer and founder of a number of community banks in California. Ron is a commercial pilot and flies a Cessna Citation Mustang and Piper Mirage. Ron and his wife Patty live in Danville, California. They have three children and six grandchildren.
Global Ties: Entrepreneurial links between the Bay Area and China & India
March 3rd, 2010The symposium is based on a Report just published by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute on business and other ties linking the Bay Area with India and an earlier Report on the Bay Area and China. The speakers will discuss the changing nature of economic ties and the role of cross-border and immigrant community networks in driving innovation and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley and in China and India. They will also share their insights on the future of the relationship between high tech in Silicon Valley and high tech in China and India.
Please visit this page for more details: http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/svce/events/default.asp
The event is FREE and open to the public.
World-Renowned Economist To Talk About His Latest Book Free Fall
February 10th, 2010Joseph Stiglitz, professor at Columbia University, is a global thought leader in the field of economics and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and the John Bates Clark Award. A former chief
economist at the World Bank and chairman of Clinton’s President’s Council of Economic Advisors, Stiglitz is a well-known critic of free market economics and the management of globalization who argues for the reform of global institutions like the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the United Nations.
Feb. 23rd, 5-6:30 pm in Morris Auditorium. We recommend that you (and your students) register as quickly as possible at the link below. You can then print out your admission ticket.
http://tinyurl.com/sjsu-stiglitz
Lucas School Co-Sponsors Conference At Stanford On The Future Of Industry & Innovation In Asia
February 8th, 2010The Future of Industry and Innovation in Asia: Firms, Networks and Alliances
Asian firms and industries power the world economy, with three of the largest, most rapidly changing economies and six of the ten most populous countries in the world located in Asia. Yet, with a possible exception of Japan, we know surprisingly little about Asia’s firms and industries. This conference seeks to remedy the situation by convening a group of leading scholars at Stanford University on July 8-9, 2010, and publishing an edited volume and special journal issue. The conference is co-sponsored by the Pacific Roundtable on Industry, Society and Management, Stanford University’s Center for South Asia Studies, and the Lucas Graduate School of Business.
Please visit the Conference page for more information.
GLAC Breakfast Series
December 9th, 2009The Office of the Provost and the Global Leadership Advancement Center will be hosting guest speaker Joseph Stiglitz on Feb 23rd at 5:00 pm in Morris Daily Auditorium on the San Jose State University campus. Dr. Stiglitz is a Nobel Laureate and was chief economist at the World Bank and chairman of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors. Currently a professor of finance and economics at Columbia University, Dr. Stiglitz is reportedly the most cited economist in the world.
More information will be posted on the GLAC Website as the event nears.
March Global Leadership Laboratory(GLLab) Event
November 30th, 2009Beginning March 4th 2010, MBA-One students from the Lucas Graduate School of Business will undergo a week-long Global Leadership Laboratory (GLLab) experience with 12 Masters students from Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. In addition to the opportunity for intercultural exchange, the students will be assessed, trained and tested on various global leadership skills. The GLLab, which functions like an assessment center, will be taught by Dr. Joyce Osland, Lucas Endowed Professor of Global Leadership and Executive Director of the Global Leadership Advancement Center. The program will include German and U.S. guest speakers, business panels, and a company visit.
College of Business launches Global Leader Breakfast Series.
November 17th, 2009On November 17th in the City Hall Rotunda, the Global Leadership Advancement Center (GLAC) launched its Global Leader Breakfast Speaker Series, featuring Chris DiGiorgio, Managing Director at Accenture, Co-Chair of Joint Venture Silicon Valley and a member of the Executive Committee of the Bay Area Council, Bay Area Economic Forum board, and The Tech Museum of Innovation board. After an introduction by Mayor Chuck Reed, Mr. DiGiorgio spoke on “Leading in a Time of Globalization.” Joyce Osland, executive director, briefly presented GLAC’s goals and programs. The event, organized by Assistant Director Jeff Gaines, was attended by over 100 alumni, local business people, MBA students, outstanding IB majors, and student leaders. The event was sponsored by the Donald and Sally Lucas Foundation and Pearson Higher Education. The next speaker in the series is Nobel Laureate and economist Joseph Stiglitz on February 23, 2010.
Please visit these pages for more details:
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/
http://media.www.thespartandaily.com
MBA Case Activity
November 14th, 2009As part of the continuing process of knowledge enhancement and skill development, our MBA One students participated in a case analysis exercise recently. This was the 2nd of 5 cases that the students will analyze during the duration of the program. The topic for this exercise was Innovation/Technology Management and was led by our faculty, Professors Isabelle Lescent-Giles and Noorein Inamdar. Additionally, the students were privileged to listen to two of our distinguished alumni: Melissa Dyrdahl (former CMO, Adobe) and Martin Brauns (former CEO, Interwoven) who shared their insights and experiences on the above topics. Twelve student teams (divided into two pools) analyzed the Webvan case and presented the same to faculty teams. The best team from each pool then presented their analysis to the distinguished executives named above, faculty and to their peers. This was a great learning opportunity for the students; they thoroughly benefited from and enjoyed the exercise.
