Oswaldo Diaz’ personal experience attending the Executive MBA program at the University of California, Irvine. Oswaldo speaks about the importance of having an MBA and learning about Digital Transformation. Commercial was originally aired on August 2019.
Mr Salles is currently the WPR Team Leader at Cisco and is in charge of addressing the distinct set of needs from various departments that include engineering, sales, call center and general administration.
Prior to joining CISCO, Mr Salles was the Workplace strategy and Systems Manager at eBay in charge of reviewing the global real estate portfolio and headcount data for 4 million sqft of class A office spaces.
Mr. Salles holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical engineering from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Paul Merage School of Business.
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Digital Transformation has evolved during the past ten years from being part of the domain of IT to moving to the forefront of all business plans and organizations. Oswaldo Diaz speaks about Digital Transformation, skill development and the fourth industrial revolution.
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Dean Professor Doctor Ian O. Williamson, is the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Commerce at the Wellington School of Business and Government at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
During his 20-year career, Dr. Williamson has served on several academic committees and on the boards of directors for a variety of nonprofit organizations. In addition, he has provided expert insights in the areas of organizational innovation and employee recruitment and retention to executives in more than 20 countries across six continents for companies such as CBRE, PwC, Lockheed Martin, Nestle and Accenture.
Dr Williamson holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and previously held faculty positions at universities in the U.S., Switzerland, Australia and Indonesia.
Dr Williamson has been named dean of the University of California, Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business and he will begin his new role on Jan. 1, 2021.
This interview is part of the Leadership During the Time of COVID-19 series.
Greg McCord is Sr. Director of Information Security at CalAmp and is a highly credentialed and experienced Security Leader that protects, defends and secures information systems utilizing industry best practices.
During the interview, Greg speaks about productivity, security and the biggest challenges that CTOs are facing during COVID-19.
With a 30-year career dedicated to excellence in scholarship and business education, Dr. Eric R. Spangenberg has served The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine, as dean since June 2014.
Dr. Spangenberg has led several initiatives, including engaging and strengthening ties with the external business community both locally and abroad. He has motivated strategic curricular updates to the MBA as well as development of a hybridized (partially online), part-time MBA program, one-year specialized masters programs in finance, data analytics and entrepreneurship, and a completely online minor in undergraduate business to help meet the University’s demand for business programs. He oversaw the Merage School strategic planning process articulating a clear vision and reward structure; led development of a differentiation strategy for the School; successfully navigated a (once a decade) UC Senate school review; and established an AACSB plan and process ensuring successful maintenance of accreditation. He has also prioritized the recruitment of faculty and students across several disciplines and programs thereby enriching diversity of the Merage School community.
Dean Dr. Professor Richard Arum is an American sociologist of education and stratification, best known for his research on student learning, school discipline, race, and inequality in K-12 and higher education.
Dr. Arum has a B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University, an M.Ed. in Teaching and Curriculum from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.
He is currently dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Education, as well as a senior fellow at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Karl Tokita is the CEO at Chiron Total a medical marketing and research organization that provides convenient, one-step health checkup programs for early detection and referrals to comprehensive treatments. Mr Tokita was a Board Member of the Irvine Public Schools Foundation and is a current Board Member of the Medici Foundation.
During the interview, Mr. Tokita speaks about his personal journey and the challenges that he has faced in his leadership journey.
Council Member Arlis Reynolds was elected in November of 2018 to represent Costa Mesa District 5, one of two westside Costa Mesa districts. She is the first person elected to represent District 5 as part of the City of Costa Mesa’s historical first District Elections and was sworn in on December 4, 2018.
Ty Tran talk about Applied Data Systems, Inc. and how the company is helping customers integrate computing, interconnect, storage, parallel files ystem and middleware.