The Engineering Leadership Professional Program | Silicon Valley
Join a community of over 1,000 ELPP alumni who have transformed their technical and engineering expertise into innovative, entrepreneurial leadership—driving impact and success within their firms.
This in-person program meets for 22 sessions in Silicon Valley and is specifically developed for rising star engineers and technical managers who want to advance their careers.
The program recognizes the managerial and decision-making abilities experienced engineers have acquired and further enhances their skills to make a greater impact on the business, market, and competitive environments in which their companies operate.
Each week features a new case/interactive session with a broad array of speakers highlighting leadership and mindset insights while offering participants the opportunity to expand their innovation ecosystem.
In comparison to the ELPP-GL program, the in-person program features weekly sessions with buffet dinner, four weeks of additional instruction and an additional intra-corporate group project.
Designed for engineers by an engineer
Now more than ever, innovative companies require engineers who can be technical experts as well as strategic managers and directors. The next generation of leaders will need a unique combination of technical horsepower, entrepreneurial ability, and business judgment. ELPP readies technical professionals for the next step in their career by augmenting their analytical skills with proven business methodology and techniques.
Who Should Attend
Bay area professionals who aspire to create innovation with their teams, scale a growing operation, take on revenue responsibility, generate new business, or gain broader influence with a stronger voice at the leadership table. Participants have on average 8+ years work experience in tech companies focused on hardware, software, investing and more. They include:
Early to mid career engineers
Lead architects
Technical product managers
Business development leads
Course Agenda
The program meets live online weekly for 3 hours in the evening (5pm PT - 8pm PT) via Zoom. Distinguished industry pioneers and faculty lead interactive case discussions on iconic hardware and software businesses outlining stages of innovation life cycle from:
Research to design
Development to commercialization
Adaption to scaling
The ELPP curriculum is organized into key modules with one group capstone project. Each module is critical to building the foundation necessary to take you to the next level of your professional life.
January - April
Strategy and Opportunity/Product Management & Marketing
- Leadership Primer: Innovation Engineering, set of instructional videos, Harvard Business School case studies and electronic articles.
- Description: Distinguished industry pioneers and faculty lead interactive discussion on series of iconic hardware and software businesses outlining stages of innovation life cycle including:
- Research to design
- Development to commercialization
- Adaption to scaling
- Product marketing, measurement and management
- In parallel, instruction on:
- Pitching your ideas
- Cross corporate group project (see examples below) - idea development, team formation, refinement with mentoring
April - June
Operations and Leadership, Psychology and Communication
- Leadership Primer: Crucial Conversations, case studies, set of instructional finance videos and worksheets, articles and role play exercises
- Description: Faculty and interactive instruction focused on developing skills in:
- Financial Accounting
- Influence & negotiations
- Leadership & Communications
- Innovation
- In parallel, instruction on the psychology of innovation and continued work on cross corporate group project (see examples below) to be pitched to the group in December
- Program Close with online commencement lecture and certificate ceremony
Key Takeaways
Develop and Practice New Skills
Build your toolkit for tech strategy decisions. Develop leading-edge insights into operational innovation. Experiment with best practices in authentic leadership, negotiations, and influence.
Cooperation
Complete a cross-corporate group project, with personalized mentorship and the opportunity to pitch your ideas.
Build Your Leadership
Lifelong ecosystem of instructors, industry mentors and peers from Silicon Valley's top tech companies.
What our alumni are saying
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I will highly recommend the program for anyone who's willing to:
- Gain knowledge of emerging tech, investment and economic trends in Silicon Valley.
- Find a tech partner for their business strategy.
- Network with a group of international entrepreneurs, investors, professors and business professionals.
—— ELPP PARTICIPANT & BUSINESS OWNER FROM ASIA PACIFIC
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It has extended my mindset and and also improved my professional network. The most valuable thing to me was the close access to all the speakers and individual discussions.
—— 2022 PARTICIPANT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR,
EDUCATION INSTITUTION FROM EUROPE
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The program was amazing and beyond what I expected. The curriculum is very well structured with academic, industry, and investment professionals. It offered a good mix of knowledge in the big global picture, industry developments, capital prospective and pitch/communication skills.
—— ELPP PARTICIPANT & BUSINESS LEADER FROM ASIA PACIFIC
”
Certification
Practice ideation, innovation, business and team building, and develop an innovation leadership toolkit.
Featured Industry Pioneers
Marc Tarpenning
Tesla
Co-Founder
Don Proctor
Kodak and managing change
C-level executive, Cisco
Neil Hunt
Netflix and adaptation
Former, Chief Product Officer, Netflix and Chief Product Officer, Vibrant Planet
Inder Sidhu
Cisco and channel strategy
Chief Customer Officer, Innovaccer and sr. exec. at Nutanix and Cisco executive
Michael Marks
Zappos and core competencies
Former CEO, Flextronics
Featured Faculty
Saikat Chaudhuri
Faculty Director
M.E.T. Program and Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Hub
Ikhlaq Sidhu
Science & Technology, Founding Director of Engineering Leadership Professional Program
IE University
Naeem Zafar
Serial entrepreneur and founder
TeleSense
Anca Dragan
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
Director of AI Safety and Alignment
Google DeepMind
Rick Rasmussen
Fortune 500 executive and 3x IPO
Holly Schroth
Instructor
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Suneel Udpa
Instructor
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
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FAQ
Application Deadline:
Individual: Dec 15, 2024
Corporate: Dec 8, 2024
Application Process:
Individual applicants please use the "Apply" link to submit applications prior to the deadline. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with follow-up interviews conducted by the SCET Program Director. Group nominations are accepted from corporations and institutions, based on agreement with the SCET Program Director. Please contact Kristina Susac at susac@berkeley.edu should you wish to explore a corporate nomination. Acceptances will be sent, via email, on a rolling basis. Once accepted, participants will receive a welcome email two weeks prior to program start
Seats are first come, first served.
Register now to save your spot!
Questions? Contact Us
Kristina Susac
Partner Success Officer
susac@berkeley.edu
