About
The Engineering Leadership Professional Program|Global, live online, fully develops engineers' innovative and entrepreneurial qualities and empowers them to apply these talents to a broader business environment. The coursework takes place over 18 sessions live online 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-SV program, the online program is condensed over fewer weeks, offers the flexibility of online classes, and features a single group project and speakers, instructors, and a cohort from around the globe.
For optimal instruction experience cohorts are generally limited to 40 participants.
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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.
August - October: 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
NOV. - DEC. Modules Covering 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
Featured Industry Pioneers
Russ Wilcox
E-Ink and opportunity recognition
Founder, E-Ink, Co-Founder and Partner, Pillar VC
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
Adam Cheyer
Sustaining innovation
Cofounder Siri, Change.org, VivLabs
Inder Sidhu
Cisco and channel strategy
Chief Customer Officer, Innovaccer and sr. exec. at Nutanix and Cisco executive
Featured Faculty
Saikat Chaudhuri
Faculty Director
M.E.T. Program and Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Hub
Anca Dragan
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
Director of AI Safety and Alignment
Google DeepMind
Ali Ghodsi
CEO & Co-Founder
Databricks
Adjunct Professor
UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
Zsolt Katona
Cheryl and Christian Valentine Professor
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Stuart Russell
Distinguished Professor
UC Berkeley Computer Science
Smith-Zadeh Professor in Engineering
Professor
UC Berkeley Cognitive Science
Professor of Computational Precision Health
UC San Francisco
Honorary Fellow
Wadham College, Oxford
Ion Stoica
Executive chairman
Databricks
Director
Sky Computing Lab
Professor
UC Berkeley Computer Science
Ikhlaq Sidhu
Science & Technology, Founding Director of Engineering Leadership Professional Program
IE University
Rick Rasmussen
Fortune 500 executive and 3x IPO
Naeem Zafar
Serial entrepreneur and founder
TeleSense
Holly Schroth
Instructor
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Suneel Udpa
Instructor
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Pamela Park
Founder
UC Berkeley Leader Studio
Certification
Practice ideation, innovation, business and team building, and develop an innovation leadership toolkit.
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
People outside the Bay Area and those who want the flexibility of online programming. 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 an average 8+ years work experience in tech companies focused on hardware, software, investing and more. They include:
- Engineering managers and directors in corporations (hardware, software or other tech-related areas), office of CTO or government agencies
- Lead architects
- Technical product managers
- Business development leads
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.
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FAQ
Application Deadline:
August 1, 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.
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Questions? Contact Us
Kristina Susac
Partner Success Officer
susac@berkeley.edu
