“I strongly recommend that all incoming students take advantage of the Overseas trip. Our trip to Argentina and Chile was truly eye-opening for me and it ignited my interest in our growing Latin American markets. As a result, today I lead our Global Sales Development initiative in Latin America for our Residential Vertical Market. Without this exposure, I might never have pursued this opportunity within GE.”
Cate Gutowski
Global Sales Development Manager – Residential
General Electric Company
(Class of 2005)
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"The USF Executive MBA program is truly a well-focused executive learning experience. It is fast paced, worth the time invested, and provides extensive knowledge and experiences in a number of disciplines critical to executive level success. In particular, the program provides a strong grounding in finance and accounting, two subjects that are absolutely essential in today’s corporate environment. In my opinion, it’s the only way for a busy person to achieve an MBA."
Kim Scheeler
President and CEO
Greater Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce
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"The Executive MBA Program provided a broad well rounded education in business. I learned and experienced many business practices and principles to whichI had not been exposed in my 8 years of working in the commercial side of a manufacturing business."
Susan Benton
V.P. Sales and Marketing
Sirion Therapeutics, Inc.
(EMBA Class of 1998)
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"The EMBA program provided me with the statistical and financial grounding I needed to move from a strictly clinical (nursing) focus to a blend of clinical and financial. This combination allowed me to advance from the typical role which characterizes nurses into a more satisfying administrative role."
Edna Clifton
Quality Specialist
KePRO
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“Without my Executive MBA, I would not have had the same confidence in leading my company as President (COO). Coming from an engineering and construction background, I lacked formalized training in accounting and corporate finance. This program provided that, along with an overall personal and professional growth experience.
The interaction with my professors and classmates provided me with a great new set of friends and many unique cultural and professional perspectives that only this type of forum could have provided.
I'm a big advocate of leadership training, which has been added to the curriculum and which enriches the program even more.
I guarantee you'll be glad you invested in the Executive MBA effort and in yourself.”
Eric Kishel
President and COO
Johnson Bros.
National Civil Contractor
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" The Executive MBA Program at USF was one of the most challenging events of my professional career, and has turned out to be one of the most valuable. Armed with the EMBA, many career doors have been opened for me that otherwise would have remained closed. I am now the COO of a leading edge technology company, a position I wouldn't have dreamed of achieving without the experience gained at USF."
Robert N. Olsavsky
Chief Operating Officer
Axonn LLC
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"Participation in the EMBA program was the true highlight of my educational career. The professional teaching staff were not only academics, but had tremendous real world experience. This was particularly helpful to me as an entrepreneur. If I could get another degree in a program as excellent as the USF EMBA, I would do it in a heartbeat."
Barbara Samson-Guterman
Co-Founder, Former Senior Vice President
Intermedia Communications
(EMBA Class of 1991)
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"USF runs a great program and I benefit from my EMBA education and contacts every day. I am delighted to refer potential candidates to the EMBA Program any chance I get, and have done so on many occasions over the years".
Robert Shoemaker
President
Mainstreet Homes, Inc.
(EMBA Class of 1997) |
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“Being a part of the USF EMBA Program was one of the most exciting, challenging and important events in my life. I highly recommend the program for anyone who desires to make a difference by becoming more dynamic in business situations. The knowledge gained has clearly improved my ability to shape strategy and generate revenue growth and profits for my clients and company.”
Derrick Warren
Vice President, Client Services & PE Professional
IBM Global Technology Services – Asia Pacific
(EMBA Class of 1996
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"Subsequent to my executive MBA program I founded (built) three companies and also helped others in building three more companies. This is something I would never have attempted or even considered prior to the MBA experience. I moved from being a physician to being CEO of a $30,000,000 company. That led to an executive position (Managing Principle) with IBM Global Services, responsible for e-health services which drove over $1 billion in revenues."
" The best part was what I learned from other executives in the class. The ideas, questions and perspectives they had which were all new to me. For some the MBA was merely a credential -- for me it was the vehicle to a new career and a wealth of success."
Dennis Mihale, MD, MBA
CEO, CMO PARSES, Inc.
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“I have had the opportunity to use what I learned in my EMBA classes to improve many aspects of my medical practice. By relying on lessons learned in financial management, I have lowered our office overhead; I have utilized skills from conflict resolution to resolve disruptive behavior and skills from human resource management to improve our office hiring and retention rates. I use the education I received everyday in both my personal and my professional life. I am proud to display my diploma next to my medical degree.”
Hossain Marandi, M.D.
Medical Director – Pediatric Urgent Care
Health Point Medical Group
(Class of 2006) |
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