GEAP program
Letter from the directors
Date: 13 to 18 May 2012 (Mon to Fri).
Time: 9.00 to 19:00.
Duration: Five days.
Language: English.
Place: Deusto Business School, Bilbao, Spain.
Local emblematic venues.
Fee per participant: 7.500€, inclusive of meals
and materials.
Application closing date: May 2012.
Today’s global economic conditions demand that business leaders adopt the values and practices of the best entrepreneurs in order to build sustainable companies and successful careers. This «Entrepreneurial Imperative» requires sharp skills and a unique character to evaluate and embrace business risk and identify and capitalize on emerging opportunity. In the global market, the tools and attitudes of entrepreneurship are more valuable than ever. They enable business leaders to evaluate risk, respond to customer requirements, and rapidly adjust to changing market conditions. The Deusto Business School’s Global Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program is designed for individuals and highpotential managers who seek to develop an entrepreneurial approach business, no matter if they are starting a new enterprise or driving change as a rising manager in an existing business. The program leverages the experience and mentorship of successful entrepreneurs, who serve as our visiting faculty, guest speakers, and Master Class interviews. This intensive week of hands-on learning will set you on an accelerated path as you build your next venture, and establish the foundations of a global business network that will remain invaluable throughout your career.
Directors
Chris Shipley
CEO, Guidewire Group
Chris Shipley is a leading technology and product analyst, and co-founder and CEO of Guidewire Group. As the executive producer of the DEMO Conferences from 1996-2009, Chris helped technology companies bring more than 1,500 new products to market. She began her career in 1984 as a journalist for leading technology publications, and has won numerous awards for her work with technology startups. Chris holds BAs in Literature and Communication Arts from Allegheny College.
Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria
CEO, Anboto Group
Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria is the Founder & CEO of Anboto Group, the leader in Semantic and Natural Language technology applied to customer service, e-commerce and transactional user interface. He is also the current President of the Web Summit as well as an active advisor in the World Wide Web Consortium. Prior to those endeavors, Xabier was the CEO of Interlan Systems and has studied at MIT Sloan Management School, Harvard Business School, Chicago Booth School of Business, TEC Monterrey and Deusto Business School.
Faculty
Doug Solomon
Chief Technology Officer at IDEO
Doug Solomon. Chief Technology Officer at IDEO, working with clients to leverage technologies that create both business and social value. With more than 25 years of leadership experience in the IT industry, Doug has a particular interest in and knack for collaborative technologies that enable greater community engagement and participation. He has held a number of entrepreneurial and executive roles, including vice president of investments at Omidyar Network, senior vice president of corporate development and chief strategy offi cer at both Apple and Palm, as well as leadership positions at Interval Research and several technology start-ups.
INSPIRE
Dave Sifry
Founder of Technorati
Dave Sifry is a software entrepreneur and blogosphere icon known for founding Technorati, a leading blog search engine. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University, David worked for Mitsubishi, before going on to create a number of successful companies, including Sputnik, Linuxcare, and Offbeat Guides. He has been a founding member of the board of Linux International, and a technical advisor to the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement. He also lectures widely on wireless technology and policy, weblogs, and open source.
INSPIRE
Madeline Duva
Former CEO of China MobileSoft
Madeline Duva has held senior executive and management roles at a variety of companies, including CEO of China MobileSoft where she managed the sale of the company to PalmSource, and startups Revere Data Corp, CIC, and Dejima. She is an investor and advisory to early-stage technology companies and is currently chair of sensor technology company Plant Sense.
INSPIRE
Ingrid Vanderveldt
EIR for Dell
Ingrid Vanderveldt is the Entrepreneur-in-Residence ("EIR") for Dell Inc., the leading technology solution company for entrepreneurs and business owners. A serial entrepreneur, Ingrid's mission is to align her business, policy and media initiatives towards a goal of "Empowering a Billion Women by 2020". She believes entrepreneurial activity via access to people, technology and capital is the answer. She is focused on working with global thought leaders and corporations to achieve this goal. In line with Dell's focus to listen to the market and develop solutions based on that interaction, Ingrid's primary role as EIR is to create a bridge between the outside-in.
INSPIRE
Alex Cruz
CEO of Vueling Airlines
Alex Cruz is the current CEO of Vueling Airlines, one of the fastest growing airlines in Europe. He started his professional career with American Airlines in variety of management roles in Dallas, and afterwards, London. Later on, he initiated the consulting phase of his career with Arthur D. Little, his own aviation consulting company and fi nally became partner at Accenture. As a consultant, he has led projects with many airlines and airline suppliers around the world. In 2006, he started and managed the growth of clickair to 26 A320s and 58 Europe-wide routes. In 2009, he successfully merged clickair with Vueling, turning the new Vueling into Spain’s second largest airline, a $1B company carrying 16 million passengers over 104 routes in 50 airports.
EXECUTE
Pedro Luis Uriarte
Former CEO of BBVA Bank
Vice-chairman of Telefónica
Pedro Luis Uriarte is the former CEO of BBVA Bank (one of the world´s must successful banks) as well as vice-chairman of Telefónica (the world´s top 3rd telecommunication company). Mr. Uriarte multiplied the BBVA´s value by ten times while being the bank´s CEO´s. BBVA Bank was acknowledged the Best Spanish Bank in 1999, World´s Best Bank in 2000, Best Latin American Bank in 2001 and Best Retail Bank in Europe, Africa and the Middle East in 2001.
EXECUTE
Salva López
Founder & Owner Negocios en Clave de Rock
Salva López. Salva López is Founder & Owner of Negocios en Clave de Rock, Associated Founder of In Crescendo. Consulting and Director of a Radio Show named «Segona Educacio» at COMRàdio. He is also Marketing & Market Research Professor. Writer and well-known speaker, he is the author of a new best seller «Rockvolucion in Management»..
INNOVATE
Fernando Canales
Michelin Star chef
Fernando Canales. One of the most innovative chefs in the world, Fernando Canales Etxanobe holds prestigious a Michelin Star and has received many culinary awards throughout his career. He opened the famous restaurant «Etxanobe» in the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao 10 years ago and magnifi cently directs the kitchens of «Akebaso» and Los Tamarises, two other well-known restaurants in the Basque Country. Mr. Canales has been a head juror for numerous culinary competitions as well as an instructor of unique culinary courses throughout Europe.
INNOVATE
Diane Greene
Founder of VMware
Diane Greene was a founder of VMware and the CEO from 1998 to 2008. Greene received her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1976 from the University of Vermont, and a Master's Degree in Naval Architecture from MIT in 1978, and a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988. She is on the board of Intuit, Inc.
INNOVATE
*Faculty roster is subject to change.
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