The Walter A. Haas School of Business, also known as Berkeley Haas, is the business school of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university in Berkeley, California. It was the first business school at a public university in the United States and is ranked among the best business schools in the world by The Economist, Financial Times, QS World University Rankings, U.S. News & World Report, and Bloomberg Businessweek.
John A. Young is an American business executive and electrical engineer. He was chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard from 1978 to 1992. He also formerly served as a director of Wells Fargo & Company.
Joseph "Joe" Wright is an American businessman. From 1988 to 1989, he worked in the United States government as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for president Ronald Reagan.
The Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business is the school of business at Purdue University, a public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana. It offers instruction at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels.
The SCU Leavey School of Business is one of the professional schools at Santa Clara University, a private academic institution in the San Francisco Bay Area. The School of Business was founded in 1923 and accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business thirty years later. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Leavey School of Business provides undergraduate, graduate, and executive education.
Bruce R. Chizen is an American technology executive. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Adobe Systems from 2000 to 2007.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council, chartered in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30, 2001, by George W. Bush, was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21, 2010, Executive Order 13539, by Donald Trump's October 22, 2019, Executive Order 13895, and by Joe Biden's February 1, 2021, Executive Order 14007.
GISMA Business School is a privately owned business school in Germany with its main site in Potsdam and a branch in Berlin. It was launched in September 1999 as a joint initiative by the German state of Lower Saxony and several large private-sector companies that were based there. In financial difficulty after its partnership with Krannert School of Management ended, GISMA was rescued from bankruptcy when it was bought by the for-profit education company Global University Systems in September 2013.
Donald Blessing Rice is a California businessman and senior government official. He has been president and chief executive officer of several large companies including RAND Corporation, and has sat on numerous boards of directors, including Wells Fargo & Company. Rice also served as the 17th Secretary of the Air Force, from 1989 to 1993.
Herman C. Krannert (1887-1972) was a businessman and philanthropist in the Midwest of the United States who made millions in the corrugated fiber products industry and subsequently made generous contributions to education and the arts. Among other substantial contributions, eleven buildings bear the Krannert name, most of them at hospitals and universities in Illinois and Indiana, including the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University, and the Krannert Art Museum and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Nikesh Arora is an Indian-American business executive. Arora was formerly a senior executive at Google. He was the president of SoftBank Group from October 2014 to June 2016. On June 1, 2018, Arora took on the role of CEO and chairman at Palo Alto Networks.
Barry Morris is the CEO of Undo and former CEO of several software companies.
The Dawood University of Engineering and Technology (initials:DUET) is a public university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was established by Asim Husaain
William L. Ballhaus is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and third-generation aerospace engineer. Since 2016, he has served as the Chairman, President and CEO of Blackboard Inc. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of DynCorp, a global government services provider, from 2008 to 2010. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of SRA International from 2011 to 2015, at which time he led the merger of SRA with CSC's federal business to create CSRA.
Satish Kumar Kaura is an Indian technocrat, industrialist and the founder of Samtel Group, where he holds the post of the chairman. He is also the chairman and managing director of Samcor Glass Limited and the executive director of Samtel Colour Limited. An elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Kaura is the first recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2004, for his contributions to Indian industrial sector.
Brad Mitchell is an American businessman and was the founding President and CEO of ChainDrugStore.net from 2000 to 2005. He prepared the company for a management-led buyout with a private investor in early 2006. His public service includes serving on the White House Staff of President George H.W. Bush (41) and as a policy adviser in President Bush's 1988 Presidential campaign. Additionally, he led the presidential transition teams for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation. Mitchell is Founder and board chairman of the National Athletic and Professional Success Academy (NAPSA); President of Pinnacle Summit Services and The Mitchell Group, a consulting and executive leadership coaching firm; and a certified executive leadership coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation (ICF) specializing in coaching successful leaders and executive teams to elevate their performance. Mitchell previoulsy served as President of S4 Consulting, Chief Commercial Officer of AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, and Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of DrugEmporium.com. He holds degrees from The Pennsylvania State University and Harvard University. Mitchell is a retired Lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve.
Gregory J. Hayes is an American businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of United Technologies from September 2016 to April 2020, and is now the CEO of RTX Corporation.
Maxar Technologies Inc. is a space technology company headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, United States, specializing in manufacturing communication, Earth observation, radar, and on-orbit servicing satellites, satellite products, and related services. DigitalGlobe and MDA Holdings Company merged to become Maxar Technologies on October 5, 2017.
Lazarus Angbazo is a Nigerian-American industrialist and business leader. He is the president and chief executive officer of General Electric in Nigeria. He is also the CEO of General Electric Grid Solutions Africa. Before assuming his role in Nigeria, where he has doubled the GE revenue in the country by over $1 billion, he led GE's regional operations between 2008 and 2012 as President and CEO, West, East & Central Africa. He is also the president of the American Business Council in Nigeria. He is also the president of GE Energy Connection Africa.
