Boston University Master Class for Tech Executives

Technology executives no longer support change—they drive it. Organisations worldwide depend on their technology leaders to create value, drive results, and harness the power of disruptive innovation. Join the Technology & Change programme and lead your organisation forward into a new era of value through transformation.

The Technology & Change programme will help you to seize opportunities in the rapidly evolving digital business landscape. You will use pioneering research from BU scholars to identify, weigh, and communicate the strategic competitive advantages shaping your agenda. You will study the best practices of top global companies, their successes and challenges in creating value through disruptive innovation. And you will focus on your responsibilities as a technology leader: understanding platform shift, positioning your IT organisation, measuring results, and leading truly transformative change.

Where it Happens

The program takes place at Boston University’s Questrom Executive Leadership Center, which was built to accommodate professionals with a design promoting comfort, teamwork, and technological innovation. There, you’ll learn from dedicated, world-renowned faculty, recognised for translating research into practice. You will work collaboratively, on complex business problems, real-world scenarios, and an in-class project with an exceptional cohort of global technology executives.

Program Faculty

Lloyd Baird, Organizational Behavior
Chris Dellarocas, Information Systems
Jeffrey Furman, Strategy & Innovation
Melvyn Menezes, Marketing
Eddie Riedl, Accounting
Marshall Van Alstyne, Information Systems

Who Should Attend?

This program is for executives expecting to face digital disruption – CTOs, CIOs, senior technology general managers, COOs and CFOs. Over the course of 4 days, you will:

• Leverage Pioneering Research: access research from world-renowned BU scholars to identify, weigh, and communicate the strategic competitive advantages shaping your digital agenda.
• Study Disruptive Innovation: learn digital best practices from top global companies – their successes and challenges.
• Focus on your Responsibilities as a Technology Leader: strengthen your understanding of platform shift, positioning the IT organisation, measuring results, and leading truly transformative change.
• Participate in Hands-on Activities: work on complex business problems, real-world scenarios, and an in-class project alongside an exceptional cohort of global leaders.

The programme is designed for CTOs, new and up-and-coming CIOs and senior technology general managers. Participants will hone and build on their portfolio of management and technology skills while assessing and communicating the business impact that information technology can bring to their organisation. Typical participant titles include but are not limited to: vice president, chief information officer, chief technology officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, senior director of information systems development, and director of information resources. If appropriate, direct reports may attend along with executives.

Past programmes have attracted participants from Canada, Egypt, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UAE, UK, and the US.

CIO Development and Boston University

London based CIO Development has a long standing partnership with Boston University and has been offering Boston professional development programmes to European technology executives for ten years.

Registration

Register for the Technology & Change programme.

Cost

Regular Tuition: $4,800 (Registration Deadline: June 5th)
Early Bird Tuition: $4,400 (Registration Deadline: May 15th)

NOTE: The Technology & Change program builds on material covered in the Mini MBA for Tech Executives. The Mini MBA is not a prerequisite for the program. However, participants without prior management education may want to review the two courses’ descriptions and consider taking them sequentially.

Applications are being accepted now, CIO Development can handle all the details and application process with the Boston University part of the programme for you, or you can apply direct.

Contact brinley.platts@ciodevelopment.com for full details and application.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Participants wishing to cancel or change their enrollment must email execed@bu.edu no later than 5pm (EST) at least ten (10) business days prior to program start to receive full refund. If notification of cancellation is received fewer than 10 business days prior to the program start date, BU Questrom will retain a $500 administrative fee. The remaining balance paid (less the administrative fee) can be applied toward one of the upcoming ‘Programs for Individuals’ that starts within one year of the original program start date. Boston University reserves the right to cancel any open enrollment program no later than ten (10) days prior to the start date of the program. Boston University is not liable for any costs incurred by participants, including travel or accommodation cancellation fees.