Managing Technology and Innovation Today

Tonight! Innovation, Big Data and Why Technology Matters to Business Leaders

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:56:00 PST

If you are available at 5:45 -- We are in Lucas 307 for this timely presentation

Stephen Brodsky
IBM
Distinguished Engineer, Big Data Products and Innovation Initiatives

Stephen Brodsky, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Engineer specializing in innovation and big data at IBM. His research and projects focus on technology change and entrepreneurial initiatives and has helped technical and business decision makers at organizations worldwide. Currently, Dr. Brodsky is focused on big data with his work looking at the capturing, management and analysis of information for strategic decision making. With the explosion of data – from the web, mobile devices, sensors, etc. - executives are forced to figure out what information to ask for, what date can captured and what resources can be deployed for analysis to use the information effectively. Dr. Brodsky is part of the leadership for the IBM team on this initiative.

Dr. Brodsky holds doctoral and master’s degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a joint bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Biochemistry and Cell Biology. With 20 years of experience in technology, Dr. Brodsky has filed over 40 patent applications during his time in the industry.

$10K Silicon Valley Boomer Business Comp

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:39:23 PST

"Do you have a business plan or startup venture that shows significant business potential for the burgeoning baby boomer market, which represents more than $2 trillion in spending power?" http://www.scuboomerventure.com/competitions/bplans.html

First round applications due May 29

Research Analyst Job

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:17:22 PST

We are looking for a new Research Analyst to join our firm here locally in Mountain View, CA. Seeking local candidate.

We focus on economic research of contingent work arrangements and the related supporting ecosystem. Candidates with right skills (analysis, data, writing/communications) will be considered, even if they possess little or no direct industry experience. This is an entry to mid-level "analyst" position. We are open to recent graduates with skill-appropriate undergrad or grad degees. The link leads to a position description and an on-line "skills assessment."

http://www.staffingindustry.com/About/Careers/Research-Analyst

If you go through with the skills assessment and want me to contact the company as well, let me know.

Companies I Hear Are Hiring

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:57:37 PST

The B's seem to have it:

Box

Badgeville

What are you hearing?

Free (w pre-reg) Tour of Solyndra Facility April 26

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:52:07 PST

From the SF Roundtable of the CSCMP organization:

"Join CSCMP for lunch and an opportunity to tour the Solyndra headquarters in Fremont on April 26th. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to view one of the most highly visible, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities ever built in Silicon Valley which took only 10 months from construction to production. Shahzad Mahmud, Solyndra Vice President Facilities and EH&S, who was responsible for the design and construction of the $300Mil+ state-of-the-art facility, will lead the tour where materials handling robotics are still intact (though not operational) followed by Q&A afterward. Learn how an automated rail system moved parts through the assembly process and how robots that resembled "a big freezer with wheels" maneuvered around the factory transporting panels from one machine to another."

For more info and to register, click here.

Is Big Data a Possible Career Option for You?

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:20:03 PST

Aryng is offering a one-day workshop next month. It is "for fee" but presents the information you need to know how best to prepare for new jobs in big data, predictive analytics, and the like.

"Workshop for professionals new to Analytics

Sales and Marketing Professional: Are you in the sales and marketing function, selling analytics tool and/or services? Then this workshop is ideal for you to understand the value your products/services can deliver to your client, talk to your client with the right analytics terminology and to be able to effectively bridge the gap between your internal data team and your clients.

BI Professionals/Data Analysts:: Are you the keeper and provider of data in your organization? Would you like to deliver more than just the data to your internal clients? This workshop is a perfect starting point to deliver insights and make a tangible impact through your work while doing less, as you learn efficient analytics.

Executives: Are you an executive managing an organization/department and wanting to compete on analytics? Have you made multi-millions dollar investments in state-of-the-art tools to start capturing Big Data, but still not seeing any impact of that investment on your top line? This workshop is the best 1-day investment you can make to start getting the bang for your “data investment” buck."

For more information see: http://www.aryng.com/landing/may-intro-Business-Predictive-Analytics-Workshop.html

Institute for the Future Internship

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:38:45 PST

You want to do this (I want to do this - but I don't think they'll let me):

"The Institute for the Future will be holding a six-week internship program this summer for current undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates, from June 25 – August 3rd. This is a unique opportunity to learn about IFTF’s foresight research and practice, and to work with a leading futures group in a creative environment.

The 2012 internship program will focus on six different research areas—education, governance, development, health, food, and mobile apps—as well as a deep immersion into futures thinking and an introduction to IFTF’s methodologies and approach to foresight."

Click to Learn More Applications are open.

Big Data Training - Group Discount Possible

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:25:30 PST

The following is from Aryng's founder, Piyanka Jain. She is providing a three day training (for fee) that will bring you up to speed on Analytics and the basics of Big Data. I will be attending as much of the presentation as possible:

Here is a little bit more about our upcoming Analytics workshop in San Francisco from Feb 22-24th.

http://www.aryng.com/landing/Feb-Business-Predictive-Analytics-Workshop.html. We are seeing Analysts, Business Intelligence managers, Operations professionals, Marketing and Sales Professionals, Product professionals, along with mid to high level executives (CEO, Director, VP, Head of...) in our workshops.

...San Francisco Chronicle news article on how Aryng’s training is addressing the analytics talent gap: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/31/prweb9153008.DTL

Here is a quick video on why Analytics fails and how we solve for it. Please do forward it to your students who may be interested in learning about how to drive decisions based on data. We can do special discounts for group attendance.

Free Kindle Book (<8 hrs left) offer) for Students

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:20:59 PST

"What Every Student Needs to Know About Online Reputation Management, Digital Citizenship and Cyberbullying"

Solar Decathlon Opportunities

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:14:04 PST

Letter from Engineering School Dean, Godrey Mungal:

Dear Campus Community,

The School of Engineering has great news to share: Santa Clara University has been selected for the 2013 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon to be held in Irvine, California!

Over the next two years, undergraduate students from the School of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, and Leavey School of Business will collaborate (along with peers from the architecture department of the University of San Francisco) to design and build a net-zero energy house for the prestigious international competition. More information in the University press release.

Hearty congratulations to Tim Hight, associate professor of mechanical engineering and faculty project leader, Fr. Jim Reites, associate professor of engineering by courtesy, and the solar decathlon student team who have been working in earnest for the last several months to prepare their proposal which was submitted in November.

SCU students who are interested in joining the 2013 Santa Clara Solar Decathlon team may email Dr. Hight, thight@scu.edu, or Jake Gallau, jgallau@scu.edu.

This is a tremendous honor for the University and an unparalleled opportunity for our students to put their talents, education, and heart to work on an enormous interdisciplinary project. As you can imagine the PR has already started so you may watch our students on NBC at:

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcbayarea.com%2Fvideo%2F%23!%2Fnews%2Fgreen%2FSunny-Outlook-for-South-Bay-Engineering-Students%2F138246289&h=gAQFgOlSQ

You will also notice that the California schools in the Decathlon are: Caltech (2nd time), USC (1st time), Stanford (1st time) and SCU (3rd time).

Let the games begin!

Sincerely,

Godfrey

Godfrey Mungal, Dean
Sobrato Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0590
Tel: 408-554-2375 Fax: 408-554-5474
mgmungal@scu.edu

"Engineering with a Mission"

Is This a New Opportunity to Use Your Skills?

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:51:49 PST

Forbes article on future needs for people with Big Data skills: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomgroenfeldt/2012/01/17/big-data-needs-data-scientists-or-quants-or-excel-jockeys/

Fellowship from CSTS 1/26 deadline

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:51:36 PST

Email from CSTS:

I would like to follow up on an email that you received Friday, January 6 to remind you of the upcoming deadline for juniors in your department to apply for the Global Social Benefit Fellowship. The Center for Science, Technology, and Society has launched this opportunity for juniors to work in the field with our network of social entrepreneurs, alumni of our GSBI™. This fellowship will provide your students a terrific opportunity to learn how technology is benefitting humanity through social entrepreneurship.

The Global Social Benefit Fellowship integrates community based learning and research. The research can be applied toward a fellow's senior thesis or capstone project. The fellowship is open to juniors in all majors. It requires a sustained, year-long commitment, roughly equivalent to a minor.

Fellows will:

take a social entrepreneurship course in the spring of their junior year;
spend about 5 weeks during the summer in the field with one of our partner organizations;
volunteer on campus in August with our GSBI program for social entrepreneurs; and
engage in research and reflection through a course in the fall of senior year.

The deadline is January 26, 2012, and we encourage you to recommend your best students for this fellowship and have them attend one of the three Student Information Sessions scheduled as follows:

-Monday, January 9, 2012 at 1:00 pm

Center for Science, Technology, and Society Conference Room, Nobili Hall

-Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 4:00 pm, Lucas Hall 125

-Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at Noon

Center for Science, Technology, and Society Conference Room, Nobili Hall

Please have students RSVP to Keith Warner at kwarner@scu.edu. Also if you have students you would like to recommend, please send Keith their name and email address.

I am particularly pleased that the Center can now work more closely with you as a faculty member in mentoring SCU students in social entrepreneurship with science and technology. I believe this fellowship can provide the students in your department a life-changing experience by working with these terrific societal change-makers.

Wishing you a Happy New Year!

Sherrill

Sherrill Dale

Director of Operations for Social Benefit
Center for Science, Technology, and Society
Santa Clara University

http://www.scu.edu/socialbenefit/education/GSB-Fellows/

408-551-6027
sdale@scu.edu

skype: sherrill.dale

Pay & Negotiation

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:10:26 PST

Though the post is directed toward women, the points are true for anyone at work.

At the Risk of Sounding Pushy, You Should Pay Me More

PARC Holiday Innovation Event Dec 5th

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:04:18 PST

Student prices - great location:

From PARC description:

"The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB), the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth and success of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, technology, and people. VLAB provides a forum for San Francisco and Silicon Valley's leading entrepreneurs, industry experts, venture capitalists, private investors, and technologists to exchange insights about how to effectively grow high-tech ventures amidst dynamic market risks and challenges.

Since "networking can be a drag", VLAB is hosting an informal, thought-provoking, fun holiday networking event at the festive Neiman Marcus, which will be closing early so VLAB can showcase R&D technology in a private environment. register here"

Build-Out Your Professional Network & Skills

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:49:52 PST

The SCU Executive Developement Center has created a LInkedIn Group to run in parallel with its Facebook page.

These are both great ways to build your Santa Clara network. They are also great ways to keep in touch with the latest in executive develpment. Share courses with your team and management, interact with executives from other companies. Build on your solid SCU foundations.

Join and be active today.

Internship at Tesla's Logistics Dept

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:46:25 PST

Cut and pasted from their LinkedIn post:

Tesla Motors is looking for an intern in the Logistics Department. The intern position is for 3 months starting immediately (preferably, if not a start date of early January). This individual is very entrepreneurial in spirit, really smart and ready to get to work, and who is very interested in working at Tesla. They will need to have an interest in purchasing, finance, shipping, and lots of data analysis.

Currently, there is no a formal job description, but any Master or MBA students who are very interested in Tesla would be great.

Please contact Gigi with your cover letter and resume.

Gigi Masarie | University Programs Coordinator
gmasarie@teslamotors.com

VCIC Looking for 2 Companies to Highlight

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:30:55 PST

I received this from Dan Aguiar about the VCIC competition: "We are seeking two start-up companies that are seeking venture funding to participate. It is a fun competition for the MBA students and an opportunity for the participating start-ups to meet several Venture Capitalists who serve as the judges for the competition. The internal competition is on November 12th."

Contact him at daguiar@scu.edu

Oct 6, 7:30: Paul Otellini - The Innovation Imperative

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:36:57 PST

Some free student tickets still available!

From the President's Speaker Series site:

Since 2005, Paul Otellini has been president and CEO of Intel Corporation.

Since joining Intel in 1974, Otellini has managed several Intel businesses, including the PC and server division and global sales and marketing. He has been a member of Intel's board of directors since 2002.

Otellini received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of San Francisco in 1972, and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley in 1974. Otellini serves on the board of directors of Google Inc. He also serves on the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

For more info: http://www.scu.edu/visitors/speakerseries/2012/index.cfm

BMC Software Looking for 2012 Interns - Undergrad and Masters

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:52:00 PST

The most demanding IT organizations in the world rely on BMC Software to manage the IT systems that enable their Internet businesses, global supply chains, customer support operations and back office functions. We're a leading provider of enterprise management solutions and we're looking for great students who want to intern in an innovative, fast-paced, high-energy environment.

Our Information Services & Technology (IS&T) organization is currently seeking innovative and solution driven [OMIS, MSIS Computer Science, Business, and MTI Concentration] (Bachelors and Masters) for multiple 2012 summer internships. Get exposure and real experience through one of BMC's internship roles! These roles are available in the challenging and opportunistic areas of:

- Cloud
- Mobile Application Development
- Security
- Collaboration
- Business Intelligence

In BMC's internship program, you will be given valuable and meaningful projects that will provide you with real world, hands-on experience and will allow you to develop and grow in your area of interest. Don't worry, you won't be on your own! BMC will partner you with a Manager that will give you exposure to the business. We will also partner you with a Buddy that is an expert in their area and who will guide you in your projects. Throughout the program, you will also be invited to information sessions with BMC’s CIO and also leaders from Enterprise Architecture, Finance, Marketing, Product Management and Product Development so you will have a full understanding of BMC and learn more about the industry that we operate in.

Visit www.bmc.com for more information about BMC or contact Amy Curiel, amy_curiel@bmc.com, to learn more about BMC's exciting internship program.

[They have offices in San Jose as well as their main offices in TX]

Oct 19 CSTS Nexus Conference

tgriffith@scu.edu (Terri Griffith) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:08:26 PST

From the website: "This one-day event will build on the momentum of The Center for Science, Technology, and Society's Global Social Benefit Incubator and The Tech Museum's Tech Awards program to bring examples of successful social entrepreneurship to the wider Silicon Valley community. Based around interactive panel discussions, the agenda will focus on providing tangible examples from entrepreneurs who have built their social ventures into self-sustaining organizations that provide real, on the ground impact to those living in systemic poverty. To further enhance the program, the audience will have an opportunity to hear from the 2011 Tech Awards laureates who represent cutting-edge technology benefiting humanity in the areas of Education, Equality, Health, Economic Development, and Environment.

FREE - World renowned speakers

Registration & more information