Improving myself through continuous learning

Daily reading/podcast  routine:

• Wall Street Journal – US, European, and Asian editions online

• Google News - World, Technology, Business, Health, Sports

• BBC News

• Bloomberg’s

Weekly reading/podcast routine:

• The Economist

• Depending on events, additional internet sources

• Select Harvard Business Review articles

• … plus books on leadership, strategy, technology.

Some of my favorite books:

• Jim Collins, "Good to Great"

• Peter Drucker, "The Essential Drucker"

• Michael Porter, "Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage

• Geoffrey More, Crossing the Chasm"

• C.K. Prahalad, "Core Competence"

• Jack Welch, "Straight from the Gut"

• Andy Grove, "Only the Paranoid Survive"

• Alfred Sloan, "My Years With GM"

• Lou Gerstner, "Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance"

• Akio Morita, "Made in Japan (Sony)"

• "Sumantra Ghoshal on Management"

Northwestern University Kellogg School
of Management Kellogg Management
Institute - Executive Ed (2003-2004)

Nine-month program for senior-level
executives​

• Examine the essential concepts and the
  latest thinking for approaching
  functional areas of accounting, finance,
  marketing, operations, and information
  technology

• Gain a foundation in strategic business
  management

• Enhance skills in the critical areas of leading and managing people

• Explore the sociopolitical and economic environments that shape strategies and performance in today's global business environment

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Finance for Executives, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

GE Advanced Leadership Program, Crotonville, NY
Crotonville is GEs famed corporate university where it hones its leaders

Transformative curriculum included:

• Comprehensive P&L Management

• Leadership

• Business simulation

• Exposure to GE’s top leadership

Center for Creative Leadership (North Carolina)

• CCL is Ranked #3 worldwide for Executive Education

• Leadership Development

MBA (Info Systems) – University of Toledo

BS Electrical Engineering – University of Toledo

Various courses in Financial Management, Marketing, Product Management, etc.