CEOs and executives of Time Warner Telecom, BEA Systems, Procter & Gamble and other leading companies will discuss lessons learned from their successful business careers with CU-Boulder students at lectures throughout the fall semester.
The Fortune 500 executives and entrepreneurs will speak at class lectures of the Profiles in Business and Society course, which has been offered at the University of Colorado at Boulder since 1988.
"The speakers talk to students about their successes and failures and help them make the most of their education and career opportunities," said Kristen Hislop, director of the program in the Leeds School of Business.
The speakers offer students exposure to real-world business experiences and issues. The course is a requirement for business majors.
The speeches are open to the public on a space-available basis. They are presented in room 100 of the Mathematics Building on the CU-Boulder campus. If that room is full, the speeches also may be viewed via a live video feed in room G1B30 in the Duane Physics building. Room G1B30 is located on the ground level of the G wing in the physics building.
The following executives will speak from 3 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. on
Mondays:
Sept. 8
Communications: AOL/Time Warner Inc.
Jimmy de Castro, former president and consultant
Sept. 15
Children's Entertainment: Nelvana
Michael Hirsh, former director and co-CEO
Sept. 22
Hotel: Wyndham International
Matthew Sparks, vice president of development and acquisitions
Sept. 29
Major League Baseball: Colorado Rockies
Harold R. Roth, senior vice president, CFO, general counsel
Oct. 6
Marketing: Omnicom Group Inc.
Tom W. Watson, vice chairman
Oct. 13
Consumer Products: Procter & Gamble
Stephen N. David, chief information officer and business to business officer
Oct. 27
Software: Gold Systems Inc.
Terry Gold, founder, CEO and president
Nov. 3
Venture Capital: SI Ventures
Manny Fernandez, managing director
Nov. 10
Financial Services: Western Union Financial Services
Christina A. Gold, president
Nov. 17
Telecommunications: Time Warner Telecom Inc.
Larissa Herda, president, CEO and chairman
Nov. 24
Exhibition and Trade Show: dmg world media
Dick Engebretson, executive vice president of home interest sector
Dec. 1
Software: BEA Systems
William Coleman, founder and chief customer advocate
Dec. 8
Automotive Retailing: AutoNation Inc.
John Drury, senior vice president of marketing
Editors: In some cases, members of the press can arrange meetings with these business leaders prior to or following their lectures. Please contact Kristen Hislop about this option at (303) 492-7800.