Cornell University
Digital Business Leadership Program
An impactful, multi-modular learning journey facilitated by award-winning faculty from Cornell University, to help you succeed in the new world.
Program Overview
Organizations have reshaped the workforce, overturned age-old business models, and embraced digital technologies, from chatbots to blockchain, in rapid response to digital transformation.
We believe that future leaders need to develop expertise and knowledge to survive in this digital ecosystem. The Digital Business Leadership Program (DBLP) is an impactful, multi-modular learning journey that is facilitated by award-winning faculty from Cornell University, to help you succeed in the new world.
STARTS ON
TBC
DURATION
6 MONTHS
PROGRAM FEE
US$5,400
Program Benefits
6 Months, LIVE interactive sessions
Peer coaching and feedback
Capstone Project
Regular assessments and leaderboard
Access to 1400+ electives
Learn from Cornell faculty
Curriculum
Capstone Project
Along with academic learning, we also give emphasis to practical learning. With the capstone project, you will get the opportunity to solve complex business issues based on the knowledge you have gained. The project will be evaluated by faculty and peers.
Year long access to 1400+ electives
Choose from over 1400+ electives that will enhance your knowledge and skills across business functions. With unlimited access to Cornell's resource library, you will have the opportunity to learn something new, every day.
Regular assessments and leaderboard
Post-work assignments/tasks will be given after each session to enhance your skills on each topic taught during the LIVE session. The leaderboard scores you against your peers in the learning journey.
Peer coaching and feedback
Learn from high-achieving peers from around the globe and build your network. The cohort will be divided into triads. You will get a chance to interact, share and exchange ideas with your peers.
Faculty from Cornell
Allan M. Filipowicz
Clinical Professor of Management and Operations
Allan Filipowicz teaches Managing and Leading Organizations, Negotiations, Executive Leadership and Development, Leading Teams and Critical and Strategic Thinking. He was also a Former Dean for Executive Education. He has recently won a Best Core Faculty award. He has taught executives across the globe. His professional experience includes banking and consulting, including running his own boutique consulting firm and four years with the Boston Consulting Group in Paris.
Karan Girotra
Professor of Operations Technology and Innovation
Karan Girotra is the academic lead for the flagship studio-based education programs at Cornell Tech and is applying his research on innovation to help build a new model for graduate education. As one of the first business faculty at Cornell Tech, he is helping build a unique new educational institution that fuses technology with business and creative thinking. He has collaborated with companies building new business models in the areas of urban living, smart transportation and e-commerce.
Gautam Ahuja
Professor of Management and Organisations
Gautam Ahuja teaches strategy and competitive analysis. In 2016, he received the BPS Wiley Outstanding Educator Award for his lifetime teaching contributions. At Cornell, he has received the Cornell-Tech Best Professor Award as well as the Johnson Graduate School of Management's Apple Award. His research interests include competitive analysis, technology and innovation, globalization, and the use of inter-organizational arrangements such as mergers, acquisitions, and alliances.
Sherif Nasser
Senior Faculty of Marketing Management Communications
Sherif Nasser's research focuses on applying game theory to marketing problems, particularly those related to distribution channels and pricing. He joined Cornell University in 2015 and teaches at both the Johnson and the Dyson Schools. At Johnson, he taught Marketing Management, Marketing Research to MBA students. Currently he teaches Product and Brand Strategies to EMBA students. At Dyson, he teaches Marketing Management, and Innovation and New Product Management.
Vishal Gaur
Emerson Professor of Manufacturing Management
Vishal Gaur serves as the program director for Johnson's MS in Business Analytics program. He is a former MBA Dean. He teaches graduate courses in operations management, digital business and retail operations, and data analysis in SQL and Tableau. He has received numerous awards for his research and teaching. His research interests lie in data-driven modeling, econometric analysis, and optimization of operations management problems.
Drew David Pascarella
Senior Lecturer of Finance
Drew Pascarella is the Associate Dean for MBA programs, and he is responsible for curriculum, admissions, placement, student services, leadership programs, and diversity and inclusive initiatives for Johnson's residential MBA programs. In addition to his duties as associate dean, he also leads the Investment Banking Immersion at Johnson. Prior to his arrival at Johnson in 2012, he spent 15 years working at bulge bracket investment banks.
Rafael Pass
Professor of Computer Science
Rafael Pass graduated from MIT in 2006 and has since been a faculty member in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University. In 2013, he joined the newly founded Cornell Tech campus in New York city. His research interests are in Cryptography and its connections to Complexity Theory and Game Theory. He is the recipient of the NSF Career Award, the AFOSR Young Investigator Award, the Google Faculty award and was named a Microsoft Faculty Fellow and a Sloan Research Fellow.
Will Cong
Rudd Family Professor, Management & Associate Professor, Finance; Faculty Director, FinTech Initiative at Cornell
Lin William Cong is the Rudd Family Professor of Management and Associate Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He is also the founding faculty director for the FinTech Initiative at Cornell. Cong also holds dual degrees from Harvard University where he graduated summa cum laude. His recent work has focused on the intersection of technology, data science, and finance.
Stefanie Kubanek
Senior Faculty of Management and Organisations
Stefanie Kubanek is a senior lecturer at Cornell University. She is a New York and Munich-based designer and design educator whose work is inspired by her native-German roots and cosmopolitan perspective. She completed an apprenticeship in goldsmithing, earned a MA in Industrial Design at London's Royal College of Art, and completed the PLD program for leadership development at Harvard Business School. As a design educator, she teaches the core qualities of the design process: collaboration and communication, a capacity for empathy, the importance of research, and the integration of different disciplines, cultures, and genders.
Indicative faculty, subject to change based on availability and university guidelines
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the program, you will earn a digital certificate of completion from Cornell University.
Note: Certificate image is for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of Cornell University.
Testimonials
“Truly a great learning experience with diverse content and expert faculty from Cornell.”
Karim BENNIS
Group CFO - Etisalat Group
Who Should Apply?
Cornell DBLP is ideal for senior executives and leaders who are responsible for driving business leveraging digital strategies or who aspire to lead digital innovation in their organization. Through this program, we aim to empower leaders across geographies, industries and functions with the ability to think digital-first.
Experience in managing projects/products and/or leading teams
A minimum of 10 years of work experience
Ready to Lead the Digital Future?
Join a global cohort of senior leaders and gain the skills to drive digital transformation in your organization with a certificate from Cornell University.
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