MBA Alumnus Startup, Guardmine – School of Management

MBA in Austria alumnus Ries Bouwman recently launched a Kickstarter Campaign for his next startup, Guardmine.

We are very happy to welcome Amie Krause as a new adjunct professor in our MBA program.

Recently, we held the first event in our “DEI in the Workplace” series on “Preparing for Racial Disparity”.

The IdeaToDo program at Hub101 is accepting applications for the Winter cohort.

Guest Speaker, Ben Kuo, socalTECH.com. Watch and learn.

The 2018-2020 edition of this bi-annual publication “Start Here. Go Anywhere” is now available online.

In response to the economic challenges spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, former Hughes executive Steven Dorfman has decided to direct $1.2 million to award renewable scholarships covering 100% or 75% of tuition to the top percentile of admitted students in the School of Management interested in entrepreneurship and innovation.

Our Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) has recently attracted an additional grant from the Nature Conservancy.

Welcome Rachael Fowler and Yvanna Herrera to our team

We are very proud to welcome our new Advisory Council member, Andrea Trujillo. Andrea is a brand and marketing expert with rich experience in brand and digital marketing.

Recently, we held a virtual recruiting event for our Executive MBA (EMBA) in Europe program.

Congratulations to Michael McCrary (shown left in photo), Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the School of Management, and his company PureSpectrum for being included in Deloitte’s annual “Technology Fast 500” list of fastest growing technology companies.

Students in the Hospitality and Tourism Major program hosted a virtual Careers in Hospitality Panel event.

Spring 2020 we will be offering a new course in our undergraduate Business Administration program – BUS466 Digital Marketing. Learn more…

Recently, Hub101, part of our Center for Entrepreneurship held its annual Startup Weekend Conejo Valley in cooperation with TechStars.

Recently, we had another female founder as a guest speaker in our Entrepreneur Speaker Series – Haley Pavone, CEO of Pashion Footwear.

Our Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) provided deep insight into the outlook for the region, California, and the United States

Recently, one of our successful alumni Mike Colleran ’83,  joined us as a speaker at our Forward Together webinar series.

Hub101 will host a virtual Startup Weekend, November 12-15.

Recently, we co-hosted (together with the College of Arts and Sciences and University Advancement) a screening of the documentary “Eddy’s World”.

Recently, the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education (SAEE) held it’s first day of its annual conference co-hosted by our Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 

We are excited to announce the beta launch of IdeaToDo at Hub101.

Recently, we launched multiple projects with CBC, an Oxnard-based Federal Credit Union lead by our Director of our Financial Planning programs, Chia-Li Chien.

Recently, we held a Special Forward Together event titled “Back to the Future with the School of Management” that was part of the university’s homecoming month experience. 

Last week, we held our 1st School of Management HALLOWLYMPICS Virtual Game Night.

Serial Australian entrepreneur Philip Weinman and alumnus Preston Geeting, co-founders of award-winning startup Packform spoke on “Disrupting the Industry Technology Left Behind” during our latest Entrepreneur Speaker Series.

Recently, we welcomed our new fall cohort #8 of our Executive MBA (EMBA) program.

Last week, diplomas and graduation caps and gowns finally arrived in Austria.

See our dedicated page as a resource to quickly identify our staff members.

In a ceremony that was attended by the Provost, Leanne Neilson, faculty, staff, Advisory Council and Dean’s Executive Council members as well as Dean Emeritus Chuck Maxey, we honored the 2020 recipients of the School of Management Advisory Council Awards for faculty members.

After a full week of Welcome & Orientation events for our new freshmen and transfer students, the week culminated in a SOM Student Drive-Thru event.

Recently, we held the first Entrepreneur Speaker Series event of the 2020/21 academic year.

Recently, our Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) released the 2020 Latino GDP Report at this year’s (virtual) L’Attitude event, the largest event of its kind in the United States.

Recently, Hub101 was honored by the City of Westlake Village and the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce as the Westlake Village Business of Q3 2020.

Recently, the School of Management awarded four students with a Regent Russ Young, ’71 and Linda Young, J.D. Scholarship

This month the San Fernando Valley Business Journal published its annual list of MBA programs in the region and we are proud to report that the Cal Lutheran MBA was ranked #1.

This month we held the 5th annual (and first virtual) Executive Talent Management Management Forum.

The School of Management congratulates Sabith Khan whose book has been awarded the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize.

Several of our alumni were included in the Pacific Coast Business Times annual 40 under 40 list

Vlad Vaiman, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Acting Director of EMBA, MBA, and MSM programs, was honored with the Provost’s Distinguished Scholar Award

On August 31st, we officially launched our new undergraduate major in Sports Management!

The School of Management Advisory Council has a new member, Kristen Upton, Director of Global Marketing Development for Otsuka Pharmaceuticals.

We are proud to report that we recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute!

We held the second webinar in our Forward Together series. Our speaker was Dean’s Executive Council member, Stefan Mund, Head of Henkel Beauty Care Hair Professional North America.

Recently, we had the great pleasure of hosting a “Careers in Tech” panel event for the School of Management.

Recently, Vlad Vaiman, Matthew Fienup, and Haider Alawami, served as panelists at the Thousand Oaks Rotary Club 2020 Economic Outlook Breakfast.

Recently, we had our Fireside Chat, with our guest David Meline, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Amgen

Recently, we held this year’s ACG Cup, a nation-wide case competition.

Recently Cal Lutheran was honored with VCEDA’s From Red Tape to Red Carpet Program Award.

Recently, we hosted a dinner or international alumni in Bangkok, Thailand.

We are now gearing up for the 2020 Competition, which will take place on April 29th (6pm, Lundring Events Center).

Recently, we held a Holiday Dinner with the Dean’s Executive Council members.

Recently, we celebrated the recipients of the Kleine Zeiting Scholarship.

We have a new Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Michael McCrary.

Recently, the Central Coast Chapter of the California Society of CPAs (CalCPA) presented its annual scholarship awards.

Recently, we held the last “Drinks with the Dean” event of the year.

It is our pleasure to announce Ran Lu-Andrews, as the recipient of the School of Management Advisory Council Award.

Recently, we held a reception for the recipients of the Overton scholarships in the MS in Quantitative Economics program (MSQE)

It’s our pleasure to announce Judy Richards, as the recipient of the teaching award.

Recently, we hosted a mixer and panel discussion on Cybersecurity at Hub101.

Recently, we held an alumni reunion dinner in Beijing, China.

Recently, two of our program areas cooperated on an exciting project for the Ventura County Lodging Association (VCLA).

Last week we held our Fall “Fireside Chat” event for members of members of School of Management Clubs and Associations.

On homecoming weekend, we welcomed about 200 alumni and guests at our 2nd annual “Catchup N’ Ketchup” event for alumni of the School of Management.

Last week we hosted a Graduation Dinner for our Executive MBA (EMBA) Cohort 3, which was our first Spring Cohort.

Sabith Khan (Program Director, MPPA) has recently traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, conducting interviews in pueblos towards his book on remittances.

Guests from HCA Health, an operator of healthcare facilities that operates close to 200 hospitals in the country, including Los Robles Hospital came to speak to the students in the School Management.

We have a new Dean’s Executive Council member – Paul Ross.

Sabith Khan, faculty member, is our new program director for the Masters of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) program.

California Lutheran University has launched a graduate degree program in Cybersecurity as part of its Master of Science in Information Technology curriculum.

Our Center for Economic Research and Forecasting presented a report on the contribution of the Latino community to the U.S. Economy. The news of the report drew nationwide attention including, CNBC and the Wall Street Journal.

We have the pleasure of introducing to you one of our newest staff members, Diana Fielding.

Introducing our newest team member, Melanie Cellak.

We held our first annual welcome event for new freshmen and transfer students in the School of Management.

We welcome, Mark Palamountain as a new member of our Dean’s Executive Council.

Article highlights several startup successes of Hub101

Introducing a new faculty member, Dr. Hossein Salehi. He will be teaching courses in Finance and Financial Planning in both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Award winners, with judges, from our inaugural annual PRiME Competition where undergraduate and graduate students from all programs showcased their work that supports PRME’s global sustainable development goals.

We welcome two high profile additions to our Dean’s Executive Council.

Recently, a group of students from our Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) and our Business Administration programs visited the AmaWaterways headquarters in Calabasas.

Natalie De Souza Ferreyra ’15 is an expert marketer, whose digital campaigns have generated millions of followers and sales video views.

The School of Management is very proud of our Delta Sigma Pi students for their representation in our local community.

After having been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as a member of its panel of economic forecasters earlier this year, our Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) is earning more accolades.

In May, we held our 5th annual New Venture Fair through our Center for Entrepreneurship.

Vlad Vaiman, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, has been selected by the ACBSP as the recipient of the 2019 Teaching Excellence Award.

The Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship held the first event of the year in the Entrepreneur Speaker Series.