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Leadership in the management of technology and innovation in business.
Welcome. EMTM InSITE is for prospective and current students, sponsors, alumni and others interested
in Penn's Executive Master’s in Technology Management (EMTM). In each issue, we cover timely admissions information, program
highlights and personal perspectives from EMTM students, alumni and faculty. We appreciate your interest and welcome your
feedback and suggestions.
Message from the Director
Join us as we begin celebrating our 20th anniversary! Yes, the EMTM program is approaching the anniversary of its 20th
year — and first graduating class — and to note this auspicious occasion, we have planned four special events
over a two-year period. The theme is “Future Space: The Intersection between Technology and Social Science,”
and I invite you to read more about it...
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What EMTM Professionals
Should Know
About Energy and Global Warming
Hear from Dr. P. Hugh Helferty, Manager of Products Research and Technology for ExxonMobil, as he shares insights into his company’s
long-term energy and global warming outlook to 2030. And find out what he thinks will be the career impact of new energy technology
on EMTM professionals — including business opportunities. Writer Jim Senior talks to Dr. Helferty in this special InSITE interview.
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Remembrances of Some Student Pioneers
Ah yes, they remember it well... Reminisce with Dwight Jaggard and three members of the very first EMTM graduating class (in 1990) as they
talk about what brought them to the program, what the curriculum consisted of, what the experience was like, and the impact it had —
and continues to have — on their professional and personal lives.
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Much More than Coffee: Valuable Access
and Strategic Insights via EMTM Trip to Brazil
This year’s Global Experience Program took 30 EMTM students to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to visit 16 companies
in six days. Participants in EMTM’s for-credit two-term Global Experience Program obtain an immersion in strategic
insights about a particular country and its role in the global economy. For one EMTM alumnus, Paul Lima’03,
this trip was especially rewarding...
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Career Panels: Recruiters Reveal
Some Secrets and Leveraging Your EMTM Degree
EMTM’s Career Panel series continued with two new events: The first was a
headhunter panel... Read what the
panelists had to say about relationship building, use of social networks, and how to best work with recruiters.
The second was a panel on how to leverage your EMTM degree, moderated by Dwight Jaggard, director of EMTM. All
panelists were EMTM alumni, and they discussed the advantages of staying connected to the alumni network.
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EMTM Profiles: It’s About Learning
What’s Happening in the World Right Now
Read the stories of six graduates of the EMTM program who propelled themselves into more senior and wide ranging positions —
expanding their opportunities while making an impact on their businesses. In the words of an alumnus, “The program has not
only helped me to make my company stronger — it’s given me the confidence to reach higher.”
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