Our lectures are led by award-winning educators and researchers from both the academic and business community with proven success in teaching entrepreneurial techniques to build and manage effective and profitable organizations.

Alfred E. Osborne, Jr., MDE Faculty Director
Associate Professor and Senior Associate Dean
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Director of the Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Anderson. Primary teaching focus on entrepreneurship, venture initiation, and business economics. Committed to 'giving back' to the community initiating several nonprofit/community outreach programs through the Price Center. Serves on numerous corporate boards, municipal committees and advisory groups, and remains active in the entrepreneurial and venture development community. | more on Professor Osborne
Ph.D., Stanford University

For MDE teaches: strategy, opportunity recognition, growth & valuation, and credit analysis & bankability

George Abe
Lecturer and Faculty Advisor, Global Access Program
Lecturer at UCLA Anderson School of Management with research focused on providing commercial assessment of university research and assisting faculty and graduate students in starting companies. He lectures in high-technology entrepreneurship. Previously he was a venture partner with Palomar Ventures, a VC firm in Santa Monica, California. Before Palomar, he was supporting M&A transactions and strategic partnerships at Cisco Systems. | more on Professor Abe

For MDE teaches: strategy and growth & valuation

Andrew Ainslie
Primary teaching and research centers on economic and statistical models of consumer behavior and in direct marketing. Most recently, among other areas, he has studied the effect of store characteristics on consumer purchasing behavior. Has published in Marketing Science, journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Direct Marketing, Journal of Interactive Marketing, and Decisions Marketing. | more on Professor Ainslie
Ph.D., University of Chicago

For MDE teaches: fundamentals of marketing and building a competitive advantage

Charles J. Corbett
Associate Professor of Operations Management and Environmental Management and Associate Dean of the MBA Program
Primary teaching and research interests are in operations management, supply chain management and environmental issues in management. He has supervised student teams working with wide range of entrepreneurial companies, and is increasingly focusing on how the operations management challenges they face differ from those in traditional large firms. | more on Professor Corbett
Ph.D., Insead, Fontainebleau, France

For MDE teaches: operations management, supply chain management, and customer service


Eric G. Flamholtz
Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Teaches accounting, human resource strategy and management, managing control, and managing entrepreneurial organizations. Founder and President of Management Systems Consulting. Consultant to many organizations, from entrepreneurial to Fortune 500 companies. Specialty is helping firms successfully manage the stages of entrepreneurial growth. Published extensively in management literature. | more on Professor Flamholtz
Ph.D., University of Michigan

For MDE teaches: organizational transition and strategic planning

George T. Geis
Adjunct Professor and the Associate Dean for the Executive MBA Program, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Teaches information systems, accounting, and finance. Frequent lecturer and writer on emerging trends in the digital economy and e-commerce. Voted Outstanding Teacher of the Year at Anderson four times. Founder of TriVergence and publisher of Alliance InfoGraphics, a web-based resource that tracks and visually represents technology investments and significant partnerships. | more on Professor Geis
Ph.D., University of Southern California

For MDE teaches: principles of finance and accounting, cash flow management, capital budgeting, digital economy, and strategic partnerships

Jagmohan Raju
Professor, The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania
Primary research areas include pricing, sales promotions, private labels, retailing, salesforce compensation and corporate advertising. Currently working on identifying categories most suited for private label introduction, determinants of price leadership, the effects of market information on market structure, quota-based salesforce compensation plans, and strategic alliances. | more on Professor Raju
Ph.D., Stanford University

For MDE teaches: techniques in market pricing, personal selling, and market research

Yvonne Randle
Lecturer. UCLA Anderson School of Management
Vice-president at Management Systems Consulting with broad experience in helping organizations successfully make the transition from one stage of development to the next. Expertise includes facilitating the strategic planning process, helping companies manage their corporate cultures, and helping firms design and redesign their structures. | more on Professor Randle
Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles

For MDE teaches: managerial transition, motivation and performance management, organizational transition and managerial effectiveness

Eric Sussman
Lecturer, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Teaches in the areas of cost/managerial accounting, finance accounting (beginning through advanced), financial statement analysis, corporate financial reporting, and real estate investment and finance. He was awarded the Citibank Teaching Award and has also received recognition by Business Week as one of Anderson School's 'Outstanding Faculty.' | more on Professor Sussman
MBA with Honors Stanford University, Licensed CPA in California.

For MDE teaches: leasing and financial analysis

Carol Scott
Professor of Marketing, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Chairman of the marketing faculty area. Research and teaching focuses include marketing management and strategy, and theories and methods of consumer research. Consultant to a variety of for- and non-profit organizations. | more on Professor Scott
Ph.D., Northwestern University

For MDE teaches: strategic marketing and building a competitive advantage