The UCLA Technology Leadership Summer Institute is a six-week, all-online experience derived directly from UCLA Anderson's world-renowned MBA curriculum. The program features top business school instructors and key leaders in the tech world to prepare undergraduates and young professionals for the careers they want.
June 21–July 30, 2021
Remote Learning
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Innovation
Learn what it takes to disrupt outdated practices. Explore new opportunities to effectively align business and societal priorities in an increasingly technology-driven world.
Disruption
Gain an understanding of the latest technologies, products and services (AI, IoT, cloud computing) that have revolutionized existing industries and created new ones.
Data Science/AI
Discover opportunities in AI and data science while developing models that leverage technology for positive impact.
Product
Work with a team of highly motivated students from around the globe and find out how the pros develop and commercialize a successful new product.
Social Impact
Learn the role of businesses that balance purpose and profit, making business decisions for the benefit of their workforce, customers, suppliers, community and the environment.
Leadership
Get acquainted with the traits of successful leaders who have adapted to rapidly changing paradigms in preparation for the marketplace of the future.
All students will enroll in two required courses. This program carries 8 units of UC credit for a letter grade.
Technology Leadership: The Transformation of Consumers, Businesses and Society
Cornerstone Course
4 UNITS
Discover the impact of tech from the perspectives of consumers, businesses and society. Explore best practices at successful tech companies and learn how to apply this knowledge to launch your career in tech.
Technology has fundamentally changed the lives of consumers, enterprises, economies and societies. For consumers, it has enabled broader and more convenient access to information, commerce, and connectedness. For enterprises, it has lowered costs, facilitated entry to and competition in new markets, deepened customer engagement, blurred traditional product/service lines, and created new challenges and threats of disruption. For enterprises and entrepreneurs alike, technology has created new product/service opportunities, new waves of growth, and new markets.
This course will examine the dynamic nature of technology, the disruption and innovation taken to create new services with competitive advantages. We will explore a variety of industry-changing products and services, including connected devices (Internet of Things), cloud computing, artificial intelligence, over-the-top content and shared economy offerings. This course will also look at the concepts and models which have enabled these new services, threatened existing providers, changed competitive landscapes and blurred lines of service offerings. Such topics will include the role of standards, disruptive innovation, advertising-based business models, multi-sided platforms, cloud-based business models, and effects of competing convergence and unbundling. The class will also significantly focus on the increasing role and power of data as a predictive tool. While this course is focused on technology-based industries, the core learnings in strategy development, disruptive innovation and business models are relevant to numerous other industries.
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Concentration Course
4 UNITS
Gain a general understanding of data science and artificial intelligence, their business applications today and in the future, and their ethical and societal impacts. Build practical skills in analyzing and managing data via R/RStudio, SQL and Tableau.
The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data” was the headline in a recent article from The Economist. In fact, 5 out of the 6 largest companies in the world by market capitalization, are data technology businesses (Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook). This course is designed to provide students (from both technical and non-technical backgrounds) with a practical foundation in data science to manage, analyze and synthesize data to derive actionable insights and help solve strategic business problems.
Students will receive an introduction to the statistical tool R, learn how to communicate with databases using SQL (Structured Query Language), and acquire the skills of data storytelling by utilizing Tableau - a powerful and fast growing data visualization tool in the Business Intelligence (BI) industry. Business leaders will also provide current examples of how Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are being applied to tackle their short-term and long-term business challenges.
Students will be learning from highly experienced instructors who have a passion for teaching and keep the learning experience interesting.
Tim Park
Applications and Business Models of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence - 4 units
Mr. Park is currently responsible for strengthening SPE’s consumer data position by enabling strategic analytics to drive targeted outreach for all the Home Entertainment lines of business. He also continues to lead a data management mandate to bridge the gap between business needs and data systems by spearheading cross-functional analytics initiatives.
Prior to joining Sony, Tim headed up the Analytics & Reporting department at DIRECTV/AT&T Entertainment Group where he built a data-driven culture. This increased accountability, improved efficiency and utilized predictive analytics to help deliver a premium viewing experience (for not only the traditional cable channels but also the streaming platform). He also worked as a consulting statistician at The Aerospace Corporation, a R&D center that provides technical guidance to the US Air Force, NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) and MDA (Missile Defense Agency) on all aspects of space missions.
Furthermore, Tim taught statistics and mathematics at UCLA, Loyola Marymount University and The Aerospace Institute. He has also spoken at numerous Big Data / Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence conferences.
Mr. Park holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics & Physics from Occidental College and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management
Robinne Burrell
Technology Leadership - 4 units
Over the past decade, Robinne Burrell has been at the forefront of technology and emerging media, having worked with brands spanning digital, interactive, mobile and social experiences. Robinne led product development and strategy at Amazon/IMDb, Match.com/Tinder and myspace at its peak. Through her company Redflight Innovation - an interactive development company located in Los Angeles and Johannesburg, she has built digital products for NBC’s The Voice, Comedy Central and Steven Spielberg’s The VR Company, to name a few.
In addition to her work as an innovator and leader, Robinne was named in the top spot as "5 People Pushing Technology You Want to Work With Now" in Forbes Magazine and "Code Breaker of the Year" by Google and the Digital Diversity Network for her groundbreaking work in tech and media. Standard and Poor’s identified her as part of the “Society of Industry Leaders” and Hollywood Reporter named her “The Next Generation of Industry Execs”. She has been featured on CNN and NBC and is on the board of the Interactive Peer Group for the Television Academy (The Emmys), the most influential board of influencers determining excellence in digital media.
Prior to her leadership positions at top tech and media companies, Robinne also held management positions at Universal Music Group, Sony Electronics, and was an early member of Jimmy Iovine’s start-up Inside Sessions, a digital curriculum designed to introduce young musicians on how to break into the business of music. Robinne would later go on to be an Ambassador of Goodwill and Peace in Mexico, where she launched a non-profit program for kids to learn arts and humanities. In 2016, Robinne authored the virtual reality user experience for "Take Back the Mic: The World Cup of Hip Hop" for Oculus, which would lead her to become the first African-American woman to be up for an Emmy in VR.
Robinne is also the creator of Access to Innovation workshops, part of Redflight's social enterprise efforts around the world to bring emerging technology to underrepresented communities through an immersive curricula in coding, robotics, virtual reality, augmented reality and entrepreneurship. She recently partnered with the Mandela Family and Africa Rising to implement the program in Nelson Mandela's hometown of Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Robinne holds a B.A in Cinema/Television from USC and completed the Leadership Strategy Program at MITs Sloan School of Business.
She is the co-creator of "In Your Shoes" a broadcast and virtual reality series that allows historically untold stories to be brought to life by 360-degree video. In 2016 she was awarded First Place in the National Association of Broadcasters Innovation Pilot for her "outstanding commitment to furthering the future of broadcasting" for her work on the project. She is currently working closely with the Mandela Family and Africa Rising, A Kweku and Ndaba Mandela organization - the most prolific of the heirs to the Nelson Mandela legacy, as Founder of the Mandela Cultural Fellowship and in 2019 was awarded the honor of being a patent owner of Match.com/Tinder for authoring a location-based dating algorithm and specifications.
The program fee includes the course unit fees and supplemental curricular activity fees. This program carries 8 quarter units of UC credit. Most courses that constitute Summer Business Institutes curricula charge an Instructional Enhancement Initiative (IEI) fee.
All fees are non-refundable and subject to change without notice. Visit the Summer Program's website for additional information.
UC Undergraduate | UC Graduate | Non – UC | |
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Program Fee (same for all tracks) | $3,332 | $3,892 | $3,980 |
Date | |
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February 15 | Summer Institutes Registration Opens |
April 1 – 30 | UCLA Summer Financial Aid Application for Current UCLA Students Available |
May 1 | Full Payment Due/Registration Deadline for International Students |
June 15 | Refund Deadline |
June 21 | Program Starts |
"I gained so much knowledge about the tech world and got to meet so many like-minded people."
— Krystal Xu, Data Science Intern, Instagram (Facebook)
— Krystal Xu, Data Science Intern, Instagram (Facebook)
"The TLSI was an amazing opportunity to dive into the tech and entrepreneurship scene in L.A. and the U.S."
— Michael Liang, Co-Founder, Culturestride (formerly Product Management Intern, Atlassian)
— Michael Liang, Co-Founder, Culturestride (formerly Product Management Intern, Atlassian)
"I do think that all of the insights from class were directly transported into my interviews."
— Juli Coelho, Associate Account Strategist, Google
— Juli Coelho, Associate Account Strategist, Google
"TLSI was instrumental in helping me land my marketing internship."
— Flora Chang, Communications Student, UC Santa Barbara
- Flora Chang, Communications Student, UC Santa Barbara
"The remote learning was incredible, and it made participating in class discussions so easy."
— Andrew Bennecke (B.S. ’22), Computational and Systems Biology Student, UCLA
- Andrew Bennecke (B.S. ’22), Computational and Systems Biology Student, UCLA
The UCLA Technology Leadership Summer Institute will not only prepare you through classroom curriculum, you'll learn immeasurably from special guest speakers and mentors who will show you what it's like inside some of the most legendary high-tech companies.
For answers to your questions, please contact Jaymie Park at jaymie.park@anderson.ucla.edu.