"We're collaborating with students and faculty at the Securities Analysis Center to help advance our investment ideas. We also know that this produces top-notch performers who we intend to recruit. Our success in effectively managing our corporate treasury depends on attracting the best, and our involvement with the SAC is an investment in that future." - Oystein Harsvik, Director, Treasury, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond WA
What Sets Us Apart
The Securities Analysis Center is led by an industry professional. As with all four Centers comprising the MBA program, this ensures that students receive an education that is grounded in the current best practices from industry. This emphasis on Experiential Learning is the program's unique advantage - the SAC was conceived and shaped by industry and is led by a practitioner, which complements the academic coursework and faculty research.
The SAC was created in partnership with industry, and our industry founders also serve as the SAC Board of Advisors. Hailing from the northwest, Colorado, and Boston, these founders represent a range of industry spanning private equity, risk management, commercial real estate, traditional asset management, alternative investing, and banking. As CEO's and founders of their firms, they provide the SAC with content and guidance from the highest levels of industry. They also serve as an invaluable network for the SAC and its students, helping to continuously broaden the range of firms involved with the program and future opportunities.
The SAC curriculum is an intensive blend of both finance and accounting, taken from a global perspective. This provides students with a deep and flexible set of skills applicable to their choice of profession and geography. Our graduates are future CFO's, portfolio managers, investment analysts, accountants, and risk managers, and go on to pursue careers around the world - within corporations, Wall Street firms, and the non-profit sector.