Benefits for Sponsors

Over the past 14 years, more than 200 of the Midwest’s most innovative companies have sponsored their employees in the Executive MBA program at the Wisconsin School of Business.

They have made this commitment because they recognize the Executive MBA program is designed to transform high-potential executives into the next generation of leaders. These companies have found that the Executive MBA program provides an outstanding return on their investment, allowing them to reward, retain and transform key leaders in their organizations.

Sponsors gain:

Employees with enhanced skills, insights and perspectives

  • A way to reward key executives and improve retention
  • Access to expanded professional networks
  • Immediate application of best practices to current business problems
  • New understanding of developing trends to help their organization sharpen strategic planning

Recent students have been sponsored by these and other companies:

ABB Automation Inc.

ABS Global

Accenture

Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative

Advantage Bank

Affiliated University Physicians

A. G. Edwards

Air Wisconsin Airlines

Alkar

Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp.

Alliant Energy

Alliant Foodservice

Amcore Investment Group

American Family Insurance

Ameritech

AnchorBank

Banc One Securities Corp.

Banta Company

Beloit Corporation

Beloit Memorial Hospital

Best Power

Blood Research Institute

Brady Corporation

Briggs & Stratton Corporation

Brim Healthcare

Coca Cola

Covance (Corning Hazleton)

Credit Union Executives Society

CUNA Mutual Group

Datex-Ohmeda, Inc.

Dean Foods Company

Dean Health Systems

Deere & Company

Deloitte & Touche

Eastman Kodak Company

Eaton Corporation

J. D. Edwards

Electronic Theatre Controls

Energy Center of Wisconsin

Executive Agenda

Famous Footwear

Firstar Bank Firstlogic

Fort James Corporation

GE Lunar

GE Medical Systems

Gemplers

General Casualty Insurance Company

GlaxoSmithKline

GMAC Financial Services

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation

Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau

HK Systems, Inc.Hamilton Sundstrand

Harley-Davidson Motor Co.

Heartland Properties

The Heibing Group

Hoffman Corporation

Honeywell, Inc.

Honeywell’s Microswitch Division

Hy Cite Corporation

IBM

Intertek Testing Services

The Janesville Gazette

John Deere Corporation

Johnson Outdoors

KI

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Klein-Dickert Company

Edward Kraemer & Sons

Kraft Foods

Lands’ End, Inc.

Lear Corporation

Lindquist Machine Corporation
M&I Bank

Madison Gas & Electric Co.

Madison Valuation Associates

MagneTek

Manpower Inc.

Marshall Erdman & Associates

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

Mead & Hunt, Inc.

Menasha Corporation

Mercury Marine

Mercy Health Systems

Meriter Hospital

Middleton Travel

Miglin-Beitler

Miller Brewing Company

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre

Motorola

Nelson Industries

Noel Group

Norske Skog

Olin Corporation

Orbital Technologies Corp.

Oscar Mayer Foods, div. Kraft

Owen Healthcare

P&H Mining Equipment

The Park Bank

Parts Now!

PIC Wisconsin

Placon Corporation

Postech, Inc.

Promega Corporation

Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

Qualex Inc.

Rayovac Corporation

Rhone-Poulenc Marschall Products

ROMO Inc.

Runzheimer International

Rural Mutual Insurance Co.

S. C. Johnson Wax

SAILING Magazine

St. Joseph’s Hospital

St. Mary’s Hospital & Medical Center

St. Therese Medical Center

Siemens Power Corporation

Skipper Marine Development

Snap-On, Inc.

Sonoco Products Company

SSI Technologies, Inc.

State Capitol Credit Union

State Farm Insurance

State of Wisconsin

Stora Enso North America

The Swiss Colony

Telephone and Data Systems

TDS TELECOM

Thompson, Plumb & Associates

3M United States Cellular Corp.

University Surgical Associates

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Verizon Communications

Waukesha Engine

Wausau Benefits, Inc.

WICOR, Inc.

Wingra Technologies

Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions

Wisconsin Department of Revenue

Wisconsin Electric Power

Wisconsin Physicians Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Profile

Ann Olson,
Executive MBA ‘98
Vice President - Customer Sales & Service
Lands’ End, Inc.

“If you want to take your thinking, knowledge and relationships to new levels, the UW-Madison Executive MBA program is the vehicle. The intimacy of the class, the team approach, the collaborative environment and experience of the participants all made this experience second to none for me. In a class of 35, you get a very personal approach to learning. You can interact one-on-one with some the best educators at the UW and you can delve as deeply as you wish into a subject/topic.The format provides for individual, team and group participation that pushes you to think and interact a many different levels. It also requires you to network and build relationships to be successful.

I found the diverse curriculum covered all facets of business, providing a broad spectrum of knowledge that can be applied to any discipline.The open format where discussion is encouraged and having seasoned professionals as classmates significantly contributed to my learning. The focus is not all on theory and books, but on the real world and practical application of the knowledge you share.All these things helped me move to my current role as Vice President - Customer Sales & Service at Lands’ End, Inc., and I continue to draw on them and the relationships I formed to help me through my life journeys.This is truly a life experience and a superb opportunity for personal and professional growth for those who wish to make such a commitment.”