Executive Education-Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda - Carnegie Mellon University

Executive Education

Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda (CMU-R) has launched an Executive Education series with courses offered throughout the year. These courses will challenge participants to examine key topics and strategies in the dynamic ICT industry within the African context. Targeted for both executives and mid-career professionals with a strong background in business and technology. The courses are tailored to strengthen careers in leadership and innovation.

Application Requirements

1. Download and complete the application form

Tuition fee per course is $995 USD. Payments must be completed by the first day of class.

2. Send completed application form and a current CV to: ExecEd@rwanda.cmu.edu.

The following courses will be offered:

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Process (DRP) Planning

27th - 30th May 2013

S. Zain Khan, CMC Management Consultant & President Alliances Consulting Group Inc. Rwanda

Prof. Hedda R. Schmidtke, Faculty, CMU- R

Martin Saint, Security Specialist and Teaching Staff, CMU-R

Johnson Nkurunziza, Senior IT Manager, CMU-R

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning and Implementation are foundational and umbilically connected elements of the process to protect critical corporate data and resources. The challenge that faces organizations is the need to understand the nuances of these two foundational strategies and at the same time strike a balance between the level of business risk they can tolerate and the cost of perfect data security to minimize exposure.  Download Course brochure

Intro to the Strategic Use of Digital Information in Enterprises

4th - 6th June 2013

Prof. Michel Bézy, Associate Director, CMU-R

An unprecedented access to real-time and unfiltered world information is providing enterprises with new strategic information assets. The ability to pull value from this data is a crucial competitive differentiator. The challenge is to turn this massive amount and continuous stream of data and information into knowledge and insights in real-time to provide actionable information to assist decision makers in enterprises. Download Course brochure