CFO for Technology Industry Immersion introduces to students to the tools and expertise required of a technology company chief financial officer. Students will learn about capital budgeting, managing funding for growth, managing business portfolio, M&As and going public.

Video: tech CFOs share career advice & M&A case studies

Fast facts

• Curriculum designed by both UC Davis faculty and industry executives to reflect the latest challenges in the industry
• Five weeks of interactive classes on Fridays in Winter Quarter taught by senior executives from a select group of companies 
• Group assignments in every class, examining potential solutions to management challenges
• Scholarships ranging from $3,000 to $42,000 are available to incoming MBA admits for fall 2020

360-degree tech finance

You’ll learn from top industry executives through live case studies about:

• Financial planning cycles and public readiness
• Scenario planning and venture formations
• Fundraising
• IPOs, mergers and acquisitions
• Venture and last stage funding

“It’s much more entrepreneurial than I’d imagined, and covers way more than just finance and accounting.” – Stephen Auyeung MBA 18

2020 Executive Speakers

• Ayako Yasuda, Immersion Coordinator, Assoc. Prof., 
  Finance, Graduate School of Management
• Davis Faugno, Qualtrics
• Mike Coffey, AT&T
• Shareron Willis, AT&T
• Brian Moriarty, twoXAR
• Mike Kourey, Vlocity
• Chris Lowe, Cortexyme
• Brian Woodall, Expanesthetics
• Dan Griggs, Sitecore
• Chris Chillingworth, CFOs2Go
• Paul Bergholm, Personal Capital

“It’s important that students get some insight into what goes on in the real world.” – David Cole, Intuit