The Global Center hosts several multi-day residencies for the Executive Masters in Technology Management since.... (School of Professional Studies). These Residencies are part of a 16-month program that prepares senior technology professionals to develop a strategic mindset, fine-tune their speaking and presentation skills, understand core business functions (such as finance, accounting, and leadership), and ultimately drive enhanced business performance through the use of technology. The program emphasizes the importance of using technology in business for strategic advantage and improved productivity. At the program’s core spans a network of more than 150 executive mentors. Students work closely with a C-level tech executive to shape a real-world challenge or objective into a technology solution for their master’s projects. Graduates typically assume positions as CIO, CTO, CAO, COO, CEO, or CSO, as entrepreneurs. The program is also ideal for those pursuing CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certification. (Arthur Langer, Director of the Center for Technology Management at Columbia University and Academic Director of Columbia’s Executive Master of Science in Technology Management).