Executive Education

Empowering clients to achieve their high-performance objectives.

About the Program

The UCCS Office of Executive Education empowers clients to achieve their high-performance objectives through customized executive education. Our innovative programs are collaboratively designed to target key business and personal goals, resulting in stronger leadership and improved performance at both the individual and organizational level. 

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Programs for Individuals

Transformational growth to take your career to the next level.
Individual programming is designed and offered based on requests from industry-specific professionals. We offer programs with a wide variety of time commitments, including hour-long sessions, full day programming or multi-part series over the course of a few weeks.

Programs for Organizations

Customized executive education for your toughest business challenges.
We partner with organizations to co-design, develop and deliver impactful custom programs tailored to meet your specific business priorities and goals. Programs provide training across all levels of an organization, from top-level executives to front-line staff.

Women in Leadership Program

Women in Leadership

The Women in Leadership Program, in partnership with Zschool, helps develop your personal and organizational growth strategy while you expand your leadership skills, win at your work-life balance, engage your team, drive ideas and transformation throughout your organization, and positively impact your company's bottom line.

Strategic Artificial Intelligence Program

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Gain a deeper understanding of the benefits and challenges associated with AI and be armed with the skills to develop and execute a strategic AI plan. Use the power of AI to drive growth, increase efficiency, and create new opportunities at your company.

Meet our Faculty

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Dustin Bluhm, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management, College of Business

Jill Bradley-Geist, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Management, College of Business

Tom Duening, Ph.D.

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Management Department Chair; Associate Professor, Management; Director, Center for Entrepreneurship; El Pomar Chair of Business and Entrepreneurship, College of Business

Rebecca Duray, Ph.D.

Rebecca Duray, Ph.D.

Professor of Operations & Technology Management, College of Business

Jeffery Ferguson, Ph.D.

Jeffery Ferguson, PhD

Professor of Service Management and Marketing, College of Business

Thomas Martin Key, Ph.D.

Professor of Digital Strategy and Marketing; Team Lead of Marketing, Strategy, and International Business

Nina Polok, Ph.D.

Nina Polok, Ph.D.

Program Executive for the Bachelor of Innovation™

Colleen Stiles, Ph.D.

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Co-director for Strategic Alliances and Partnerships

Gregory Stock, Ph.D.

Professor of Management/Academic Director of BI Program, College of Business

Gordon M. Stringer, M.B.A.

Gordon Stringer, MBA

Senior Instructor of Finance & Information Systems, College of Business

Scott Van Ness, MBA

Scott Van Ness, ABD

Interim Faculty Director of Executive Education, Instructor of Operations Management, College of Business

Donald D. Warrick, D.B.A

Donald D. Warrick, D.B.A

Professor of Management and Organization Change, College of Business

Thomas J. Zwirlein, Ph.D.

Thomas J. Zwirlein, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Finance, College of Business

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