Program News
Inaugural EIMBA class receives degrees
Fifteen business executives from Mexico who were members of
the inaugural class of the University of South Carolina's new Executive International MBA (EIMBA)
program were awarded their master's degrees May 4 during graduation ceremonies on USC's
Columbia campus.
The EIMBA program, launched in August 2004, is offered jointly by the Moore School of Business and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Guadalajara, Mexico, popularly known as Tec de Monterrey.
The new graduates earned two degrees: an EIMBA from USC and a Meastria en Administracion from Tec de Monterrey. A second EIMBA class enrolled in August 2005 and will graduate in May 2007.
The 20-month program is aimed at senior Mexican managers in their 30s and 40s who continue to work while earning their degrees. After an opening week in Columbia, classes are taught every third weekend in Guadalajara, utilizing both Moore School and Tec de Monterrey faculty.
Last fall, the program was ranked the eighth-best MBA program in Mexico by Expansión, a well-known Mexican magazine.
Diego Milan, a member of the EIMBA Class of 2006 who is finance and administrative director for
Tech Group Mexico, said he was promoted to his current job while working on his degree. "This
promotion represented a 25 percent increase in my gross salary," he said. His "little side
business" called Diemy Corp. also grew five-fold during this time in terms of total assets and
number of employees.
Enrique Prieto Ibarra said that he started his own company, called Bufete Constructor y de Bienes Raices S.A. de C.V, since beginning the EIMBA program. "I just closed a deal to build 11 houses here in Guadalajara," he said. "We are talking about a $1 million (U.S. dollars) investment."
As for Eduardo Uribe, he has been promoted to Business Unit Manager for Sanmina-SCI Plant 3 in Guadalajara.