Senior VP of Training and Education, Motorola Inc.
President, Motorola University
Schaumburg, Illinois

“Despite the explosion of educational and training alliances in learning, it’s not a given that they will all work. Managing those partnerships, especially the global ones, demands a complex set of skills.

“How do you get a group that includes Columbia, Kellogg, and MIT not only to form content alliances with technical providers but also to work with venture capitalists? There’s Cisco Networking Academies,where students get hands-on training while attending high school or college. And there’s Motorola University’s telecommunications academies, which, with educational providers in Hyderabad, India, and Johannesburg, South Africa, combine skills training with academics.

“The biggest challenge is managing the interaction between the content expert, the packaging expert, and the distributor. It requires an administrative system that works worldwide for students and managers. The team must unite a variety of disciplines and aim for a common goal.” — Lucy McCauley

Bill Wiggenhorn (bill.wiggenhorn@motorola.com) has presided over Motorola University since it was founded in 1981. As Motorola’s global education-service provider, MU designs and delivers a wide range of products and services to Motorola, as well