The Lazaridis EMTM addresses the overlapping disciplines of business and technology. It emphasizes high-level executive training and prepares leaders to adapt to business disruption in a high-speed, high-cost, high-risk global environment.

Our executive management program is designed for senior decision-makers of innovative enterprises, and its impact is both immediate and ongoing. After only the first sessions, our candidates are able to begin implementing new strategies at their organizations. They gain better leadership capabilities and the confidence to creatively address a broad range of business challenges. Candidates have advanced to more senior roles and become greater contributors to organizational success.

Lazaridis EMTM learners also form lifelong personal ties with their classmates, Laurier faculty and participating guest lecturers from top-tiered universities and companies.

Read their testimonials below.

What Our Graduates are Saying

Jeremy Auger (MSc ’12)

Chief Strategy Officer, D2L

“One of the biggest benefits was the ability to interact with peers in similar companies, and it was very much a collaborative learning environment where we all brought real world experience to bear on what we were learning.”

Seán McCabe (MSc ’12)

VP Engineering, Aeryon Labs 

“The unique design of the program and world-class quality of the faculty and guest lecturers make this an incredible learning experience. Forget any preconceived notions about business school, the EMTM program has probably created the most innovative executive management degree there is.”

Jennifer Smith (MSc ’12)

Executive Vice President, Global Market Solutions & Engineering, Christie Digital Systems

“When I walked back in to my job, the first day after I took the first of the sessions, I had a different perspective on how I contribute to the executive team.”

What Our Current Leaders are Saying

Joe AbiDaoud (MSc ’17)

Vice President IT, CIO, ‎Yamana Gold Inc.

“It’s about understanding how technology is disrupting and changing the business model. The EMTM program has given me the framework, and the expanded network, that will enable me to succeed.”

Ophelia Chang (MSc ’17)

Audit Manager, Technology Infrastructure and Security, BMO Financial Group

“Problems don’t happen in vacuums – they are most oftentimes cross-functional and multi-dimensional, and this program has been most beneficial in helping me dig deep to find true root causes to the complex issues that my clients face."

Adrien Côté (MSc ’17)

Business Advisor, Velocity

“The faculty have real-world credibility and create an experience where concepts are learned quickly and you find immediate ways to use what you learn in your work.”