Welcome to the UT CIBER

We are the McCombs School’s “window on the world,” dedicated to globalizing business education. As one of 34 CIBERs funded by the U.S. Department of Education to serve as national resource centers for international business education, our mandate is to enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. businesses.

Among CIBER’s many successes, we are especially proud of the international business-school network we have established for our faculty and students. Through membership in the prestigious Partnership in International Management (PIM) consortium, and with bilateral agreements ranging from Singaporeto São Paulo, these programs help our future business professionals see the world and its business opportunities through the eyes of those from another culture. We send our students to study abroad and bring students from abroad to study with them here in Austin.

In addition to partnerships in Europe, Asia, and Australia, CIBER is active in helping the McCombsSchool nurture its deep ties to Latin America., through student exchange and language training, scholarly interaction, doctoral education, and faculty exchanges. Most recently, CIBER has developed new partnerships and programs in Asia and Africa.

CIBER receives substantial support for this work from the administration of the McCombsSchool. We also work closely with other organizations at UT-Austin. These include our four Title VI Area Studies National Resource Centers, several other excellent Area Studies Centers, and faculty from the LBJ School of Public Affairs. We collaborate with the College of Liberal Arts to bring business knowledge to language students and language knowledge to business students, and host a cross-disciplinary graduate forum that attracts students from other colleges across campus. We also develop exchange programs for McCombs students, fund international study scholarships, and design international courses, study tours and seminars.

We hope you find this site helpful, and look forward to seeing you at a CIBER event!

Dr. David Platt        Dr. Deirdre Mendez
CIBER Director        CIBER Assisant Director

About UT CIBER

The University of Texas at Austin's Center for International Business and Education Research (CIBER) has contributed to the McCombs School’s internationalization efforts in many ways. Its contributions have been made possible with the strong support the Center has received from Deans Robert E. Witt, Robert G. May, George W. Gau, and Tom Gilligan.  

One of CIBER’s major achievements is the development of internationalization infrastructure in the form of the McCombs Global Network, a group of more than 40 of the world’s top business schools (see list in the tab "Partner Universities") located throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Australia, with which the McCombs School has developed cooperative relations in various international ventures. The most common form of collaboration is student exchange.  

CIBER has also established double degree MBA programs, jointly offered Executive MBA programs, course offerings in overseas locations, PhD program cooperation and faculty exchange. The Network has provided opportunities for more than 50 UT business faculty members to obtain international teaching experience, resulting in an increase in faculty international research productivity.  

CIBER has supported the incorporation of languages and area studies into business education, developed exchange programs for McCombs students, funded international study scholarships, and designed international courses, study tours and seminars.

As ‘National Resource Centers’, CIBERs conduct outreach programs to businesses and academic institutions throughout the country. The UT CIBER has worked with other educational institutions and business associations to enhance the international expertise of the region’s businesses. 

The UT CIBER’s academic outreach programs take many forms, including outreach to regional K-12 schools on international education, supporting programs that facilitate the internationalization of faculty in area educational institutions and disseminating innovative curricula and teaching tools to schools across the nation.

The UT CIBER’s principal legacy may be its work to foster internationalization within the school. As a result of its efforts, more internationally-oriented classes are being offered, faculty research has a more global dimension, and more UT business students are having significant international experiences. The Center’s efforts have helped to “bring the business school to the world, and the world to the business school.” As business has become global, so has business education, and CIBER has been a key player in the internationalization effort at the McCombs School of Business.

CIBER Advisory Board

Heather E. Barclay Hamir Director, Study Abroad Office 1 University Station / A7000 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Tel: 512-232-5913 Email: barclayh@austin.utexas.edu	James M. Bethmann Managing Partner The Caldwell Partners International 909 Lake Carolyn Pkwy, Suite 1150 Irving TX 75039 Tel: 214-616-5135 Email: jbethmann@caldwellpartners.com
Michael D. Boxberger Owner Tedora Exploration, Ltd. PO Box 50407 Austin, TX 78703 Tel: 512- 413-7365 Email: mboxberger@austin.rr.com	Raymond J. Brimble (Chairman) President and CEO The Lynxs Group 106 East 6th Street, Suite 550 Austin, TX 78701 Tel: 512-539-2205 Email: ray@lynxs.com
Roberto de Hoyos (Governor Appointee) Director, Texas Business Development Office of the Governor of Texas Economic Development 221 East 11th Street, 4th Floor PO Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711 Tel: 512-936-0100 Email: rdehoyos@governor.state.tx.us	Tracy S. Dahlby Professor of Journalism 1 University Station / A1000 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Tel: 512-471-1845 Email: tdahlby@mail.utexas.edu
D. Michael Dodd Partner Dodd and Batla 3811 Bee Caves Rd., Ste. 105 Austin, TX 78746 Tel : 512-472-1520 Email : dmichaeldodd@sbcglobal.net	Janet Ellzey Vice Provost for International Programs Professor of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station / A7000 WHO 2.126 Austin, TX 78712 Tel: 512-471-7020 Email: jellzey@mail.utexas.edu
Helena Escalante President and CEO All Things Mexico 106 E. 6th Street, Suite 900 Austin, TX 78701, USA (512) 322-3944 hescalante@allthingsmexico.com	Francis J. Gavin Director, Strauss Center for International Security and Law Professor of International Affairs LBJ School of Public Affairs PO Box Y Austin, TX 78713 Tel: 512-471-5249 Email: fgavin@mail.utexas.edu
Linda V. Gerber Director, Program in International Business Sr. Lecturer, Department of Marketing McCombs School of Business 1 University Station / B6000 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Tel: 512-471-5480 Email: linda.gerber@mccombs.utexas.edu	Thomas W. Gilligan (ex officio) Dean and Professor of Finance McCombs School of Business 1 University Station / B6000 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1178 Tel: 512-471-5921 Email: dean.gilligan@mccombs.utexas.edu
Charles R. Hale Director, Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies Professor of Anthropology 1 University Station/ C3200 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Tel: 512- 471-7530 Email: crhale@mail.utexas.edu	Robert K. Hatcher President & CEO Cockrell Interests, Inc. 1000 Main Street, Suite 3250 Houston, TX 77002 Tel: 713-209-7504 Email: hatcher@cockrell.com
Orlando R. Kelm Assoc. Professor of Spanish and Portuguese CIBER Associate Director, Business Language Education 1 University Station / B3700 Austin, TX 78712 Tel: 512-232-4534 Email: orkelm@mail.utexas.edu	Randall T. Kempner Founding Executive Director Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036-1133 Tel: 202-736-2926 Email: Randall.Kempner@aspeninst.org
Aldor R. Lanctot, Ph.D. Executive Director, Global APOS Services Dell Inc. One Dell Way, MS 77 Round Rock, TX 78682 Tel: 512-496-9732 Email: Al_Lanctot@Dell.com	Stephen T. Limberg Director, MPA Program Professor of Accounting McCombs School of Business 1 University Station / B6400 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Tel: 512-471-1251 Email: stephen.limberg@mccombs.utexas.edu
Bill Louden Exec. Director, International Business Institute Austin Community College HBC Main 505.2 5930 Middle Fiskville Rd Austin, TX 78752 Tel: 512-223-7292 Email: wlouden@austincc.edu	David E. Platt (ex officio) Director, CIBER Sr. Lecturer in Accounting McCombs School of Business 1 University Station / B6000 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Tel: 512-471-3518 Email: david.platt@mccombs.utexas.edu
Eugene Sepulveda Executive Director Entrepreneurs Foundation PO Box 684826 Austin, TX 78768 Tel: 512-415-8923 Email: Eugene@abporter.org	Thomas A. Stellman President TIP Strategies, Inc. 106 E. 6th Street, Suite 550 Austin, TX 78701 Tel: 512-343-9113 Email: tom@tipstrategies.com

Meet the Staff

Director

David Platt earned his BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, his MBA in Marketing from Syracuse University, and his PhD in Accounting from Cornell University.  He joined the McCombs School in 1996 after working for Pricewaterhouse Coopers (assurance services, clients including Campbell Soup and Vanguard Mutual Funds) and Raymond Corporation (financial and product management in supply chain capital goods and software integration).  He has taught in the BBA and MPA programs, receiving teaching awards at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and is currently teaching in the school’s MBA and executive programs in Austin, Houston, and Mexico City. 

Dr. Platt is the Director of UT-Austin’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and has served as chairman of the Partnership in International Management (a consortium of leading graduate business schools with member schools in 35 countries).  He has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Paris and Monterrey Tec.  His primary teaching and publication interests are in organizational performance management and the measurement of the cost of goods and services for decision making.

Associate Director

Orlando R. Kelm holds degrees from Brigham Young and UC Berkeley, and his professional interests include the teaching of foreign language and culture for professional purposes, focusing mainly on Latin America and Brazil.  He is also active in the use of innovative technologies in the development of pedagogical materials.  The homepage for all of these materials is orlandokelm.wordpress.com. Orlando is also involved in study abroad and MBA study tours, including teaching and leading groups to Venezuela, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and China. His latest publication (2011, co-authors John N. Doggett & Haiping Tang) is entitled "When we are the foreigners: What Chinese think about working with Americans," which deals with the cultural aspects of working with Americans, from the Chinese perspective.

Assistant Director

Deirdre Mendez came to CIBER after 20 years of consulting on international business strategy for U.S. companies, with a specialization in Japanese business.  She has led business delegations to Europe and Japan, and has spoken at international business and economic development conferences in the U.S. and abroad.  In Austin, she has served on international boards and committees, and has been an advocate of creating international ties for Austin and Texas.  She has also published on Austin’s technopolis development. 

At the McCombs School, Deirdre teaches international teambuilding in CIBER’s BBA Global Summer Business Program and McCombs’s Executive Education program.  Her area of greatest interest is developing experiential training for students and business executives to overcome cultural barriers to successful interaction. 

came to CIBER after 20 years of consulting on international business strategy for U.S. companies, with a specialization in Japanese business.  She has led business delegations to Europe and Japan, and has spoken at international business and economic development conferences in the U.S. and abroad.  In Austin, she has served on international boards and committees, and has been an advocate of creating international ties for Austin and Texas.  She has also published on Austin’s technopolis development.  At the McCombs School, Deirdre teaches international teambuilding in CIBER’s BBA Global Summer Business Program and McCombs’s Executive Education program.  Her area of greatest interest is developing experiential training for students and business executives to overcome cultural barriers to successful interaction. 

 

Program Coordinator

Maria Terrazas Maria was born and raised on the border town of El Paso, Texas, where she quickly learned to jump back and forth between two vastly different languages and cultures. Throughout her career, Maria has stayed closely connected with international education. As a student, she spent two semesters working and studying in Strasbourg, France and London, UK. She later completed an internship at the U.S. State Department, and upon finishing her studies, went on to participate in a year-long scholarship exchange to Germany.

Prior to joining CIBER in 2010, Maria coordinated professional internships for American students going to Germany, Spain and Argentina with a nonprofit organization based in New York. Maria’s role at CIBER is to coordinate the summer faculty-led programs and advise students about their options. Maria enjoys assisting students and helping them explore all their international possibilities.

Maria holds a B.A in International Relations from Mary’s University, and a M.Ed in Higher Education Administration with a focus on International Education from The University of Texas at Austin

Administrative Associate

Sabine Wimmer is the Office Manager of the CIBER Office.  She is responsible for the daily activities of the office and enjoys assisting the CIBER staff with their projects. She particularly  enjoys working with the students in their preparation  for their study abroad experience.  Sabine is also the network coordinator of the Partnership of International Management, a consortium of 58 top-ranked business schools from across the world. 

Originally from Vienna, Austria, she feels right at home in the international environment of CIBER and McCombs.  She is a graduate of the MPA Program of the McCombs School of Business and worked as an auditor at KPMG. She spent five years in France teaching Business German and English to professionals at the university level. Before attending The University of Texas at Austin, Sabine worked for German, French and British companies in various export positions.  She speaks German and French. 

Partner Universities

Asia

• China Europe International Business School (Shanghai, China) MBA
  
• Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (Hong Kong) BBA
  
• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (India) MBA
  
• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (India) MBA
  
• National University of Singapore (Singapore) BBA, MBA
• Peking University Guangua School of Management   (Beijing, China) MBA, Double Degree
  
• Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea) BBA
  
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai, China)  BBA
  
• Thammsat University (Bangkok, Thailand)  BBA
  

Europe

• Aalto School of Economics (Helsinki, Finland)  BBA, MBA
  
• BI, Norwegian School of Management (Oslo, Norway)  BBA
  
• Copenhagen Business School (Copenhagen, Denmark)  BBA, MBA
  
• ESADE (Barcelona, Spain)  BBA, MBA, Double Degree
  
• ESCP Europe  (Paris, France)  BBA
  
• HEC  Paris  (Paris, France)  BBA
  
• Koc University (Istanbul, Turkey) MBA (Global Connection)
• Manchester Business School  (Manchester, England)  MBA
  
• Rotterdam School of Management  Erasmus University GSB (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)  BBA, MBA
  
• Stockholm School of Economics (Stockholm, Sweden) MBA
  
• Universidad de Deusto  (Bilbao, Spain)  BBA
  
• ICADE Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain)  BBA
  
• Universita  Commerciale Luigi Bocconi  (Milan, Italy)  BBA
  
• Universität St. Gallen (St. Gallen, Switzerland)  BBA, MBA
• Louvain School of Management, Universite Catholique de Louvain  (Louvaine-la-Neuve, Belgium)  BBA
  
• University of Bath  (Bath, England)  BBA
• University of Economics. Prague   (Czech Republic)  BBA
• University of Edinburgh  (Edinburgh, Scotland)  BBA
• Warrick Business School  (Coventry, England)  MBA
  
• Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna, Austria)  BBA
  
• Wissenschaftliche Hochschule fur Unternehmensfuhrung-Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU Koblenz) (Koblenz, Germany) BBA, Double Degree

Latin America

• Universidad ESAN (Lima, Peru)  MBA, Double Degree
  
• Fundação Getúlio Vargas  EAESP (São Paulo, Brazil)  BBA, MBA, Double Degree
  
• INCAE (San Jose, Costa Rica)  MBA
  
• IAE Escuela de Direccion y Negocios, Universidad Austral (Buenos Aires, Argentina)  MBA
  
• Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico)  BBA, MBA, Double Degree
• Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile  (Santiago, Chile)  BBA, MBA, Double Degree

North America

• McGill University  (Montréal, Québec, Canada)  MBA

Oceanea

• The University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)  BBA
  
• Australian Graduate School of Management (Sydney, Australia)  BBA, MBA
  
• Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)  BBA
  
• Melbourne Business School (Melbourne, Australia)  MBA
  
• The University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand)  BBA
  

CIBER Network

Mandate

The Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) were created under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to increase and promote the nation's capacity for international understanding and economic enterprise. Administered by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the CIBER program links the manpower and information needs of U.S. business with the international education, language training, and research capacities of universities across the U.S. Thirty-one universities were designated as centers that serve as regional and national resources to business, students, and academics. Together, the CIBERs form a powerful network focused on improving American competitiveness and providing comprehensive service and programs that help U.S. business succeed in global markets. 

Mission

The mission of the CIBERs is the enhancement of U.S. global competitiveness. The three main goals of the CIBERs are:

• The internationalization of U.S. business education
• Integration of international non-business disciplines (e.g., language) into business education
• Development of a partnership with the regional international business community to contribute to each other’s internationalization efforts

Funding

The Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) are authorized under Title VI, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965. They are funded through an appropriation in the annual U.S. federal budget, and funding is administered by the U.S. Department of Education. Each CIBER school matches federal funding annually and in most cases support is provided by the school in an amount that far exceeds the federal award. Funds received, both federal and matching, are applied in a variety of ways, including staffing of functions within the Center, awarding of grants to faculty and students to promote internationalization of students' programs and research, presenting workshops and seminars, and providing direct outreach support to schools and multiplier organizations in the region.