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    EXECUTIVE PH.D. IN BUSINESS

    Earn your Ph.D. in Business on a part-time basis and gain the advanced knowledge and skills needed to conduct high-quality research on critical issues facing the business community.

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    EXECUTIVE DATA ANALYTICS PROGRAM

    Learn the history, core terms, and definitions to establish a robust understanding and application of data analytics to catalyze your business.

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    CONTINUING & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

    Continuing and Professional Education at Virginia Tech provides 350+ customized programs in fields including data analytics, cybersecurity, project management, executive coaching, and more.

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Learning That Works as Hard as You Do

Pamplin Executive Education unites Virginia Tech’s applied research, data expertise, and leadership practice under one integrated ecosystem.

Our programs help leaders and organizations accelerate innovation, adapt to disruption, and navigate the ethical, operational, and human dimensions of a rapidly changing digital landscape.

Built on Pamplin’s Hokie values of hard work, integrity, and purpose, every program combines academic rigor with practical impact.

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Our Core Themes

A focused portfolio for technology-driven leadership.

Digital Systems & Data Insights

Transform data into strategy. Programs equip leaders to interpret analytics, integrate AI responsibly, and design organizations where decisions are evidence-based and future-focused.

Focus Areas
  • Data storytelling and visualization
  • Predictive and prescriptive analytics
  • AI integration for business performance
  • Decision intelligence for executives

Privacy, Security, & Ethics of Digital Systems

Build trust in a connected world. Programs prepare executives to address cyber risk, AI ethics, and digital governance through a human-centered, values-driven lens.

Focus Areas
  • Cybersecurity strategy and resilience
  • AI ethics and governance
  • Data privacy and protection frameworks
  • Responsible innovation and regulation

Working & Leading in the Digital Age

Lead with authenticity and agility. These programs build emotional intelligence, communication capability, and digital fluency—skills essential for high-performing teams and client engagement in hybrid workplaces.

Focus Areas
  • Digital-era leadership and organizational culture
  • Coaching and communication for impact
  • Influence, negotiation, and trust-based selling
  • Team performance and change leadership

The Digital Marketplace

Innovate at the intersection of technology and opportunity. Programs cultivate entrepreneurial thinking within established organizations and prepare leaders to create value through digital ecosystems and customer-centric strategy.

Focus Areas
  • Innovation and intrapreneurship
  • Platform and ecosystem strategy
  • Data-informed marketing and growth
  • Experimentation and agile decision-making

Collaboration That Creates Impact

We co-design executive learning experiences with companies, government agencies, and nonprofits to build capability, inspire innovation, and deliver measurable results.

Your organization brings the mission; we bring the research, expertise, and operational backbone to make it happen. Together, we deliver results that last.

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Let’s Build What’s Next—Together

Tell us about your organization’s goals, challenges, or opportunities.

We’ll connect you with our team to co-create a solution that works.

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