Company Profile
The mission of the Global Learning Company is to provide the highest quality experiential Global Travel Seminars. We use our academic and business experience to develop innovative seminars that allow students to learn the intracacies of global business in the most efficient, exciting and meaningful way. Our seminars are an extension of classroom learning providing a seamless transition from academic curriculum to real world interaction with business executives, policy makers and educators from various countries. We believe that cultural literacy is essential to understanding human behavior and motivation and paramount to success in vital areas in business such as leadership, negotiation, and teamwork.
Message from the CEO
Globalization and its profound impact on technology and economic, socio-cultural and political environments, will continue to be the driving force changing business curriculum in the 21st century. Society and business communities will be seeking men and women who understand global business, can work and interact with people of different cultures and can travel and live in diff erent locations around the globe. Thus experiential global learning is and should be an integral part of the business curriculum.
The Global Learning Company is a leader in design and delivery of innovative programs that are a complement to the theoretical and abstract body of knowledge that students learn in various courses regarding global business, helping them develop skill sets and gain experience that is crucial to their success in their professional career. Our Global Travel Seminars take students out of the classroom and into the boardrooms and on to factory floors of internationally renowned companies.
Our extensive higher education experience, plus 10 years of launching Global Travel Seminars allows us to design and deliver these innovative programs in the most efficient and effective way. Our programs will have an enduring impact on your students’ career and life, enhance the reputation of your institution by providing cutting edge global business education and opens new avenues for research and collaboration for your faculty.
We invite you to position your university as a leader offering real world curriculum.
Shahriar Khaksari, CEO, Global Learning Company
Biographies
Shahriar Khaksari
Dr. Khaksari is an expert in global business and international finance. He is the former Dean of International Business Programs at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Khaksari founded Suffolk’s Global Seminars, Global MBA and Master of Science in Finance programs and AIAF, a Chartered Financial Analyst review program acquired by the Washington Post in 1999. Under his direction, Global Travel Seminars grew into one of the nation’s largest university faculty-led travel programs, sending hundreds of students to a dozen locations each year. Dr. Khaksari serves on Harvard University’s board for the Cyprus International Initiative for the Environment and Public Health. He earned his Ph.D. and MBA from St. Louis University and is a Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA). Dr. Khaksari is on the faculty of Suffolk University Sawyer Business School.
Michael C. Brown
Michael is an expert in academic travel seminar development and group leadership. In his former role as manager of Suffolk University’s Global Travel Seminar Program, he built faculty-led programs leading thousands of students to destinations around the globe. His belief in creating value for faculty and students through seminar development and deployment earned him the Graduate Student Association's Barbara Erickson Award for Outstanding Service. His seminars received consistent excellent evaluations. He obtained a BA in International Relations from Boston University and has traveled extensively throughout the world.