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Developing the Leaders That Will Drive Minnesota’s Technology Community Forward

The ACE program emphasizes awareness of different leadership styles, expands leaders’ knowledge of the Minnesota tech ecosystem, deepens core leadership competencies, expands participants’ network, and more. Companies demonstrate a clear investment in their employees’ development, while giving emerging leaders the tools they need to produce stronger outcomes and effectively lead within their teams.

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Program Highlights:

Seminars: Six day-long courses featuring executive speakers, panels of subject matter experts, and cohort discussions.
Executive coaching: ACE leaders are paired with a coach, a senior leader in technology, to help provide individualized approaches on topics covered in the course.
Group projects: Leaders work on small group strategy-based projects which culminate with a presentation to MnTech’s Board of Directors.

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2024 ACE Cohort Sessions

Beginning each March and September, the program consists of six day-long sessions over the course of the year. Senior executives from technology, government and education sectors will share lessons learned in their areas of expertise. Participants will discuss ideas and apply them in their own organizations and collaborate with other next generation leaders.

SPRING COHORT

Session 1 | March 14, 2024  Building and Sustaining Your Leadership Brand

Session 2| April 11, 2024  Strengths-Based Leadership; Leaders Leading Leaders

Session 3 |  May  9, 2024 Building Positive Team Culture; Developing & Activating Networks

Session 4 | June 13, 2024 Communicating for Results

Session 5 | July 11, 2024  Engaging in the Broader Community

Session 6 | August 14, 2024  Cultivating Inclusive Organizations; Final Presentations

FALL COHORT

Session 1 | September 12, 2024  Building & Sustaining Your Leadership Brand

Session 2 | October 10, 2024  Strengths-Based Leadership; Leaders Leading Leaders

Session 3 |  November 14,  2024 Building Positive Team Culture; Developing & Activating Networks

Session 4 | December 12, 2024 Communicating for Results

Session 5 | January 9, 2025  Engaging in the Broader Community

Session 6 | February 13, 2025  Cultivating Inclusive Organizations; Final Presentations

Investment

The program is $3,500 for MnTech members*. We accept professionals from non-member companies on a case-by-case basis.

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If you have any question about the program, please contact us.

Jayshree Seth
Corporate Scientist, 3M

Jayshree Seth is a Corporate Scientist at 3M and currently holds 77 patents for a variety of innovations, with several additional pending. She joined 3M in 1993 after an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York. She is a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from her alma mater REC Trichy India, now NIIT Trichy, where she earned a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering.

Jayshree was appointed 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate in 2018 and is using her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to advance science and communicate the benefits of science and the importance of diversity in STEM fields. She is also a member of Carlton Society which is the 3M Science and Engineering “Hall of Fame.” Jayshree is the fourth woman and first female engineer to be inducted. In 2020, she was awarded Society of Women Engineers (SWE) highest Achievement Award. She is also the first-ever winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the new Female Thought Leaders of the Year – category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2021. Jayshree was featured in a docuseries titled Not the Science Type that premiered during the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and accepted for Brand Storytelling Showcase, a sanctioned event at Sundance Film Festival. She is the author of the books, The Heart of Science – Engineering Footprints, Fingerprints, & Imprints, and The Heart of Science – Engineering Fine Print published by the Society of Women Engineers, and all sales proceeds go to a scholarship for underrepresented minority women in STEM. She is a sought-after speaker, globally, on a multitude of topics such as innovation, leadership and STEM advocacy and has featured in local, national and international media.

Jayshree has served on the CEOs Inclusion Council, chaired the 3M Asian Employee Resource Group A3CTION and serves on the Steering Committee for 3M Technical Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF). She also serves on the Board of the Science Museum of Minnesota, Engineering Advisory Council for Clarkson University, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPP), Advisory Board for Innovation – The Conference Board, and Advisory Group of Aspen Institute Our Future is Science program.

Jayshree has two adult kids, and her husband also works at 3M.