Office of Global Initiatives and Business Development
Connecting Mines with partners around the world
Office of
Global Initiatives and Business Development
Connecting Mines with partners around the world
Mines supports the world’s need for economic prosperity through scientists and engineers who create knowledge and deliver solutions.
JOHN BRADFORD
Vice President
for Global Initiatives
Welcome to the Office of Global Initiatives and Business Development. We support a wide range of projects that include leadership for some of society’s most pressing problems, technical and policy capacity building in the developing world, educational partnerships, continuing professional education, and conference services for a wide range of topics. We work closely with Mines’ Academic AffairsÌý²¹²Ô»å to build and manage projects and partnerships.
Our mission is to work with partners to create the opportunities needed to realize their personal, corporate, or government visions. If you are interested in partnering with one of the world’s best science and engineering universities to develop your project, please contact us for a discussion of the possibilities.
Our Strategic Priorities
Increasing prosperity and quality of life globally through science and engineering
Creating opportunities for students to build cultural and technical understanding through global exploration
Building partnerships to advance the frontiers of technical innovation and entrepreneurship
Advocating for a scientific, data-driven approach
to solutions for the global energy future.
Where We Are
This map highlights many of the countries we are currently engaging with. Do you have any global connections? Let’s chat!
Leadership
Office of Global Initiatives
John Bradford
Vice President for Global Initiatives
David Wright
Assistant Vice President for Global Education
Office of Global Initiatives
Will Fleckenstein
Director of Strategic Business Development
Mines Online
Sam Spiegel
Assistant Vice President for Online Education
Mines: A Global University
News
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