2008 BizIT Competition Big Success!

BizIT Winners 2008

1st Place: Driva

2nd Place: Apex

3rd Place: AltruTech

4th Place: Maverick

5th Place: Delta

Elota and Finals Judges.

On February 22 & 23, 2008, eleven great teams competed in the 6th annual BizIT Case Competition. Each team used technology to solve the Diabetes epidemic. The teams presented a business plan, financials, and technology architecture to professional industry judges.

The 2008 winning teams and cases were
1st Place - Driva (Steven Kennington II, Eric Hui, Bijal Mehta, Shruti Rao)
2nd Place - Apex (David Warnock, Michael Allan, Shawn Foley, Afsheen Saatsaz)
3rd Place - AltruTech (Eddy Fong, Wendy Lin, Victor Cobos, Xing Fang)
4th Place - Maverick (A.J. Angus, Yun Du, Taaha Bhora, Christine Stephenson)
5th Place - Delta (Mark Willey, Alexander Kakabadse, Philips Johnson, Andrew Hailey)

Thanks to our generous sponsors, Accenture, Citigroup, ConocoPhillips, EDS, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Shell, and SunGard, the top three teams received scholarship awards of $4,000, $3,000, and $2,000.

MISA and Tech Connects supported BizIT 2008 with terrific volunteers. McCombs BBA Paul Tilton, Lisa Neigut, and Trey Lykes helped with the months-long planning process, as did industry professionals Anthony Dasari, Mary Beth Kelley, Stu Penny, Brent Reid, & MIS faculty member Elota Patton. The planning involved logistics and development of the BizIT case, rules, and judging criteria.

If you are interested in being a sponsor, judge, or volunteer for the 2009 BizIT Case Competition, email Elota Patton.