Inaugural Student Competition Winners
Finalists in the Inaugural AIS Student Chapter Competition were on site in Provo, Utah from April 26-28, 2102 to compete in the finals. All finalists received finalist medals, and winners received plaques.Three winners from each track were selected based on a number of different judging criteria.
Here are the Results:
IT Risk Management Track
Finalists were asked to present their cases from the virtual round of competition to a panel of judges.
Place | University | Team Members |
1st | Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar | Aamir Masood |
2nd | Temple University | Menura Labrooy, Haoren Yu, Valerie Spinosi, Peter Yum |
3rd | Illinois State University | Quinn Francis, Robert Kluge, Paul Timmermann |
Mobile Application Development
Finalists were judged based on their mobile applications from the virtual round of competition and the number of downloads each received in the Windows marketplace.
Place | University | Team Members |
1st | Temple University | Andrew Roche, John Shaw, Scott Raffe |
2nd | Brigham Young University | Dave Eargle, Jake Lingwall, Seth Howard |
3rd | University of Michigan – Dearborn | Paul Blackford, Austin Abair, Kyle Bridges |
Social Media Optimization
Finalists were asked to revise their submissions from the virtual round and to create a Social media strategy for AIS Student Chapters.
Place | University | Team Members |
1st | University of Michigan – Dearborn | Lauren Toccalino, Austin Abair, Greg Walker, Kyle Bridges |
2nd | Brigham Young University | Kyle Clegg, Colin Blair, Julia Knecht, Riley Jenkins, Brendan Kingsford |
3rd | University of Memphis | Maxim Zhiglov, Joseph Borwick, Nicole Smith |
Video Competition
Finalists were asked to create abrand new video teaching about a random IT topic chosen out of a hat. In addition, finalists were judged based upon number of votes received by conference attendees.
Place | University | Team Members |
1st | Temple University | Ryan Oliveira, Matthew Andrien, Sara Rezaeian |
2nd | University of Michigan – Dearborn | Heather McNabb, Kyle Bridges, Paul Blackford, Austin Abair |
3rd | Villanova University | Sarah Choi, PeterJohn Alexander, Jack Chong |