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Fisher MBA teams place first and second in case competitions

Published: 2009-04-27

A team of Fisher MBAs brought home a first place win from the CIBER Case Competition at the University of Pittsburgh April 16-18.The CIBER team was comprised of first year MBA students Anne Von Lehman, Chad Stutz, Ryan Kilpatrick, and Seth Blatter.

Fisher won second place in the Big 10 MBA Case Competition held from April 16-18 on Fisher’s campus. The University of Minnesota placed third while the University of Michigan took home the top award.The Fisher team of first-year MBA students consisted of Vandana Agrawal, Jeremy Jacobs, Eduard Lapteanu and Michael Hrostoski. Agrawal was also awarded a Best Presenter Individual Award for the first round and Lapteanu received a Best Q&A Individual Award for the first round and the Best Q&A Individual Award for the final round.

Hosted by Fisher since its inception, this year’s Big 10 MBA Case Competition brought together 10 of the 11 conference schools. The teams of first-year MBAs were challenged to develop a solution for a cradle-to-cradle design for the Mirra office chair by Herman Miller.Teams were given 24 hours to come up with a business plan for the office chair that included recommendations for materials to create the armrests as well as a marketing strategy and financial analysis to support their armrest design proposal.

Judging was conducted by industry executives with various expertises. This year’s judges represented several area companies including, Cardinal Health, Nationwide Financial, DHL, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. and the Limited Brands. In addition, judges from Herman Miller with expertise in the company’s innovation and sustainability practices also participated in the competition.