{"id":93706,"date":"2023-04-27T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T18:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=93706"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:32:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T13:32:09","slug":"business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Students Bring Knowledge, Professionalism to Case Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The challenge: Take three separate California-based street-sweeping companies and combine them into one new business with the equipment, personnel, contracts and management to succeed despite potential competition from the biggest player in the industry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93709\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\/creativity052\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity052-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1682100907&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;113&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"creativity052\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This year\u2019s Case Competition judges were, from left, Linda Blakemore \u201984, Andrew Blate \u201904, Craig Schneibolk and Rob Whitt \u201993. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity052-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity052-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-93709 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity052-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity052-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity052-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity052-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity052-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity052-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year\u2019s Case Competition judges were, from left, Linda Blakemore \u201984, Andrew Blate \u201904, Craig Schneibolk and Rob Whitt \u201993. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">That was the \u201ccase\u201d posed in the fifth annual Case Competition, a contest in which teams of UMW business students tackle a business problem, consider obstacles and possible solutions, then present their findings orally and via projected slides. It\u2019s a chance for them to use all their accumulated knowledge and skills, deploy their public speaking powers, and think on their feet to answer judges\u2019 questions.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a monetary reward, too \u2013 cash prizes totaling $5,000, sponsored by alumnus Andrew Blate \u201904 and business partner Craig Schneibolk of the D.C.-area remodeling company Beautiful Home Services. Blate and Schneibolk started an endowed fund that eventually will cover award money for each year\u2019s event, and they also judged this year\u2019s contest along with business alumni Linda Blakemore \u201984 and Rob Whitt \u201993.<\/p>\n<p>To make it to this year\u2019s Case Competition \u2013 held Friday, April 21, 2023, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/umw-college-of-business-classroom-named-for-longtime-accounting-professor\/\">Leigh Frackelton Classroom<\/a> of Woodard Hall as part of UMW\u2019s 17th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/umws-research-and-creativity-day-celebrates-student-accomplishments\/\">Research and Creativity<\/a> Symposium \u2013 each of five teams had to win a preliminary competition with fellow students in several business classes. The five teams that competed this year were well-prepared, with carefully researched solutions and polished presentations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/27\\\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\/creativity054\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"487\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93715\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity054-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1682100934&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;121&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity054-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity054-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity054-scaled.jpeg?w=730&#038;h=487&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity054-scaled.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity054-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity054-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity054-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity054-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity054-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"487\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Business student Emma Rolf, right, speaks as teammate Riley Smith waits to add to the presentation for Team 1. Also presenting were team members Hope Wilder and Kyle Garcia. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.)\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Business student Emma Rolf, right, speaks as teammate Riley Smith waits to add to the presentation for Team 1. Also presenting were team members Hope Wilder and Kyle Garcia. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\/creativity068\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93722\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity068-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1682102836&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity068-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity068-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity068-scaled.jpeg?w=362&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity068-scaled.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity068-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity068-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity068-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity068-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity068-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" width=\"362\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Business student Chris Camarota speaks during his solo presentation as Team 2. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.)\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Business student Chris Camarota speaks during his solo presentation as Team 2. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.) <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\/case-competition-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93718\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1682107860&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Case Competition 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2-scaled.jpeg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Case Competition 2\" alt=\"The students of Team 3, Kris Schulte, Tyler Ventura, Abigail Atkinson, Jeffrey McLean and Christopher Tugeau, confer after their presentation. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.)\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The students of Team 3, Kris Schulte, Tyler Ventura, Abigail Atkinson, Jeffrey McLean and Christopher Tugeau, confer after their presentation. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\/case-competition\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93717\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1682106518&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;74&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Case Competition\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-scaled.jpeg?w=271&#038;h=181&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-scaled.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Case-Competition-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Case Competition\" alt=\"Assistant Professor of Business Samira Fallah, left, chats with the students from Team 4, Edenia Benitez and Kate Ramirez. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.)\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Assistant Professor of Business Samira Fallah, left, chats with the students from Team 4, Edenia Benitez and Kate Ramirez. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\/creativity096\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93719\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity096-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1682109342&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;155&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity096-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity096-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity096-scaled.jpeg?w=271&#038;h=181&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity096-scaled.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity096-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity096-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity096-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity096-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity096-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Marcelo Ruggiero and Jane Kisselev, Team 5, react to one of the award announcements. (Suzanne Carr Rossi.)\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Marcelo Ruggiero and Jane Kisselev, Team 5, react to one of the award announcements. (Suzanne Carr Rossi.) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\/creativity064\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93716\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity064-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1682101790&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;194&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity064-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity064-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity064-scaled.jpeg?w=271&#038;h=181&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity064-scaled.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity064-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity064-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity064-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity064-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity064-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Judges Linda Blakemore \u201984 and Andrew Blate \u201904 react to a light moment in one of the presentations. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.)\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Judges Linda Blakemore \u201984 and Andrew Blate \u201904 react to a light moment in one of the presentations. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\/creativity108\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93720\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity108-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1682109580&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;8000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity108-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity108-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity108-scaled.jpeg?w=271&#038;h=181&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity108-scaled.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity108-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity108-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity108-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity108-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity108-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"At right, Ken Machande \u201994, the College of Business interim dean, tells the competitors, \u201cI\u2019ve seen every presentation in all five years, and this is by far the most professional final group we\u2019ve seen.\u201d (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.)\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> At right, Ken Machande \u201994, the College of Business interim dean, tells the competitors, \u201cI\u2019ve seen every presentation in all five years, and this is by far the most professional final group we\u2019ve seen.\u201d (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>But plans can go awry, as Chris Camarota \u201923 discovered Friday afternoon, just hours before the competition. A member of Camarota\u2019s team had to withdraw from the presentation, and his other teammates dropped away soon after. Camarota decided to go ahead with the contest, all by himself.<\/p>\n<p>Presenting as Team 2, Camarota drew the judges\u2019 praise for being gutsy enough to go it alone, and for his comprehensive consideration of the case and his comfort in speaking with minimal reference to notes.<\/p>\n<p>But he faced high-quality competition from the other teams:<\/p>\n<p>Team 1, Emma Rolf, Kyle Garcia, Riley Smith and Hope Wilder, each spoke on a specific aspect of the merger. The judges admired their decision to form a holding company for the merger and their handling of the differing union climates of the three companies being combined.<\/p>\n<p>Team 3, Christopher Tugeau, Abigail Atkinson, Kris Schulte, Tyler Ventura and Jeffrey McLean, earned judges\u2019 praise for structuring their presentation with solutions at the beginning and for thoughtful answers to follow-up questions.<\/p>\n<p>Team 4, marketing majors Edenia Benitez and Kate Ramirez, focused their presentation on how to best introduce the new company to the public, considering the overall marketing environment. The judges liked their frankness and humor in answering follow-up questions.<\/p>\n<p>And Team 5, international marketing majors Marcelo Ruggiero and Jane Kisselev, zeroed in on the possibilities of branding the company as an eco-friendly business, using California\u2019s environmental regulations as a market-building advantage. The judges admired their teamwork and easy back-and-forth speaking style.<\/p>\n<p>Presentations over, the judges deliberated in private. Ken Machande \u201994, the College of Business interim dean, didn\u2019t envy them the task. \u201cI\u2019ve seen every presentation in all five years,\u201d Machande said, \u201cand this is by far the most professional final group we\u2019ve seen. Every team in here would\u2019ve been in the top three in previous years.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93721\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93721\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/business-students-bring-knowledge-professionalism-to-case-competition\/creativity100\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity100-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1682109455&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;8000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"creativity100\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;First-place winner Chris Camarota, center, holds the oversized check with award sponsors and judges Craig Schneibolk, left, and Andrew Blate. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.) &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity100-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity100-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-93721 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity100-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity100-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity100-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity100-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity100-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/creativity100-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First-place winner Chris Camarota, center, holds the oversized check with award sponsors and judges Craig Schneibolk, left, and Andrew Blate. (Suzanne Carr Rossi photo.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before announcing the prize-winners, Blate told the teams he appreciated that they all showed up in proper business attire, came prepared and had the confidence to acknowledge it when they didn\u2019t have the specifics to answer a particular question.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, he said, it came down to \u201crazor-thin differences\u201d among the five teams. Coming in third for $500 was Team 5, Ruggiero and Kisselev, and in second for $1,000 was Team 1, Rolf, Garcia, Smith and Wilder.<\/p>\n<p>Then Blate made the top prize announcement: \u201cThe winning team was \u2026 Chris!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Camarota had won the $3,500 top prize, solo. And Blate made him promise <em>not<\/em> to share the winnings with members of his team who didn\u2019t attend the competition. \u201cIf you\u2019re not here, you don\u2019t get any money,\u201d Blate said to laughter throughout the room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The challenge: Take three separate California-based street-sweeping companies and combine them into one new business with the equipment, personnel, contracts and management to succeed despite potential competition from the biggest player in the industry. 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