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Capsim global Business Simulation
Challenge celebrates 10 years.
Northfield, Ill. November 17, 2010 – The
annual Capsim Fall Business Simulation
Challenge concluded its 10th year last
weekend with students from the United States
and abroad taking top honors.
Ramanarayanan K from the Indian Institute of
Management, Bangalore took first place in
the Capsim Capstone® Challenge, and Robert
Woodward from Brigham-Young University-Idaho
won the Capsim Foundation® Challenge.
Capsim Challenge Coordinator May Zelner
says, “The Challenge grows every year. The
competition is intense with 1108 competitors
from university campuses in India, Canada,
Australia, Turkey, Switzerland, Bulgaria,
Chile and the United States participating
this fall”.
Ten years ago, in the fall of 2000, three
students from the Kenan-Flagler Business
School, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill won the Challenge.
We tracked down Dipti Patel-Misra, Robert
Rodgers and Eric Spink to learn if the
business skills they demonstrated back then
translated into successful careers.
Dipti is VP, Enterprise Financial Planning
and Analysis at Blue Cross Blue Shield North
Carolina. Robert is Director, Finance and
Business Operations at Lockheed Martin in
Colorado. Eric is President at Coastal
Community Bank in Washington State.
Dan Smith, president of Capsim Management
Simulations, says, “It is a real thrill for
us to see these three guys, who showed so
much promise at business school, fulfilling
their potential”.
Mr. Smith adds, “A business simulation
provides the opportunity to integrate the
many streams of learning at business schools
and to apply them in a realistic way.
Students who enroll in the Challenge want to
keep practicing, to keep honing their
business skills even after their course is
finished, and we think that enthusiasm pays
dividends”.
The Capstone and Foundation Business
Simulation Challenge is a global online
competition held in the spring and fall
semesters each year. The Challenge is open
to all students who have participated in a
Capsim business simulation in a university
course in the previous 12 months.
2010 Capsim Capstone Fall Challenge
1st Place: Ramanarayanan K; Indian Institute
of Management, Bangalor, Professor Dharam
Pal
2nd Place: Michael Abadir; University of
Washington, Professor Vitaly Nishanov
3rd Place: Dai Jiangwei and Song Jie; Curtin
University of Technology, Professor Adolph
DeSousa
4th Place: Romi Chordia, Vijay Khairnar and
Niladri Kundu; XLRI School of Business and
Human Resources, Jamshedpur, Professors
Munish Thakur and Dharam Pal
5th Place: Matthew Mundt; James Madison
University, Professor Bill Ritchie
6th Place: Gabriel Gonzalez Ponce;
University of Texas, El Paso, Professor
Joseph O’Connor
2010 Capsim Foundation Fall Challenge
1st Place: Robert Woodward; Brigham-Young
University-Idaho, Professor Michael
Whitesides
2nd Place: Trent Commons and Joel Huynh;
Baylor University, Professor Blaine
McCormick
3rd Place: Curtis Wallette; Montana State
University-Billings, Professor Patricia
Holman
4th Place: Paul Hansen; Villanova
University, Professor Anthony Catanach
5th Place: Tan Duy Nguyen; Texas Christian
University, Professor Patrick W. Nuss
6th Place: Olivier Djomby; University of
Texas, Dallas, Professor Larry Chasteen
About Capsim Management Simulations, Inc.
Founded in 1985, Capsim Management
Simulations is a global leader in developing
and delivering business simulations that
prepare practicing and aspiring business
people to run profitable businesses. Our
programs create rich learning experiences
that give participants, whether in an
academic or corporate setting, the
opportunity to practice the skills and build
the business acumen that are behind today’s
successful companies. More than 550,000
participants at 500 schools and corporations
have built their business acumen through
Capsim learning experiences.
Visit www.capsim.com for more information
and a complete list of past winners.
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