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SJSU College of Business
ICBSC
Hall of Fame
2000-2009

These are the SJSU teams that competed from 2000-2009. Click on the link for more information on each team.

2009

45th Annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition: San Diego, April 16-18, 2009
Team Advisor: Dr. Joel West, professor, Department of Organization and Management

Undergraduate: Spartan Wireless

Awards: 2nd Runner Up (Performance), Outstanding Reports (business plan, annual report)
Team members: Jason Conte, Tra Huynh, Ronny Lai, Gabino Lopez, Jeff Sloan, Danielle Ynostroza

MBA: Appollean Sound

Awards: 1st Runner-up (Performance), 1st Runner-up (written reports)
Team members: Mike Hentrich, James Manalad, Steven Moody, Nickie Rolle, Shariar Yaghoubi
Individual award: Mike Hentrich and Shariar Yaghoubi, 1st place (tie), Richard Cotter Stock Market Award

2008

44th Annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition: San Diego, April 17-19, 2008
Team Advisor: Dr. Joel West, associate professor, Department of Organization and Management

This was the first year that two teams from one school swept the top award in each category award.

Undergraduate: Beyond Storage

Awards: Outstanding Performance; Outstanding Reports (business plan, annual report)
Team members: Pedro Alvarez, Christine Ermatinger, Harry Kaura, Janelle Small, Justin Virrey

MBA: Sight Joining Sound Unlimited (SJSU)

Awards: Outstanding Performance; Outstanding Reports (business plan, annual report)
Team members: Shannon Laoye, Warinda Rijiranuwat, Charmy Ruparel, Eric Wang, Chad Webb, Min Yan

2007

43rd Annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition: San Diego, April 12-14, 2007
Team Advisor: Dr. Joel West, associate professor, Department of Organization and Management

MBA: EZ Pay, Inc.

Award: 1st Runner-up
Team members: Erin McCullough, Sriram Rao, Mina Matsuchika (MBA) and Jason Katzer (undergraduate)

2006

42nd Annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition: San Diego, April 6-8, 2006
Team Advisor: Dr. Joel West, associate professor, Department of Organization and Management

Undergraduate: Spartan Slippers International

Awards: Best Submitted Reports (business plan, annual report)
Team members: Karin Karlsson, Michael Nguyen, Jonathan Wang, Sunny Wong, Mike Zezzo

MBA #1: Vintage

Awards: 1st Runner-up
Team members: Michael Holt, Varinder Kumar, Jayamani Manickam, Madhan Ramalingam, Awinash Sinha

MBA #2: Eureka

Awards: 2nd Runner-up; Runner up, Submitted Reports (business plan, annual report)
Team members: Stella Cao, Stanley Chan, Danny Kim, Nhon Quach (MBAs), Michael Reeves and Philippe Zervogiannis (undergraduates)

2005

41st Annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition: San Diego, April 14-16, 2005
Team Advisor: Dr. Abdel El-Shaieb, chair, Department of Organization and Management

MBA: Baby Med Inc.

Team members: Traci L. Kuzinich, Tamas Karpati, Ram Ramaprasad

2004

40th Annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition: San Diego, April 15-17, 2004
Team Advisor: Dr. Abdel El-Shaieb, chair, Department of Organization and Management

MBA: LokateMe, Inc.

Awards: 1st Runner-up; Best Submitted Reports (business plan, annual report)
Team members: Monika Erande, Ruchi Kasliwal, Artie Kaushik, Chong Pin Lim, Gautam Mulchandani and Hemanth Puttaswamy

2003

39th Annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition: San Diego, April 10-12, 2003
Team Advisor: Dr. Abdel El-Shaieb, chair, Department of Organization and Management

MBA (off-campus): Vita Gum, Inc.

Awards: Grand Prize; Best Submitted Reports (business plan, annual report)
Team members: Jeannie Cuffia, Jeff Orlowicz, Bharath Chandramohan, Shawna Rabello Erdmann, Fulvia Govetto, Brian McLaughlin and Tania Wiens

MBA (on-campus): Dis-Fone Incoporated

Award: 1st Runner-up
Team: Brad Royston, Clinton Wu, Qing Zeng, and Nitin Shah

2002

38th Annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition: San Diego
Team Advisor: Dr. Abdel El-Shaieb, chair, Department of Organization and Management

MBA: Lunar Products Incorporated

Award: 1st Runner-Up
Team: Amol Heda, Kevin McLaughlin, Kim Malcom, Juliana Prokopenko, Oscar Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Robert Scholl

Undergraduate

Team: Mehrshad Mansouri, Daniel Del Rio, Kris Rushing, Dennis Mangalindan, Tiffany Barr, Darrick Hong

2001

37th Annual International Collegiate Business Policy Competition: San Diego, April 5-7, 2001
Team Advisor: Dr. Abdel El-Shaieb, professor, Department of Organization and Management

Undergraduate: Ear-Otic, Inc.

Awards: 1st Runner-up; Outstanding Reports
Team members: Mehrshad Mansouri, Franklin Haggas, William King, Gary Vechiorelli and Dana Yamaki
Individual award: William King, 2nd place, Richard Cotter Stock Market Award

MBA: Amphibian Products, Inc.

Award: 1st Runner-up
Team members: Brian Egan, Reginald Lester, George Groza, Suzette Pereira and Yu Ting Huang

MBA: Hot-Heads Inc.

Team: Sylvia Rodriguez, Chad Scheller, Marcelo H. Cosentino, Vickie L. Tan, Jessica Kleinbach

2000

36th Annual International Collegiate Business Policy Competition: San Diego
The competitors from SJSU this year included five teams: three teams of SJSU students, and two teams of exchange students from the Hogeschool voor Economische Studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands) who spent the school year at SJSU.

Team Advisors:

MBA #1: BizCase, Inc.

Award: Grand Prize
Team: Josh Oshinsky, Michelle Cadieux, Andrew Peng, Pei-yu (Vivian) Huang, and Nancy Ji

MBA #2: Heads Up! Inc.

Awards: 2nd runner up; Best Business Plan
Team: Kevin Hale, Su-Lin Wilkinson, Greg Low, R. Benjamin Schulte, Seema Kapur

Undergraduate: Sand Creations

Team: Denese Guenter, Antonio McDonald, Louella (Ella) Aranas, Hilary Andrews, Rana Baydoun, Javier Garza

HES #1: Carrial Corporation

Awards: 1st runner up
Team from Hogeschool voor Economische Studies: Camiel Tonnaer, Remy van Egmond, Daniel de Lange, Ronald van der Leer, and Karin Rancuret

HES #2: Smart Technologies

Team from Hogeschool voor Economische Studies: Maurice Brahim, Carlos Stalenhoef, Rabia Boujenna, Robert Meerman


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