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Toys With Sol
2011 MBA Team
Awards: Outstanding Performance and Outstanding Reports

Toys With Sol is one of three award-winning teams that represented the San José State College of Business in the 2011 International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition that concluded April 9 at Cal State Long Beach.

They were the first SJSU team since 2008 to win every possible award in their division, winning the first prize both for overall firm performance and for best written reports.

The team was built around students in the Conventional MBA and MBA-One programs of the Donald and Sally Lucas Graduate School of Business.

The team consisted of

  • Patrick Grogan: Chief Executive Officer
  • Nafisa Jhaveri: Chief Financial Officer
  • Christopher Heavingham: VP of Operations
  • Casey Holland: VP of Production
  • Nghia Nguyen: VP of Marketing
  • Shaun Teacher: VP of Sales (the first ICBSC participant from SJSU’s Master of Biotechnology program)
Their advisor was Prof. Joel West.
[Toys with Sol logp] Photos: (clockwise from top) CEO Patrick Grogan accepts the best firm performance award from ICBSC operations director David Fritzsche; Shaun Teacher presents to judges on Saturday; team members plan next decision at company headquarters on Friday.

Team members (left to right): Nafisa Jhaveri, Shaun Teacher, Nghia Nguyen, Casey Holland, Chris Heavingham and Patrick Grogan.

Last updated April 10, 2011