2023 Internal Case Competition Recap

We hosted our 19th annual Ivy MBA Internal Case Competition

With the leadership of a student planning committee, we hosted our 19th annual Ivy MBA Internal Case Competition November 30 – December 1, 2023. Twelve teams tackled a case on “Future-Proofing Heineken,” which was generally more accessible to our MBA students compared to last year’s cryptocurrency topic. We continue to be able to host the internal case competition due to the generosity of Bill and Raedene Kalm, who fund the awards and scholarships. Our sincere thanks to them both.

We are excited to host our 20th year of the Ivy MBA Internal Case Competition this fall and are beginning to plan the special celebration. That’s where you come in, alumni. We’d love to invite you back to campus to help us celebrate and would like to gauge your interest in two events. First, return for a luncheon on Friday, December 6; and second, join an alumni team (virtually) and present your case findings in an exhibition, in-person event on Friday, December 6. Let us know if you are interested by completing this very brief interest survey.

We had many alumni serve as judges for the 2023 internal case competition. We are so thankful for our alumni who continue to engage and support the program. If you are interested in serving as a judge in the future, please contact Sarah Wilson at slwilson@iastate.edu.

Congratulations to this year’s winners:

Hillary Eckert

Nathan Kilmer

Division 1: Best Q&A
Prabdeep Bajwa

Jordann Schneekloth

Division 1: Best Presenter
Hillary Eckert

Damien Henry

Division 2: Best Q&A
Prabdeep Bajwa

Laura Stowater

Division 2: Best Presenter
Hillary Eckert

Nicolas Embray

Division 3: Best Q&A
Prabdeep Bajwa

Sawyer (Naasz) Johnson

Division 3: Best Presenter
Hillary Eckert

Aaron Bodenham

Charles B. Shrader Ethics
Prabdeep Bajwa

Shelby Petersen

Charles B. Shrader Ethics
Hillary Eckert

Laura Stowater

Charles B. Shrader Overall Performer
Prabdeep Bajwa

Damien Henry

Bill Kalm Founders
ICC-First-Place-Team

Nazar Eltoum, Laura Stowater, Shelby Petersen, and Alex Swenson

First Place: Team Six
ICC-Second-Place-Team

Bo Huang, Jillian Dunlap, Kegan Wall, and Nicholas Yowell

Second Place: Team Eight
ICC-Third-Place-Team

Nathan Kilmer, Jordann Schneekloth, Pratikshya Tripathee, and Lewis Callaway

Third Place: Team Five

Our judges this year were:

Hillary Eckert

Alexis Ashton

Prabdeep Bajwa

Maggi Braun

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Ellen Chambers

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Frances Conley

Prabdeep Bajwa

Scott Groh

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Ryan Kent

Hillary Eckert

James P. Lyndon

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Liming Pals

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Andrew Plucker

Hillary Eckert

Raymond Richie

Prabdeep Bajwa

Kim Ryan

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Lisa Shimkat

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James Van Diest

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