Team ROKR

Team ROKR is represented at the case competition by Ryan Hudson (team lead), Garrett Dodge, Damian Fernandez and Bala Venkatrao. They were one of the first ones to arrive at SMG. The selection process at their school to determine which students were going to participate in the global competition was decided by their Innovation Club sifting through applications. They mentioned that it didn't take them long to choose the best team to represent their school in the competition.

The team was quite relaxed and clearly pleased about the short commute to BU. Garrett mentioned he had a lot riding on this competition since he had to cut short his Spring Break vacation in Costa Rica to attend this event and considering he had no tan, one sympathises.

In preparation for the competition, the team mentioned that short of getting to know each other, bonding, forming and norming, they didn't do any specific research or preparation for the competition - although even if they did, they're probably not inclined to share this the night before the case is released.

BREAKING NEWS - Research at a top business school reveals that there are definite synergies between IT strategy and Foosball. The exact correlation is still to be documented but the team feels confident that there is potential for a startup brimming here.

Winning the competition is vital since Garrett needs the cash to pay for his Costa Rica vacation.