On April 12, 2017, three teams of undergraduates at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business competed in the 2017 KPMG Excel Competition at the annual TechFest event. The event is organized by the school’s department of decisions, operations and information technologies and two student clubs: BITS and iTBT.
The teams analyzed Yelp review data for all restaurants in College Park to generate business insights and present their findings and recommendations on opening a new restaurant in College Park to the KPMG judges. Students who are in BMGT301 were invited to participate in the competition.
Special thanks to KPMG and congratulations to all students who participated in the event and the following winners:
- First prize ($450): Michael Koscinski and Derek Xiao
- Second prize ($300): Abbey Cerciello, Allyson Convers and Angelina Lyubimova
- Third prize ($250): An Xu, William Lu and Joon Hwang
For more information about the undergraduate program at Smith, visit: www.rhsmith.umd.edu/undergrad.
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About the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and flex MBA, executive MBA, online MBA, business master’s, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.