FIRST PLACE
| Team: | Hewlett-Packard Co. |
| Paper: | HP Transforms Product Portfolio Management with Operations Research |
| Laureates: |
Jason Amaral, Emeralwise LLC Dirk Beyer, M-Factor Ann Brecht, Hewlett-Packard Co. Brian Cargille, Hewlett-Packard Co. Russ Chadinha, Hewlett-Packard Co. Kathy Chou, Hewlett-Packard Co. Gavin DeNyse, Hewlett-Packard Co. Qi Feng, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin Chris Fry, Strategic Management Solutions Shailendra Jain, Hewlett-Packard Co. Holger Mishal, Hewlett-Packard Co. Thomas Olavson, Hewlett-Packard Co. Cookie Padovani, Hewlett-Packard Co. Sesh Raj, DSApps, Inc. Kurt Sunderbruch, Hewlett-Packard Co. Robert Tarjan, Hewlett-Packard Co. Krishna Venkatraman, Intuit Julie Ward, Hewlett-Packard Co. Joseph Woods, Hewlett-Packard Co. Bin Zhang, Hewlett-Pacard Co. Jing Zhou, Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
FINALISTS
| Team: | CSX Railways |
| Paper: | CSX Railways Uses O.R. To Cash in on Optimized Equipment Distribution |
| Laureates: |
Michael F. Gorman, University of Dayton Dharma Acharya, CSX Transportation David Sellers, CSX Transportation |
| Team: | IBM Corporation |
| Paper: | Analytics-Driven Solutions for Increased Sales Force Productivity at IBM |
| Laureates: |
Rick Lawrence, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Claudia Perlich, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Saharon Rosset, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Matt Callahan, IBM Business Performance Services Matt Collins, IBM Business Performance Services Alexey Ershov, IBM Business Performance Services Shiva Kumar, IBM Business Performance Services |
| Team: | Marriott International |
| Paper: | Group Pricing Optimizer |
| Laureates: |
Sharon S. Hormby, Marriott International Julia E. Morrison, Marriott International Prashant Dave, Marriott International Michele K. Meyers, Marriott International Timothy J. Tenca, Marriott International |
| Team: | Norske Skog |
| Paper: | Norske Skog Improves Global Profitability Using Operations Research |
| Laureates: |
Graeme Everett, Norske Skog Tasman Kjetil Vatn, Norske Skog Rune Gjessing, Norske Skog Andy Philpott, University of Auckland |
| Team: | Zara |
| Paper: | Zara Uses Operations Research to Reengineer Its Global Distribution Process |
| Laureates: |
Felipe Caro, University of California, Los Angeles - Anderson School of Business Jérémie Gallien, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management Miguel Díaz, Zara Javier García, Zara José Manuel Corredoira, Zara Marcos Montes, Zara José Antonio Ramos, Carrefour S.A. Juan Correa, Dell, Inc. |