<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center">AIS 2012-2013 Student Competition<br>
Finalists Announcement</h1>
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We are pleased to announce that the following teams have been selected as
finalists for the 2012-2013 AIS Student Competition. Congratulations! In all, 82 teams from 17 universities
submitted competition materials for the virtual round. Finalists are invited to
compete onsite during the AIS Student Chapter Conference to be held in
Bentonville, Arkansas, USA from April 18-20. The onsite competition is held in
conjunction with 2013 Walmart IT Summit and AIS Student Chapter Leadership
Conference.</p>
<h2>IT Risk Identification </h2>
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Members</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Arizona
State University</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">T.J. Wey, Diego Ortiz-Monasterio,
Yonathan Vivas</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Carnegie
Mellon University , Qatar</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Jaasim Polin, Daniel Cheweiky, Zuhair Ghalib</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Temple
University</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">David Dupell, Magen Sheeran </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">University
of Alabama</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Robby Knight, Elizabeth Roberts, Deanna Sparks, Meghan
Wilgus</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">University
of Michigan-Dearborn</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Kelly Turner, Tom Fitzgerald,
Austin Abair, Eric Rocheleau</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Utah
State</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Vishal Patel, Dannaea Ward, Eric Schnell</p>
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<h2>Systems Analysis and Design</h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="color:white">Team
Members</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Bentley University<b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Brendan Colford, Mackenzie
Segura-Cook, Alina Usmanov, Ryan Hebert</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Brigham Young University<b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Tahna Black, Brock Walters, Sean Thornton, Ryan Craig</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">University of Alabama<b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Melissa Nesman, Maxwell Rivers,
Taylor Konkel, Chaeeon Lim</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Antonnete Chiamas, Nirav Patel, Jannard Remo</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">University of Michigan-Dearborn<b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Kyle Bridges, Austin Abair, Josh
Hohner, Roy Porter</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">University of North Texas<b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Evisa Lumani </p>
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<h2>IT Management</h2>
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Members</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Carnegie Mellon University Qatar<b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Haris Aghadi, Aysha Anggraini </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Indiana University Bloomington<b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Joseph Helou, Ankush Balekundri, Karl Nickl</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Brittany Hafer, Veer Patel,
Gabrielle Lopez </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">The University of Memphis<b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Austin Marlar, Nicholas Matlock, Dominique Ligon, Jeremy
Calhoun</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Raychel Martin, Ben Patrick, Mario
Larussa, Jill Clark</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">University of Michigan-Dearborn</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Kelly Turner, Tom Fitzgerald, Austin Abair, Josh Hohner</p>
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<h2>Interactive Learning Modules</h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="color:white">Team
Members</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Carnegie Mellon University Qatar</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Nabeeha Fatima, Sumya Khandaker,
Tasneem Jahan</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Temple
University</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Joshua Wise </p>
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of Alabama</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Joshua Robinson </p>
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of Illinois at Springfield</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Andrew Wooley</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">University
of Michigan-Dearborn</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Kyle Bridges, Joe Rushing </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Utah
State University</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Gina Baldazzi </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the next few days, track chairs may (optional) send you
feedback from the virtual competition. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to all those who participated in the virtual
competition this year. We look forward to a great onsite competition in April.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please note the following important registration and travel
information.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Registration Information</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Teams should register for the onsite competition by:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:38.25pt">1.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span>Filling out the following finalist competition
registration form <b>by March 15, 2013
whether or not you are able to attend</b>: </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:38.25pt"><a href="https://byu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ernJdjOzFo9Fyex">Finalist
Registration Form</a></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:38.25pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:38.25pt">2.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span>Registering as a chapter for the 2013 AIS
Student Chapter Leadership Conference.
This step may be done in conjunction with your faculty advisor. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:38.25pt"><a href="https://ais.site-ym.com/events/register.asp?id=291863">Conference
Registration Form</a></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:38.25pt">Registration to the conference/competition is complementary for competition
finalists. </p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:38.25pt"></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:38.25pt"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Additional information</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please visit <a href="http://scweb.aisnet.org/">http://scweb.aisnet.org</a>
for additional information about the 2013 Walmart Summit and AIS Student
Chapter Leadership Conference.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<br>
Thomas Meservy, Brigham Young University<br>
Alex Lopes, Indiana University</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">AIS Student Competition Co-Chairs<br>
<br>
</p>