MBA students win first place at USC Marshall Global Consulting Challenge

MBA students Khaled Kahale, Hamidreza Mafi, Juan Camilo Ramirez, David Solomon and Scott Weatherhead represented Desautels Faculty of Management for the first time at the USC Marshall Global Consulting Challenge alongside nine other prestigious business schools from across the world. The team was awarded the best overall industry analysis prize by a team of judges.

This global consulting challenge consists of three different presentations to three different panels on a common topic. This year's sponsor is the Disney ABC Television Group. The challenge focused on the role of interactive and social media in the television viewer experience.

(From left to right: Khaled Kahale, Juan Camilo Ramirez, Hamidreza Mafi, Scott Weatherhead, and David Solomon)