Stratsim Hall of Fame
The individuals named in this hallowed page represent the best and brightest future business leaders of America. They'll bring health to the businesses that hire them and wreak devastation upon their competitors. :)
2013 Fall SemesterIndustry 1 -- Firm E won with a price of $126.32. Congrats Cameron Weiss! Cam likes competition and faced some pretty tough competition in his industry. Mostly from Amy Hall.
Industry 2 -- Firm A won with a price of $149.35. Congrats Garrett Graston! Garrett won the practice round, and edged out his rival, Billy, in the last few rounds.
Industry 3 -- Firm A won with the stock price of $183.60. Congrats Towner Hess! Towner got out to an early lead and managed to hold his edge even though Kevin Stokes lauched some utility vehicles to attack Towner.
Industry 4 -- Firm C won with a stock price of $227.55. Congrats Nick Ackermann! Nick used a lot of sophisticated financial analyses to win the game. Math got him the victory. This is even more impressive considering that RJ Fogal's stock price was over $200 in this same industry.Industry 3 -- Firm A won with the stock price of $148.52. Congrats Billy Malmberg! Billy just seemed to have a good feel for the game from the start and probably got the highest price for the least effort.
Industry 4 -- Firm B won with a stock price of $336.77. Congrats Shane Marandi! Shane took big risks from the beginning and won, even though he didn't do very well in the practice round. Most improved and the top of the leader board!2012 Spring Semester
Decided to try this semester with no marketing cap. The average stock price was highest ever ($81 per team).
Spring 2012, Section 2, Industry 1 -- Firm C won with a price of $91.81. A marketing war broke out in this industry, dragging share prices down.
Spring 2012, Section 2, Industry 2 -- Firm A won with a price of $132.84. Two teams broke $100 for share price in this industry.
Spring 2012, Section 2, Industry 3 -- Firm B won with the stock price of $215.56. Congrats Chelsea Freuck! This is really neat because she got the highest stock price of all time and also did it alone, and with less than two hours per week of work. She also won the practice round. Great work!
Spring 2012, Section 2, Industry 4 -- Firm E won with a stock price of $127.42.Spring 2012, Section 4, Industry 1 -- Firm B won with a stock price of $258.93.
Spring 2012, Section 4, Industry 2 -- Firm E won with a stock price of $228.81
Spring 2012, Section 4, Industry 3 -- Firm C won with a stock price of $191.75
Spring 2012, Section 11, Industry 1 -- Firm A eeked out a victory with a stock price of $109.55.
Spring 2012, Section 11, Industry 2 -- Firm A dominated with a world record highest stock price of $658.37. Congrats Richard Knepfel!
Spring 2012, Section 11, Industry 3 -- Firm C won with a stock price of $95.08.
2011 Fall Semester
Because Firm A dominated so much in the last round, I decided to play as Firm A and see what would change. I also used the "auto-pilot" feature for the first time so that I always produced 30 days of inventory (annoying to Tyler). Also this was the first time allowing the class to run through all 10 decision periods in the practice round. Overall, this was the best class performance to date with four out of 12 firms getting over $100 stock price, and only two firms going bankrupt.
Fall 2011, Industry 1 -- Firm "C" won with a final stock price of $170. Congrats Vicki Arndt! This is a special story because she accomplished her goal of beating her son's stock price (Justin Bailey, who won back in Fall 2008, Industry 1). Parent 1, Child 0. :)
Fall 2011, Industry 2 -- Firm "D" won with a final stock price of $163. This was a case where Brian Meuler got off to a great start and never looked back. For the last five periods, he was making over $5 billion per year in net income on revenues of $55 billion. Here's a photo of the industry (from left Frank Nolan, Brian Meuler, David Brody, Tyler Dickson).
Fall 2011, Industry 3 -- Firm "E" won with a final stock price of $154. Congrats Charlotte Supple and Paul Zdanowicz. Like Brian, these two mastered the simulation early on and kept on going. Their net income was a whopping $6.9 billion on revenues of $60 billion. Impressive work!
2011 Spring Semester
Spring 2011, Industry 1 -- Firm "E" edged out "B" by four dollars (final stock price of $95). However, team B was the real winning team because they overcame the most adversity (tough team dynamics) for a strong second place finish. Congrats Shawn Olwig, Jennifer Czechowski, and Sarah Talbert!
Spring 2011, Industry 2 -- Firm "B" won with a final stock price of $141. Congrats Renee Novy!
Spring 2011, Industry 3 -- Firm "A" won with a final stock price of $141. This was my first all-lefty team. Congrats Aaron Epstein, Christopher Riese, Nicholas Reindl, and Kate Gralton!
Spring 2011, Industry 1 -- Firm "A" won with a final stock price of $172. Congrats Barry Doerfer, Jordan Krall, and Patrick Trafton!
Spring 2011, Industry 2 -- Firm "A" won with a final stock price of $100. Congrats Ryan Yttre, Tyler Laurent, and David Cassel!
Spring 2011, Industry 3 -- Firm "A" won with a final stock price of $168. Congrats Erika Oldenburg, Gregory Schlosser, and Scott Mueller!
2010
Spring 2010, Industry 1 -- Firm "D," with Ben Putzer as the CEO, took the lead from the get go and then held on until the end. Ben used the simulation to experiment with a success maximization strategy and it paid off quite well. Although he took some big risks that didn't pan out, he was still able to fight off a strong challenge from Amber Smith, Firm A's CEO.
Spring 2010, Industry 2 -- Firm "D," with Robert Loose at the helm, took the lead after some early setbacks due to extremely high levels of investment. These investments ultimately paid off as he finished with a stock price of $145. This industry had a ghost for Firm A, so it started out being somewhat forgiving, but in the end, the industry was just as competitive as the others in the course.
Spring 2010, Industry 3 -- Firm "E" achieved the highest stock price I have ever seen of $201.98, just $50 shy of the worldwide record. Even more impressive, Sanjay Khiani, Firm E's CEO and a stratsim rookie, was able to outmaneuver two more experienced competitors (the CEOs of firms C and D had done very well in the simulation previously in a different class). One of these experienced competitors, Marie Brick, brought in a cake on the last day of class to honor Sanjay's achievement. (cake photo, Sanjay and Marie photo)
2009
Spring 2009, Industry 1 -- Team "D" was perhaps the most upbeat team I have ever seen and was comprised of Colin Booth, David Adams, Emily Zimmerman, Eric Becker. Even when I gave them bad advice, they didn't get discouraged and came back to win with a final stock price of $116.07. They spent about 5 hours per week on the simulation, which was more than any other team in their course section.
Spring 2009, Industry 2 -- Team "A" comprised of Jonathan F. Proeber, Joshua Groves, Kirsten Grasser and Kyle Dale finished with a stock price of $148.79.
Spring 2009, Industry 3 -- Team "C" comprised of Kevin Hannan, Bryce Bender and Michael Tuttle, had an amazing come from behind victory and finished with a stock price of $165.15, even though their stock price in period 8 was just $50.41.
Fall 2009, Industry 001 - 1 -- Team "A" with Alexander Haugen, Amanda Gamerdinger, Amanda Meise pulled an amazing come from behind victory to win their industry by less than $2, for a final stock price of $75.54. (team photo)
Fall 2009, Industry 001 - 2 -- Team "E" with Theodore Cali, Timothy Weber, Tracy Larsen and Zuzana Nikodemova got off to an early start and maintained their lead for nearly the entire semester. They finished with a stock price of $119.20, which was nearly $50 higher than their next closest competitor. (team photo)
Fall 2009, Industry 004 - 1 -- Team "D" had a commanding lead for most of the simulation, but then just barely squeaked out a victory in this incredibly competitive industry. The top three finishers were within $4 of each other's stock price, but ultimately team "D" comprised of Jerad Clifford, Jerad Lumina, Jill Diedrich and John Alford won with a final stock price of $36.49. (team photo)
Fall 2009 Industry 004 - 2 -- Team "C" showed that persistence can pay off. This team comprised of Jason Natareli, Nicholas Jubert, and Nicole Hall got along well, spent a lot of time in class making decisions, and asked for a lot of advice. Their final stock price at $63.87 was more than double their closest competitor. (team photo)
Fall 2009, Industry 007 - 1 -- Team "D" was led by Catherine Hodach who, together with her teammates Chris Singer and Dana Redfield put more effort into this simulation than anyone I have ever seen. They were in first or second place for most of the simulation but ultimately won by nearly $20 with a final stock price of $95.52. (team photo)
Fall 2009, Industry 007 - 2 -- Team "E" took the word "dominate" to a whole new level. I have never seen a team sprint out of the starting gate like this team comprised of Steven Brandenburg, Tyler Strook, William Burnham, and Vikramjeet Brar. They had a terrific strategy from day 1 and never looked back. They never asked for advice or direction, but just knew how to win. Ultimately their stock price was 101.76, nearly three times their closest competitor! (team photo)
2008
Fall 2008, Industry 1 -- Team "B's" final stock price of $129.22 narrowly edged out their competitors. Team "B" was comprised of Adam Breit, Justin Bailey, and Stacey Brzozowski.
Fall 2008, Industry 2 -- Team "E" dominated for most of the semester and ended with a stock price of $128.79, which was over $40 higher than their closest rivals. This team was comprised of Singying Vang, Adam Wiebe, Dustin Wolk, and Dustin Wood.
Fall 2008, Industry 3 -- Team "A" comprised of Kevin Farrington, Madelyn Frank, Angela Graetz, Jordan Hall stormed to victory with a winning stock price of $92. Kevin and Madelyn knew each other previously and their good teamwork may have helped keep the team going when they fell behind part way through the semester.
Fall 2008, Industry 4 -- Team "B" comprised of Matthew Pegoraro, Kristin Riederer, Shawn Roberts, Brad Tucker had a dominating victory with a final stock price of $156.92. Shawn Roberts was the "X-factor" in this course section and won every in-class activity and exercise.
