{"id":1159,"date":"2017-12-11T23:32:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T23:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2017-12-14T19:27:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T19:27:42","slug":"2017-dcu-innovation-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2017\/12\/11\/2017-dcu-innovation-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 DCU Innovation Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Tuesday, December 5th, the DCU Innovation Contest was held in the SAAB ETIC, Perry Atrium, from 6 to 9PM. The event started with pizza, drinks, and networking.<\/p>\n

Dean Sandra Richtermeyer addressed the crowd praising their drive to succeed in business, and Steve Tello,\u00a0Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, kicked off the competition!<\/p>\n

Four teams went ahead of the panel of judges, including Jim Regan,\u00a0CEO of Digital Federal Credit Union, Sarah LaLiberte, ’06,\u00a0Owner & Founder, Mainspire Marketing, and\u00a0Vasilios Roussos, Managing Director, Fintech Innovation Center.\u00a0Teams then made a ten-minute presentation on their banking and\/or financial innovations.<\/p>\n

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First up was Team ATMPal. Their team consisted of members\u00a0Xuan Bui,\u00a0Zachary Fay,\u00a0Andre Ragel, and\u00a0Greg Smelkov. They presented their idea on a mobile app that allows users to find the nearest ATM, and then sort them by free ATM charge.<\/p>\n

The next team to go was Guided Savings Projector. Members included\u00a0Kaitlyn Hanerfeld,\u00a0Kristen Bauer, and\u00a0Eli Gukovsky. Their idea was an app that allows users to enter their earnings per week or year, and they will be provided with a projection on a sliding scale of 1-100 of the percentage they would like to save.<\/p>\n

After was Team Cheetahead.\u00a0Thomas Stranberg,\u00a0Bryan Desrosiers,\u00a0Ethan Gariepy, and\u00a0Steve Alger presented their recommendations for Digital Federal Credit Union to create an educational cryptocurrencies tool that can clarify, monitor, and help its investor to use cryptocurrencies to their full potential.<\/p>\n

Lastly, Team True to You pitched their idea of a\u00a0security software for the banking industry, which utilize facial recognition and block chain technology to improve the mobile clients\u2019 financial data. Team members included\u00a0Gregory Montemurro and\u00a0Dave Seybert.<\/p>\n

The judges deliberated, and then announced the winners.<\/p>\n

In fourth place was ATMPal. Third place went to Guided Savings Projector. Cheetahead took home second, and lastly first place went to True to You! Each member of the semi-finalist teams went home with $100 each, and the members of True to You took home $500 each!<\/p>\n

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Thank you to everyone who participated, and congratulations to the teams! We hope to see everyone’s ideas submitted into the 2018 $50,000 Idea Challenge!<\/p>\n

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