Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 2009

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.