PromoStandards Announces Hack-A-Thon Winning Teams

Out of seven teams encompassing more than 50 participants and representing 33 companies from around the world, PromoStandards announced the official first-place and runner-up teams for its inaugural virtual Hack-A-Thon.

In September of this year, PromoStandards hosted the Hack-A-Thon, sponsored by Essent. The event consisted of cross-functional teams that used PromoStandards protocols, allowing them to access trading partner data and services to develop solutions for real-world promotional product industry challenges.

Each team was given ten minutes to pitch their solutions. During that time, they were judged on the following:

• Problem statement clarity
• Presentation creativity
• Technical feasibility

The winning teams were awarded $5,000 in cash prizes to share and received additional swag.

The official first-place team was The Adaptors, whose team members consisted of the following individuals:

• Chad Sparrow - vice president of product at Brikl
• Jason Reinhardt - co-founder and CCO at Brikl
• Lisa Hubbard - vice president of sales and marketing at Vernon Company
• Peerarust Siriamphan - engineering manager at Brikl
• Phoomparin Mano - vice president of engineering at Brikl
• Suz Pathmanathan - vice president of marketing at Brikl

To view The Adaptors' presentation, please visit this link.

The official runner-up team was Promofound, whose team members consisted of the following individuals:

• Steve Luisser - vice president of research and development at Essent
• Bryony Zasman - co-founder at ZOOMcatalog
• Kevin Chambers - web experience manager at Thumbprint
• Mark Whiffen - senior product manager at Facilisgroup
• Trevor Woodman - web developer at Thumbprint

To view Promofound's presentation, please visit this link.

Source: PromoStandards

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