Dix Hills Resident Claims Victory in Business Competition

A Dix Hills resident was a member of University at Buffalo’s winning team at the PwC Challenge, held on Oct. 30.

Hnu Thaper will share a $1,000 prize with his four other teammates, all of whom are juniors in UB’s School of Management accounting program.

About 60 School of Management students participated in the PwC Challenge, which helps students hone their analytical, problem-solving and teamwork skills by proposing solutions to a real-world business problem. The competition is sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Abidul Alam of Buffalo, Kudakwashe Kaseke of Zimbabwe, Marley O’Donnell of Plainview, Emily Wheeler of North Tonawanda and Thaper made up the winning team.

Each team had two weeks to prepare for a presentation before they delivered their proposals to a panel of industry experts.

Thaper’s team will advance to the next round of the national competition, where they will present a video that will be judged against 50 other business schools nationwide.

Finalist teams will be invited to present at the company’s New York Office in January.

Read more about the competition on University at Buffalo’s website.

Image credit: UB

Caption: Clockwise from top left: Hnu Thaper, Assistant Professor Michael Dambra, Chris DiDuro, Abidul Alam, Emily Wheeler, Kudakwashe Kaseke and Marley O’Donnell.