Siblings Win Grand Prize in Westchester Smart Mobile App Development Bowl

County Executive Robert P. Astorino joined partners from Pace University and the David and Minnie Burke Foundation as well as other sponsors on Friday for the judging and final awards ceremony for the first Westchester Smart Mobile App Development Bowl. More than 150 students from throughout the tri-state area gathered at Pace University’s Kessel Student Center to present their final projects to a panel of professional judges. For the past two months, students have been working on developing mobile apps to help patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

Astorino along with Dr. Amar Gupta, dean of the Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems at Pace University, and William McGrath, senior vice president and COO of Pace University’s Westchester Campuses, were proud to announce Team ASSIST, a brother and sister duo from Yorktown Heights, as the grand prize winners. Lindsay Aldrich is a junior at Yorktown High School and Mark Aldrich is a freshman at Soundview Preparatory School in Yorktown Heights.

Photo 1 (left to right): Dr. Amar Gupta, dean, Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems at Pace University; Mark Aldrich, Yorktown Heights resident and freshman at Soundview Preparatory School; Lindsay Aldrich, Yorktown Heights resident and junior at Yorktown High School; Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino.

Photo 2 (left to right): Dr. Steve Safier, president, Health and Wellness Solutions for Panasonic North America; Dr. Jean Coppola, associate professor of Information Technology, Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems at Pace University; Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino; Mark Aldrich, Yorktown Heights resident and freshman at Soundview Preparatory School; Lindsay Aldrich, Yorktown Heights resident and junior at Yorktown High School; Dr. Amar Gupta, dean, Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems at Pace University; William McGrath, senior vice president and COO, Pace University’s Westchester Campuses.

Photo 3: More than 150 students from the tri-state area joined together to compete in the first Westchester Smart Mobile App Development Bowl.