Best-Strategy Invitational

The Best-Strategy Invitational (BSI) is a global competition among high-performing GLO-BUS companies from around the world. Hosted and administered by the GLO-BUS author team, the BSI is held over a two-week period each May, August, and December. Any student-team finishing in 1st place in the GLO-BUS simulation exercise conducted at their school, college, or university will receive an invitation to participate in the BSI. All proceeds from the registration fee paid by each participant are donated to The United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF (www.unicef.org).

December 2019 BSI

A total of 369 teams from around the world were invited to compete in the December 2019 BSI, and 30 teams accepted the invitation. They were separated into 3 different simulation industries, each competing for a BSI Grand Championship:

Company School (Instructor)
I.E.
Score 1
B.I.E.
Score 2
Overall
Score 3
Bonus
Points
Overall
G-T-D
Score
Central OpticsCentral Optics Team Members:
Trung Nguyen		 University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (Kristy Lauver) 114 96 105 2 107
Dinkum InnovationsDinkum Innovations Team Members:
Sreekanta Manur
Brandon Peco		 University of New Haven (Bruno de Goes) 111 93 102 5 107
I CompanyI Company Team Members:
Kristin Bass		 Arkansas Tech University (Jack Tucci) 109 78 94 2 96
Gold BarsGold Bars Team Members:
Emily Borges
Michael Tabb		 Roger Williams University (Jonthan Sales) 103 69 86 2 88
Jugaad and Delta PvtJugaad and Delta Pvt Team Members:
Junya Ueda		 IE Business School (Nicola Gatti) 98 68 83 2 85
HadoukenHadouken Team Members:
Christopher Biery		 Ohio Dominican University (Dean Taylor) 93 67 80 4 84
Armed Rodgery Armed Rodgery Team Members:
Matthew Donikyan
Justin Kacherian		 Baruch College - City University of New York (Catherine Kawalek) 91 62 77 3 80
E CompanyE Company Team Members:
Michelle Phaneuf		 Texas A&M University - Central Texas ( Capstone Course/Miller) 92 62 77 0 77
Bold Image Inc.Bold Image Inc. Team Members:
Jihad Abdus-Salaam		 Judson University (Kenneth Loebel) 70 51 61 3 64
Future FoundationFuture Foundation Team Members:
Minh Hoang Nguyen
Aditya Wijaya		 University of Technology - Sydney (Zherish Opperman) 69 50 60 4 64
Company School (Instructor)
I.E.
Score 1
B.I.E.
Score 2
Overall
Score 3
Bonus
Points
Overall
G-T-D
Score
Deadwood ReconDeadwood Recon Team Members:
Alexander Wang		 Baruch College - City University of New York (Naomi Gardberg) 117 99 108 4 112
F Avi and Orr Co. F Avi and Orr Co. Team Members:
Abraham Alpert
Orr Chalamish		 Baruch College - City University of New York (Raymond LaManna) 112 88 100 4 104
Gallant IncGallant Inc Team Members:
Volodymyr Kubatskyy		 CUNY School of Professional Studies (Dianne Weinstein) 105 82 94 10 104
Billabong Inc.Billabong Inc. Team Members:
Jordan-richard Cummins		 University of New South Wales (Josh Keller) 112 87 100 3 103
I CompanyI Company Team Members:
Daniel Perez		 IE Business School (Jose Antonio Martinez) 108 83 96 6 102
EnA CompanyEnA Company Team Members:
Pham Ngoc Huyen		 University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (Hai Tran) 107 76 92 1 93
H CompanyH Company Team Members:
Li Chen		 The University of the South Pacific (Sunia Vosikata) 80 56 68 6 74
Company School (Instructor)
I.E.
Score 1
B.I.E.
Score 2
Overall
Score 3
Bonus
Points
Overall
G-T-D
Score
IchnogramIchnogram Team Members:
Hyunjik Lee		 Baruch College - City University of New York (Sandip Basu) 117 97 107 6 113
JustSeeJustSee Team Members:
Oscar Castro		 Judson University (Kenneth Loebel) 111 82 97 4 101
Go-ProGo-Pro Team Members:
Mohammed Saheed Khan
Sanjay Singh		 The University of the South Pacific (Sunia Vosikata) 101 77 89 7 96
Cameras R UsCameras R Us Team Members:
Michael Buccino
Akshay Guru Rajkumar		 Suffolk University (Mohammad Jahanbakht) 105 78 92 1 93
Dream Catcher Inc.Dream Catcher Inc. Team Members:
Ricky Ward		 University of Houston - Clear Lake (Troy Voelker) 103 70 87 5 92
Happy to Be Here!Happy to Be Here! Team Members:
Erik Anderson		 Augsburg University (Frank Klisanich) 100 68 84 3 87
Aperture Industries Aperture Industries Team Members:
Lindie Muller		 University of South Africa (UNISA) (Clifton Singh) 96 67 82 3 85
E Global CaptivationE Global Captivation Team Members:
Ellen De Paolis
Samuel Maman
Cameron Shamis		 Northeastern University (Jeff Sieloff) 81 57 69 4 73

1 Overall (game-to-date) Investor Expectation score.
2 Overall (game-to-date) Best-In-Industry score.
3 Combined Investor Expectation and Best-In-Industry scores based on 50%-50% weighting

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