This story was submitted by Lauren Lin, grade 11.
From Jan. 5-7, more than 120 members of the Harker DECA chapter attended the Silicon Valley Career Development Conference (SVCDC), the first competitive conference of the year. During the three days at the conference, chapter members had the opportunity to display their skills by representing Harker DECA in their competitive events and spend time with fellow Harker students. Members placing in the top three of each event are as follows:
First place:
Edward Huang, Andrew Au, both grade 12: Integrated Marketing Campaign Service
Yena Yu, grade 10: Franchise Business Plan
Claire Perng, Cindy Yu, both grade 11: Buying and Merchandising Operations Research
Annabel Huang, grade 9, Arshia Sankar, grade 9: Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research
David Kelly, grade 9: Principles of Business Management and Administration
Krish Arora, grade 10: Accounting Applications Series
Saahira Dayal, grade 11: Automobile Services Marketing
Kimi Yashar, grade 10: Business Services Marketing Series
Andy Chung, Nelson Gou, both grade 11: Financial Services Team Decision Making
Janam Chahal, Eden Kelly, both grade 10: Hospitality Tourism Team Decision Making
Claire Luo, grade 12, Lauren Lin, grade 11: Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
Second place:
Lucas Chen, Sophia Ou, both grade 10: Integrated Marketing Campaign Service
Tanvi Sivakumar, grade 10: Financial Consulting
Shreeya Merchia, grade 12: Professional Selling
Andy Chung, Nelson Gou, both grade 11: Independent Business Plan
Nathaniel Idicula, grade 9: Principles of Business Management and Administration
Koby Yu, grade 10: Principles of Marketing
Sahil Varma, grade 11: Automobile Services Marketing
Emily Mitnick, grade 11: Entrepreneurship Series
Shreeya Merchia, grade 12: Marketing Communications Series
Keren Eisenberg, Naiya Daswani, both grade 11: Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making
Heidi Lu, Metrica Shi, both grade 12: Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making
Tanvi Sivakumar, grade 10: Personal Financial Literacy
Third place:
Colin Li, grade 9: Integrated Marketing Campaign Service
Emily Mitnick, grade 11: Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
Sanaa Bhorkar, grade 11: Independent Business Plan
Alicia Ran, grade 11: Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research
Ethan Gu, grade 9: Principles of Business Management and Administration
Aanya Mukherjee, grade 9: Principles of Marketing
Sathvik Chundru, grade 12: Business Finance Series
Claire Perng, grade 11: Business Services Marketing Series