This story was submitted by Kai Nishimura, grade 10.
This past weekend, more than 130 members of the Harker DECA chapter attended the Silicon Valley Career Development Conference (SVCDC), the first competitive conference of the year. During the course of the conference, students were able to demonstrate business skills and present plans they have been developing throughout the year through participating in competitive events while also attending supplemental workshops to polish their professionalism.
Members placing in the Top 3 are as follows:
First Place:
Sophia Ou, grade 11, Integrated Marketing Campaign Service
Chelsea Xie, grade 10, Start-Up Business Plan
Amishi Gupta and Tanvi Sivakumar, both grade 11, Franchise Business Plan
Shridhar Chaware, grade 9, Principles of Entrepreneurship
Abigail-Rose Sachse, grade 10, Apparel and Accessories Marketing Series
Leana Zhou, grade 11, Business Finance Series
Saahithi Koneru, grade 10, Hotel and Lodging Management Series
Andrew Shin, grade 10, Personal Financial Literacy
Second Place:
Amy Tong, grade 10, Integrated Marketing Campaign Product
Claire Yu, grade 11, Business Services Operations Research
Stellan Lindh, grade 10, Apparel and Accessories Marketing Series
Aanya Shah, grade 11, Business Services Marketing
Elaine Xia, grade 10, Human Resources Management Series
Aanya Mukherjee, grade 10, Marketing Communications Series
Third Place:
Kai Nishimura and Colin Li, both grade 10, Integrated Marketing Campaign Event
Ishani Vadali, grade 10, Integrated Marketing Campaign Product
Nathan Mao, grade 9, Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
Nathaniel Idicula, Pratulya Rangavazzala and Tanay Agrawal, all grade 10, International Business Plan
Anusha Saha and Arushi Mallick, both grade 9, Franchise Business Plan
Hannah Jiang and Joyce Zhang, both grade 10, Business Services Operations Research
Leo Zhang, grade 10, Finance Operations Research
Grace Yao, grade 9, Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Chelsea Xie, grade 10, Hotel and Lodging Management Series
David Kelly and Nathaniel Idicula, both grade 10, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
