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The McKinsey Cup Competition

2009 McKinsey Cup Winners

Consulting Field Projects provide students with meaningful experience-based learning opportunities. Each term, these courses allow teams of masters and undergraduate students from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and the College of Business Administration to work on projects of critical importance to client organizations representing a broad range of industries as well as government and nonprofit organizations.

Teams are supported by faculty advisors and workshops led by McKinsey & Company, Pittsburgh-the local arm of a global management consulting firm. The workshops give students the skills necessary to manage their interaction with clients and provide guidance on various aspects of the consulting profession, including issues of critical importance, processes, and approaches.

The final requirement of these Consulting Field Projects is for each team to participate in the McKinsey Cup Competition. Teams present their project summary as well as their findings and recommendations to a panel of judges who evaluate each presentation based on its analytical rigor and content. The judges narrow the field of competitors to three teams that advance to a final round of competition. Finalist teams present their project summaries, findings, and recommendations to another panel of judges who provide feedback before the winner is decided by faculty, administrators, staff, and fellow students in attendance.

Winners, Spring 2009
Client Organization: McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Team Members: Pat McIlwain, Daniel O'Donnell, Khaleel Khaja, and Matthew Stevenson
Faculty Advisor: Rabi Chatterjee and Willy Hoos

Previous Winners

Fall 2008
Client Organization: Ericsson, Inc.
Team Members: Tom Higgins, Craig Romanek, Tien-I (Grace) Shen, and Gurpreet Ubhi
Faculty Advisor: Joe Bozada
Spring 2008
Client Organization: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
Team Members: W. Taylor Frankovitch, Silvana Guihur, Prachi Gupta, Joe Knupp, and Erin Rice
Faculty Advisor: Marick Masters
Fall 2007
Client Organization: Genco, Inc.
Team Members: Ronnie Thomas, Xiao Ding, Chiti Sribenjacholte, Vivany Shah
Faculty Advisor: Bud Smith

If your organization is interested in sponsoring a Consulting Field Project, contact Katz Lecturer Bud Smith (412-648-1547; budsmith@katz.pitt.edu)

More about experience-based learning at Pitt Business

Client Organizations

  • Ericsson, Inc.
  • American Eagle Outfitters Inc.
  • Mine Safety Appliances Company
  • 84 Lumber Company
  • Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
  • Respironics, Inc.
  • Concurrent Technologies Corporation

 

"I was very impressed with all of the participants [on the 84 Lumber team] as each and every one was well versed and well prepared. You can be assured that the International Division will use a vast amount of the information presented to establish the 84 Lumber Company's presence in the international marketplace."

Joseph A. Hardy III
founder and chief executive officer
84 Lumber Company