Wednesday, January 27, 2016

PWC Hacking Corporate America case competition

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Forward Analytics, a company specializing in social media analytics, needs your help! 

Social media generates over 31% of traffic to external websites.
 
Major corporations are starting to utilize this vast social media traffic to drive analytics that help develop strong marketing strategies and enhance their digital brand.
Assemble your own PwC team and compete in our Hacking Corporate America case competition to help 
support Forward Analytics and their mission to protect their data from growing cyberattacks and insider threats.

This is your chance to meet cool people while experiencing firsthand the complexity of juggling data and navigating megatrends.
 
You'll get an inside look into what happens and how we respond in the ever-changing world of information security.
 
And who knows – you just may win some cash prizes and bragging rights along the way…

Competition launches on
February 9th at 7pm in IST 205.  
Teams will present to a PwC panel of judges on February 16th.
Interested in participating?
Sign up individually, with a partial team, or with a complete team through the registration form below.
You can also sign up at the official rally event on February 9th at 7pm in IST 205!
Dress is casual.

Teaming requirements
+ 4 or 5 members
+ 1st (freshman) and 2nd (sophomore) year students in a 4 year program, with at least one 1st year student on every team
+ All members must have the intent to apply, have applied, or are currently enrolled in the College of IST or Engineering



Send questions to your our project lead - Joshua Buitrago (joshua.buitrago@pwc.com).
Good luck!