FTI Case Competition Winners Announced

PROVO, Utah — Dec 14, 2006 — Three Marriott School students came out on top for their case presentation to a panel of judges in the first-ever FTI Case Competition Nov. 3.

Teams of three to five students were asked to analyze a case and present their recommendations to a panel of judges from the Marriott School and FTI Consulting.

“Students who participated got a close-up look at what consulting is all about,” says Professor Robert Jensen, who served as faculty liaison for the competition. “The case involved patent litigation which is a hot and growing area of consulting that many are not aware of.”

Six teams entered the competition, which began Oct. 6. After each team presented their case solutions to the judges, the winning team was announced and awarded $2,000. The winners consisted of Isaac Alldredge, from West Salem, Ore.; Robert Jenson, from Guilford, Conn.; and Ryan Allenbach, from Farmington, Utah.

“We were really challenged and stretched our abilities,” says Alldredge. “We had to learn a lot of new techniques, but we felt the competition was very fulfilling academically, regardless of the outcome. We learned a lot about patent law, consulting skills, research and report writing.”

FTI provides a variety of services from forensic and litigation consulting to technology services throughout the world. With demand for BYU graduates rising in many of their offices, the company decided to hold a case competition for Marriott School students as part of their recruiting campaign.

The Marriott School is located at Brigham Young University, the largest privately owned, church-sponsored university in the United States. The school has nationally recognized programs in accounting, business management, public management, information systems, organizational behavior and entrepreneurship. The school’s mission is to prepare men and women of faith, character and professional ability for positions of leadership throughout the world. Approximately 3,000 students are enrolled in the Marriott School’s graduate and undergraduate programs.