Students from the Greenville Career Tech Center CIS (Computer Information Systems) Program recently competed in the Deloitte Virtual Team Challenge. The Virtual Team Challenge gave Greenville Computer Information System Students a taste of the different aspects of working as an employee of a fictional professional services firm. Every participant was able to fulfill one of several roles on a simulated professional services team and compete against other teams to clean up an oil spill in the river of New City. The simulation was a 3D, virtual environment. The results have been posted for the nationwide Virtual Team Challenge we competed in sponsored by Deloitte. Placing in the top 40 nationally was the team consisting of Chrissy Holdeman, Janelle Davidson, Zeppelin Hoehn, and Robert Liebherr, as they virtually earned $173,006.00 for 38th place. The second team, consisting of Nicholas Venenga, Aaron Leverronne, Reece Kennett, and Dakoda Kitchen virtually earned $159,670.00 for 72nd place. The top 400 winners in the nation were posted on their website. Congratulations to the Greenville Career Tech Students for placing in the top 75 in the nation. CIS Student, Chrissy Holdeman stated, "We had to research potential virtual clients for the virtual company we were working for. We learned to be careful and diligent in the hiring process." CIS student Zeppelin Hoehn stated, "It basically shows that a lot of hard work goes into working for a professional company and doing business with multiple clients at the same time. It was a very interesting and a valuable experience."
