From the last 20 students (All university champions) who were flown to Seattle for competing (and collaborating) with each other over this wkend of Mar 20^th & 21^st. As with all great innovations which is done in periods of crisis,  several curveballs were thrown to simulate crises at the teams.

The night of 20^th March saw several sleep deprived university students running around downtown city, notepads and microphones in their hands doing field research with “potential customers” in the streets of seattle.

Over 55 ppl have been involved behind the scenes of Firenze this year and this is a shout out to all those souls who worked towards a successful event this year, when the project was not exactly on their commitments, so to speak.

6 Firenze PMs: Laura Garrity, Lauren Edelemeier, Ann Mason, Drew Kull, Kristin Miller, Edytte Key

4 Firenze Team Leads: Giorgio Vanzini, Dave Alles, Don Coyner, Ray Riley

4 Firenze HR Leads: Melanie Scott, Eva Turella, Deniece Staples, Gillian Wang

1 Firenze Super Admin: Matt Bedsaul

9 Coaches: Amy Miller; Todd Bowra; Brad Holmes; Jeff Sullivan (XBOX); Nick Dimitrov; Darya Mazandarany; Joe Bertolami; Kurtis Chinn; Philomena Lobo

15 Judges: Matt Weir, Paolo Malabuyo, Brian McDowell, Matt J. McCloskey, Georg Petschnigg, Gerald Hinson, Mark Egner, David Nelson, Joel Jacobs, Mike Seamons, David Wykes, Dave Alles, Vikram Madan, Robert Dietz, Michael Schultz

6 Sponsors:  Pete Thompson, Doug Hebenthal, Mark Egner, Dave Alles, Chris Pratley, Alix Mae Hughes

2 HR Support: Nicole Lipton and Michael Wright

4 Legal Matters: Joan Lindell, Lily Kohn, Matt Skelton, Mary Kay Andersen

3 Design, photo and Video capture: John Mcintosh, Emily Kent, Seth Thomas

Thank you all. It was a fantastic event, biggest and best yet!