Live Case – Project

Build the GENUINO USA Go-To-Market Roadmap

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Project Synopsis

GENUINO, an early stage Italian start-up, is building their US go-to-market strategy. The specific focus for this project is how GENUINO can leverage their blockchain certification technology and community engagement platform across multiple sectors: sports, music, art, and fashion to build and grow revenue streams for all points of engagement in the life of the collectable (NFT + Physical).  This is holistic: how can all points of contact (athletes, teams, artists, musicians, fashion designers, collectors, and fans) monetize opportunities within the US as they look to gain value and enrich their experience with athletes and teams through the use of NFTs, proprietary to the GENUINO marketplace, which uniquely incorporates physical asset blockchain certification protocol.

Your final deliverable should include a full ‘Go-to-Market’ proposal for GENUINO marketplace adoption in the United States. This proposal will fully explore and address adoption across three target audiences (consumers): a) the web savvy, veteran crypto user who understands the NFT concept, b) the sports fan with no prior experience or understanding of NFT’s, and c) the collector who may or may not understand the NFT concept.

Your incentive to participate: all student team members involved in submitting a proposal will receive GENUINO swag.  Top 4-winning team members will receive authentic NFT packs courtesy of GENUINO. The Top Performing Team will also win fully sponsored conference registration ($600-$800 per student) to the next round of the competition at the Annual IACBE Conference in Costa Mesa, CA in April 2022.

Project Topics

Growth Strategy

International Affairs

Marketing

Operations

PR & Communications

Product Design & Development

Reporting, Financial Planning & Analysis

Research & Development

Company Information

CompanyGenuino
HQCagliari, Sardenga, Italy
RevenueN/A
Employees5-10
StagePre-Revenue Startup
Hiring PotentialN/A
Websitehttp://genuino.world/

Company Overview

GENUINO collaborates with brands, teams, athletes, musicians, and artists to create new models of consumer engagement. We connect sports, music, art, and fashion enthusiasts to the blockchain through NFTs. Consumers can buy, sell and trade authentic digital collectibles (NFTs) backed by blockchain-certified physical products in the GENUINO marketplace. Our patent-pending certification protocol, enabled by blockchain and IoT technology, bridges the digital and physical worlds to fight counterfeiting and strengthen brand-consumer relationships.

Experiential Learning Program Details

SchoolThe International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE)
Engagement FormatLive Case - Think "Hackathon" or Case Competition with a whole class of students! This learning format allows educators to deliver experiential learning to students at scale. Students are often split into groups to work on a live case (or a series of cases) from a real host company that directly relates to key learning objectives.
CourseFall 2021 OpenCase Competition featuring GENUINO!
Level
  • All Undergraduate
  • Advanced Undergraduate
  • All Graduate
  • Working Professionals
Students Enrolled1000
Meeting Day & TimeAsynchronous
Student Time Commitment4-7 Hours Per Week
Company Time Commitment2 Hours
Duration6.29 Weeks

Program Timeline

Key Project Milestones

  • October 24, 2021 - OPTIONAL: Deep Dive on GENUINO and NFTs

    • Develop an understanding of GENUINO (the story, the business, the vision)
    • What is GENUINO’s value proposition? Who are the key stakeholders in the model?
    • What is an NFT? How do NFTs leverage the blockchain?
    • What kind of NFTs does GENUINO offer through their marketplace model?
    • Conduct a deep dive on Sports pilot with Fiorentina. What does the world of sports memorabilia and collectables currently look like? How has this changed over the past century? Who are the incumbent players in the sports memorabilia industry? What are some of the challenges GENUINO aims to solve with their model?
    • What is GENUINO’s community partnership strategy? How do these partnerships work?
    • How might GENUINO’s collectable NFT marketplace model apply to Music, Art, and Fashion?
    • What is GENUINO’s revenue model?
    • What similar companies exist in the US? How about abroad?
    • What does GENUINO’s ideal target user look like?
    • How does GENUINO intend to grow?

    Suggested Deliverable:

    Optional: Create a Competitive Analysis and Product / Business Model Overview deck.

     

    Optional: Create 3-5 Personas for GENUINO’s target users in the NFT Collectables space.

     

    Please note that only the final deliverable is required. This milestone is intended to help you break down the project into smaller, more manageable chunks. 

  • October 31, 2021 - OPTIONAL: USA Market Analysis on Sports Collectables Industry & Adoption of NFTs as a Tool

    • How are NFTs currently being used in the US? What is the current market size? Who are the key players?
    • Are NFTs currently being applied to the sports industry? How about sports memorabilia? What about other types of memorabilia across music, art, and fashion?
    • What are the key prominent and emergent sports collectables communities (physical and digital) in the United States?
    • How large are these collectable communities? What types of collectables resonate the most with these audiences/communities?
    • Which of these collectables communities make sense to target?  Why?
    • How might these collectable communities think differently about collectables if you were to introduce digital collectables (NFTs) instead of just traditional physical collectables?

    Suggested Deliverable:

    Optional: Create a USA Market Analysis, including Key Channels and Target Audience of Interest to GENUINO

     

    Optional: Identify and describe 3-5 examples of cross pollination/nexus between a sports team and/or athletes with music/art/fashion in the United States. (I.e., what are good models of what exists physically in this nexus to build upon for the NFT?)

     

    Optional: Develop a market overview and competitive analysis covering organizations that focus on collectable sport memorabilia NFT’s within the USA market. We strongly advise at least highlighting the following: NBA Top Shot, Autograph (Tom Brady NFT), Socios.com, and Dapper Labs.

     

    Please note that only the final deliverable is required. This milestone is intended to help you break down the project into smaller, more manageable chunks. 

  • November 14, 2021 - Develop USA Go-To-Market Strategy for GENUINO as THE marketplace for NFT Sports Collectable adoption in the United States

    A comprehensive go-to-market proposal must include the following elements summarized into a 3-Minute Video Pitch & 5-page Executive Memo (+appendix and citations):

    • Who is your TAM (Total Addressable Market) SAM, and SOM? What are the key sectors and subsets that would adopt GENUINO’s marketplace in the United States?
    • What is the market size of your target audience(s)? How would you describe or categorize each of these audiences in more detail?
    • What is your plan for creating, building and retaining community engagement with sport collectable NFT’s in the GENUINO marketplace?
    • What is the Value Proposition Statements for key stakeholders (i.e., why is GENUINO the superior brand/marketplace for sport collectable NFT’s for a specific athlete, team, or sport?). Note: key stakeholders here include the team or athlete, the collector, fans, and the community (i.e., Discord) as a whole.  Artists in the fashion/art/music space will also be key stakeholders if your NFT includes one or more of those elements.
    • What athletes, teams, sports with most potential for early adoption partners with GENUINO in the United States?
    • What would a sample NFT sport collectable look like based on these potential pilot partners? How would this creatively connect the team/athlete’s brand with users through memorabilia? How does this leverage GENUINO’s unique tokenization model
    • What elements (physical, virtual, event based) are included in your launch strategy?
    • What is your recommended timeline for your launch strategy?
    • What is your marketing and social media strategy? Why do you recommend this marketing mix? Why do you feel this will be an effective approach? if you had $100,000 as a marketing budget, how much would you allocate the spend across each marketing vertical? Why?
    • What is your customer retention strategy for users (collectors, fans) and partners (athletes, teams)
    • What personnel will be required in the US in order to implement and manage your go-to-market strategy? What are each of their responsibilities in order to bring GENUINO to market in the NFT space in the United States?
    • What would be the key performance indicators and  outcome metrics you’d be looking to track and achieve over the next 1 – 3 – 5 years?
    • If your go-to-market is successful, what type of financial outcomes might be possible for GENUINO?

    Suggested Deliverable:

    There are two required deliverables for this project:

    • REQUIRED: 5-Page Executive Memo (+Appendix and Citations) – Please upload your 5-page Executive Memo (+Appendix and Citations) in PDF format including your comprehensive ‘Go-to-Market’ strategy that positions the GENUINO as a high-end marketplace in the US Market NFT sport collectable space. Creative market strategies will include innovative collaborations between athletics (both, individual athletes and teams) and fashion/art/music which are designed to yield the most sought after NFT’s in the United States. (70 of 100 Points – See Rubric for Further Breakdown)
    • REQUIRED: 3-Minute Video Pitch – Please submit a link to your 3-minute recorded video pitch introducing yourselves and summarizing your creative USA Go-To-Market Strategy for the GENUINO team. We recommend recording and uploading your video using one of the following tools: YouTube, Vimeo, Zoom, Loom, DropBox, and/or Google Drive. (30 of 100 Points – See Rubric for Further Breakdown)

Project Resources

Industry Mentors

Company Admin

Rick Stack

rs@peak-v.com

Academic Mentors

Instructor

Phyllis Okrepkie

pokrepkie@iacbe.org

Instructor

 

support@capsource.io

Instructor

Chakshu Mittal

chak@capsource.io

Assigned Students

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Jennifer Ruth Fletcher 

jfletcher2@stevenson.edu

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Cole Solomon

csolomon2021@my.fit.edu

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Natalie Odisho

nodisho2021@my.fit.edu

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Daniel Garcia Martin

dgarciamarti2020@my.fit.edu

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Julien Remiti 

jremiti2020@gmail.com

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Megan Jonette Perdok 

megan.perdok@student.waynesburg.edu

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Kailee Pavlinich

pav2457@student.waynesburg.edu

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Elyse Morgan 

mor7615@student.waynesburg.edu

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Tanmoy Kolay

tanmoy.kolay06@gmail.com

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aryan banerjee

aryan017.p21@imibh.edu.in

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Priyanka Zurale 

priyanka070.p21@imibh.edu.in

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Alexandria Easterling 

aeasterling2020@my.fit.edu

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Koral Bischer 

bischerkoral@gmail.com

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Nour Ettaieb

nettaieb2021@my.fit.edu

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William Branca 

wbranca2019@my.fit.edu

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Veronica Hayward-Mildish

vhaywardmild@my.fit.edu

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james robbins 

jrobbins2021@my.fit.edu

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Megan WIlson

wilsonmegan254@gmail.com

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Kayla Spina 

spi8537@student.waynesburg.edu

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Kiersten Chadwick 

cha6502@student.waynesburg.edu

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Seth McCroskey 

mccroskey375@gmail.com

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Matt Popeck 

pop3991@student.waynesburg.edu

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Jonathan Ruffing 

jmruffing@icloud.com

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Hunter Curran 

hunter.curran@student.waynesburg.edu

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Darren James William Vidal 

darren.vidal@student.waynesburg.edu

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Eric Allen McDowell 

mcd4906@student.waynesburg.edu

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Jonathan Baily 

bai5942@student.waynesburg.edu

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Will Helton 

will.helton@student.waynesburg.edu

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Garrett V. Horne 

hor4699@student.waynesburg.edu

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Ty'ya Givens

givenst1@montclair.edu

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Mitushi Khare

kharem1@montclair.edu

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Grant Gates

grantmgates@lionmail.sagu.edu

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Joran Spangler 

joranmspangler@live.com

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Robert Muhammad

robertmuhammad65@gmail.com

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Charles R Mitchell 

charlesmitchell33@yahoo.com

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Oscar B. Aamodt

oscarbaamodt@gmail.com

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Josh Plaster 

jkplaster@owu.edu

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Sierra Fish

slfish@owu.edu

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Max Rotondo

mwrotond@owu.edu

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Amna Ashfaq 

aaashfaq@owu.edu

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Akeeme Berry-Lopez

akeeme.berry@icci.edu.ky

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Marjorie Bush Dixon

marjorie.bush-dixon@icci.edu.ky

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Ian Taylor

ian.taylor@icci.edu.ky

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Wendy Fisher 

wendy.fisher@icci.edu.ky

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Gian Francis Serrano

gianfrancisserrano@gmail.com

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Janna Lyn Bajamundi

jannalynlbajamundi@gmail.com

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Angelica Mae Nailes

angelnailes1408@gmail.com

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Shann Paulo Garcia

spltvg1999@gmail.com

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William Briggs

briggswg@gmail.com

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Tom Romano

tromano2020@my.fit.edu

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Matthew Clark

matt.southfla@gmail.com

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Dalma Ehmann 

dehmann2021@my.fit.edu

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Matthew Dailey

mdailey2020@my.fit.edu

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Isa Cerda

dcerda2021@my.fit.edu

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Alyson Shelton 

ashelton2020@my.fit.edu

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Aidan Moga 

amoga2019@my.fit.edu

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Jaxson Francisco 

jfrancisco2021@my.fit.edu

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joseph hofmeister 

joseph13.eh@gmail.com

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Mary Renaud 

mrenaud2021@my.fit.edu

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Aran Heath 

aheath2019@my.fit.edu

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Katherine Harnden 

kharnden2020@my.fit.edu

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Joshua Howell 

jhowell2020@my.fit.edu

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Jacob Ehrmann 

jehrmann2020@my.fit.edu

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Megan MacKay

megan.mackay@melbournecc.org

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Jakob Terpak

jterpak2021@my.fit.edu

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Mikkel Kvinnesland 

mkvinnesland2020@my.fit.edu

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Katie Erdmann

kerdmann2021@my.fit.edu

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Mads Jensen 

mads6jensen@gmail.com

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Robert Rojas 

rrojas2020@my.fit.edu

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Andrew Ward 

award2020@my.fit.edu

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Jake Rider 

jrider2021@my.fit.edu

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Melissa Rodriguez 

mrodriguez2019@my.fit.edu

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Caleb Leggett 

cleggett2021@my.fit.edu

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Isabella Pommer 

ipommer2019@my.fit.edu

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Antonio Touzard

atouzard2020@my.fit.edu

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Erica Yu 

kehan.yu@vanderbilt.edu

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Ergisa Bejkollari 

ergisa.bejkollari@vanderbilt.edu

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Thatcher Broyles 

thatcher.s.broyles@vanderbilt.edu

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Sadia Mubarik 

sadia.mubarak@gmail.com

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Sakshi Koul 

2020c1r001@mietjammu.in

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Ravneet 

2020c1r056@mietjammu.in

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Pulkit Mahajan 

2020c1r058@mietjammu.in

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Prerna Bhat 

2020c1r057@mietjammu.in

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Himanshu Arora 

2020c1m031@gmail.com

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Rashika Wali 

2020c1r052@mietjammu.in

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Rashiv Gujral 

2020c1r020@mietjammu.in

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Grisham Sharma 

2020c1m027@mietjammu.in

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Malarvizhi Shanmuga Pandian 

mshanmug@stevens.edu

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Zeel Jetli

zjetli@stevens.edu

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Banashri Kulkarni 

kulkarni.prashant2020-22@theaims.ac.in

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ANKITA SENGUPTA 

ankita.sengupta2020-22@theaims.ac.in

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Priyam Datta 

priyam.datta2020-22@aims.ac.in

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Rohit Kumar Singh 

rohit.singh2020-22@theaims.ac.in

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Praveen Kumar 

sspm014@gmail.com

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Deepika Kumari 

deeptikarn315@gmail.com

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Sheeba Ullal

sheebaullal@gmail.com

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Sage Bray 

sbray@springfieldcollege.edu

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Hale Thomas

halethomascrypto@gmail.com

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Tyler Maider 

tmaider@springfieldcollege.edu

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Benjamin Arnold 

barnold@springfieldcollege.edu

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Ankit Kumar Sahoo 

asahoo1@gmail.com

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Aadhishwar Arora 

2021c1r021@mietjammu.in

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Blake Miller

millerblake@smu.edu

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LeRoy Greene II 

lgreene22@hotmail.com

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Mario Ramdial

mramdial@msn.com

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Skyler Sharp

sharp.skyler@gmail.com

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Jan Tucker 

dr.jan.tucker@gmail.com

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Keila Peters 

kpeters.pro21@gmail.com