Alexander Horner Wins First Place in Park Tank Competition

2016 Oct 19

Alexander Horner won first place in the annual Park Tank student competition for his team's smartphone app and anti-smoking device, StopPack, that tracks the user's smoking habits to help them quit. The team received a prize of $500 and plans to use the money to incorporate their business, as well as prototyping and trademarking.

This is the third annual year of Park Tank, a competition held by the Roy H. Park School of Communications where students pitch media-based business ideas to a panel of alumni and faculty judges. This year the panel included Art Moore '66, Laurie Greenberg '80, Billy Hall '84, Cara LeMieux '02, Business School Dean Sean Reid and Bill Guerrero, vice president for finance and treasurer of Albertus Magnus College.

Horner competed with his team against seven other student teams, each given 60 seconds to pitch their concepts without the use of video, and if not voted off, they could continue with video. After the pitch, judges were able to ask questions and give students feedback on their ideas.