Omar Stoute Wins Third Place in Park Tank Competition

2016 Oct 19

Ithaca College student Omar Stoute won third place in the annual Park Tank student competition for his digital app idea that would connect students in need of a ride home on the weekends with a safe, student driver. He also won the audience favorite award, and he took home a combined $200 prize.

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.

Stoute competed 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.