The Best Team Selection Process

A total of 5,832 students from 161 universities in 41 countries by country of study and 141 countries by country of origin on six continents participated in the project this semester. They worked in 1,121 global virtual teams, each team comprised of about 6 team members, each from a different country.

A total of 1,002 reports were submitted in the 2025-2 round of the X-Culture competition.

The reports were sent for evaluation to a large group of International Business experts, mainly International Business professors and coaches from around the world (180 people from 41 countries). Each report was independently evaluated by 3 to 7 experts along multiple dimensions, such as report creativity, clarity, the viability of the ideas, style, and evaluation of each report section. The experts also provided qualitative feedback.

Based on the expert evaluations, 102 teams received nearly perfect evaluations.

Next, a group of X-Culture coaches evaluated the 98 reports one more time, selecting the best one for each client company.

Accordingly, from the pool of 102 finalists this semester, 18 teams were selected as BEST TEAMS.

The complete list is provided below.

All members of Best Teams will receive Best Team certificates and be invited to the upcoming X-Culture Symposia and X-Culture Coaching Program.

 

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THE BEST TEAMS OF THE 2025-1 X-CULTURE COMPETITION

ET: Early track (2025-1a)

LT: late track (2025-1b)

 

ARBooks

(LT) 493, Cynric Ercrisel M. Mercado, Ateneo de Manila University, The The Philippines
(LT) 493, Isaak Daniel Suarez Ramirez, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia
(LT) 493, Kenneth Brian E. Quiambao, Professionals Track, The The Philippines
(LT) 493, Lewis Anderton, Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen, Netherlands
(LT) 493, Maecyn Gunn, Kansas State University, USA
(LT) 493, Aqeel Ur Rehman, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

ASI

(LT) 461, Sara Tesfit Gerezgiher, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
(LT) 461, Gianni Alessandro Paletti, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
(LT) 461, Joseph P Lucente, Youngstown State University, USA
(LT) 461, Sarah A. Morrison, University of San Diego, USA

Clairjoie (Alibaba Track)

(LT) 11, Allison L. Mitchell, Loyola University Maryland, USA
(LT) 11, Chijjyothi L Masgi, PES University, India
(LT) 11, Rea Giovanni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 11, Hidir-Can Seker, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
(LT) 11, François Léa Monique Annie, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 11, Liu Yawen, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 11, Zohair Chokhad, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

DartDrones

(LT) 2, Dimitris Beggiora, Pierce-The American College of Greece, Greece
(LT) 2, Kathy Hsu, Kang Chiao International School Taipei Main Campus, Taiwan
(LT) 2, Nathan Chen, Kang Chiao International School Taipei Main Campus, Taiwan
(LT) 2, Sofiia Zelionkina, Rivne Lyceum “Harmony”, Ukraine
(LT) 2, Yuhung Cheng, Kang Chiao International School Taipei Main Campus, Taiwan

 

(LT) 93, Anhelina Frol, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, Poland
(LT) 93, Cecil S Fidram, Youngstown State University, USA
(LT) 93, Frank Adu Sarkodie, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
(LT) 93, Laura Andriely Correia Nunez Mendez, Uniersidade Regional de Blumenau FURB, Brazil
(LT) 93, Nico Dejesus-Gomez, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
(LT) 93, Rami Khaled Hanna Yousef, RIT Dubai, UAE
(LT) 93, Kyle Wurster, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, USA

 

(LT) 402, Joshua Kollar, King’s College, USA
(LT) 402, Julia V. Magsino, Ateneo de Manila University, The The Philippines
(LT) 402, Emma J. Larson, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
(LT) 402, Mels Tesser, Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen, Netherlands
(LT) 402, Paula Daniela Rico Saumet, Universidad EAN, Colombia

DelphiOracle

(ET) 289, Aziz Alarady, Weber State University, USA
(ET) 289, Brooks Gable, United States Air Force Academy, USA
(ET) 289, Christian Youngdahl, UNCG, USA
(ET) 289, Kirnisky Ilona, IPAG Business School, France
(ET) 289, Chau Truong, Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada
(ET) 289, Demba Sully, IPAG Business School, France
(ET) 289, Chananpat Kingkeaw, Mahidol University International College, Thailand

EAFIT

(LT) 3, Antonina Borovets, Rivne Lyceum “Harmony”, Ukraine
(LT) 3, Cynthia Chen, Kang Chiao International School Taipei Main Campus, Taiwan
(LT) 3, Hector Kuo, Kang Chiao International School Taipei Main Campus, Taiwan
(LT) 3, Kyle Chiang, Kang Chiao International School Taipei Main Campus, Taiwan
(LT) 3, Rafaela Dimopoulou, Pierce-The American College of Greece, Greece

H&H (Alibaba Track)

(LT) 494, An Lam, Kansas State University, USA
(LT) 494, Jezreel S. Marzan, Ateneo de Manila University, The The Philippines
(LT) 494, Jon Hodges, California State University Long Beach, USA
(LT) 494, Lars Leisi, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
(LT) 494, Faisal Bilal, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
(LT) 494, Sara Gomez Medina, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia

LaserVet

(LT) 30, Eric Davila, UNCG, USA
(LT) 30, Kathleen K. Mcnally, California State University Sacramento, USA
(LT) 30, Michele Van Nieuwkoop, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland

(LT) 263, Beatriz G. Ramalho, University of Minho, Portugal
(LT) 263, Bryson Gavinski, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, USA
(LT) 263, Isabella Carr, The University of Alabama, USA
(LT) 263, Juan Camilo Duran Garcia, Universidad EAN, Colombia
(LT) 263, Gergo Varga, Budapest University of Economics and Business, Hungary

PacoaEco

(ET) 340, Abraham Otegbola, University of Calgary, Canada
(ET) 340, Cahlia Jenkins, UNCG, USA
(ET) 340, Krishnakant Dwivedi, Management Development Institute Murshidabad, India
(ET) 340, Mariama Conteh, University of the District of Columbia, USA
(ET) 340, Nooney Venkata Naga Babu Yeshwanth, IFIM College (Autonomous), Bangalore- Karnataka, India, India
(ET) 340, Wout Langen, University of Groningen, Netherlands

(LT) 164, Julia Gonzalez Barba, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
(LT) 164, Alyssa R Sugar, Youngstown State University, USA
(LT) 164, Emma Peruch, University of Trieste, Italy
(LT) 164, Gabriela Alicia S. Manalo, Ateneo de Manila University, The The Philippines
(LT) 164, Emily Rodriguez, Western Connecticut State University, USA

PatesFabre (Alibaba Track)

(LT) 14, Gusmeroli Anna, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 14, Winters Fokke Lukas, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 14, Laura Alejandra Benavides Bohorquez, Universidad EAN, Colombia
(LT) 14, Pinault Lilou Morgane, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 14, Rossi Mattia, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 14, Maria Scamardella, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, USA

(LT) 16, Gavin Alden, Western Connecticut State University, USA
(LT) 16, Spanò Alessandra, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 16, Ghafir Ali, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 16, Chiara Dittli, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
(LT) 16, Pinto Constance Lynn, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 16, Tomasino Francesco, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(LT) 16, Shashank R Sindhey, PES University, India

Vignobles (Alibaba Track)

(LT) 71, Antuanella Adamkevych, , Ukraine
(LT) 71, Alex Bahl, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA
(LT) 71, Melisa Seckin, Turkish German University, Turkey
(LT) 71, Nickson Maritim, United States International University-Africa, Kenya
(LT) 71, Sena Mawushie Abotsi, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
(LT) 71, Sebastian Bochsler, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
(LT) 71, Saleem Suranagi, M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, India

Vivavoce

(LT) 388, Ana Sofia Quinones Mora, Universidad EAN, Colombia
(LT) 388, Layne Roll, The University of Alabama, USA
(LT) 388, Logan Meinert, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, USA
(LT) 388, Mhamad Issa Dandash, University of Trieste, Italy
(LT) 388, Panna Zambo, Budapest University of Economics and Business, Hungary

X-Culture, Inc

(ET) 115, Aida Barahona Ventura, UNCG, USA
(ET) 115, Brandon Reid, University of the West of England, United Kingdom
(ET) 115, Amar Elie, IPAG Business School, France
(ET) 115, Sabo Lucas, IPAG Business School, France
(ET) 115, Sean O’Brian, Nazareth University, USA
(ET) 115, Qihua Zheng, Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada