Seven teams from the Professional MBA (PMBA) program and six teams from the Fulltime MBA program went head-to-head in two business plan competitions organized by the College of Business and Economics (CBE). Each team delivered 10 minute pitches to a panel of expert judges including Arthur Mikaelyan, MLL Industries CEO and Founder; Samson Avetian, Arrow Global Investment Managing Director; Lilit Yordanyan, Head of Internal Audit at Converse Bank; Arno Mosikyan, Director of Investment Banking at AmeriaBank;  Araksya Melkonyan, Founder and CEO, IAB Center, and Aram Hajian, Dean of AUA’s College of Science and Engineering. The competitions were moderated by Andrei Guschin, Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at CBE.