During a recent visit to Plainfield, Locus Robotics CEO Rick Faulk drove past maybe two dozen “help wanted” signs along a short stretch of Perry Road and saw sheer opportunity.

On Thursday, April 12, a dozen teams of Purdue students met in the Krannert School of Management for the PowerShift Case Competition, hosted by the Jane Brock-Wilson Women in Management Center and sponsored by Accenture, Phillips 66 and ArcelorMittal. Now in its second year, this annual competition encourages productive conversations between men and women about real life gender issues in the workplace to help students develop competencies in leading gender-diverse teams.

Purdue Krannert`s team was placed second in the competition. The first place was bagged by University of Pittsburgh.