Azalea Health Announces Results of Area’s First Hackathon

Sifuentes brothers from VSU took first place in the competition held by Azalea Health, in cooperation with Valdosta State University and Wiregrass Technical College April 19.

Azalea Health, a leading provider of cloud-based healthcare solutions and services, successfully hosted its first annual hackathon April 19, 2014 at Valdosta State University. Brothers, Alan Sifuentes and Jacob Sifuentes from VSU, took first place in the competition for developing a website for a patient / doctor question and answer forum.

Eight teams of students from both Valdosta State University and Wiregrass Technical College competed in the daylong event. Their project goal was to write a program for VSU students and professors that would help them improve their health, awareness, and wellbeing.

“We were very pleased with the turnout of Azalea Health’s first ever Hackathon in Valdosta, Georgia. We met a lot of bright students with some extraordinary talent. We definitely will plan to make this an annual event in the future,” says Baha, CEO of Azalea Health.

Azalea Health awarded $1,750 for the winners of the Hackathon. VSU’s President, Dr. William McKinney presented the winners with their prizes. First place went to team # 5, Yes Fountain. Brothers, Alan Sifuentes (Fine Arts/Junior) and Jacob Sifuentes (Web Developer) at VSU won $1,000 for developing a website for a patient / doctor question and answer forum. The second place prize of $500 went to team # 6, Falcon Punch, for developing a meal calculator website for students eating at campus restaurants. The members included David Gully (CIS, Senior), Matthew Cliatt (CS, sophomore), David Crosby (CS, Junior). The third place team, team # 7, Starsky and Hutch, received $250 for developing a fitness tracker website with Google Maps integration. The members of this team included Bryant Beverly (CS, Senior), Miguel Tonido (Business Administration, freshman), Randy French (CS, Senior), and James Ferrier (CS Senior).

At the end of the allotted time, each team had ten minutes to present their projects to the four judges: Dr. Gibson (VSU), Dr. Roy (VSU), Ryan Schmidt (VSU), and Dan Henry (Azalea Health). The judges evaluated and scored the teams based on five criteria: innovation/creativity, quality, user-friendliness, accuracy, and overall presentation. The hackathon was made possible by the hard work and efforts of volunteers from Valdosta State University, Wiregrass Technical College, and VSU’s Spectator, The Valdosta Daily Times, WCTV Eyewitness News, and the many others who helped in promoting this special event.

Please see Azalea Health’s FaceBook page for pictures of the hackathon event.