# Organized Company Hackathon

> Organized the company's first hackathon (70+ people, 10 teams); its pipeline put two ideas into revenue-generating production.

Canonical: https://mikereams.com/work/organized-company-hackathon

Year: 2020  
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikereams_quadax-held-its-inaugural-hackathon-on-february-activity-6639256125818617856-rjNz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop  
Technology: Exchange Online, Power BI, Figma  
Topics: Hackathon, Innovation, Communication, Leadership

![Organized Company Hackathon](https://mikereams.com/work/0b95473d8cef4a9f7f7f6932440938d122f49269-1536x1024.jpg)

## Outcome

The hackathon started an innovation pipeline that incubated six ideas. Two became revenue-generating production deployments.

## What it took

- Sold the idea to ownership and secured the budget, which took three months to approve.
- Ran three cloud skills challenges in the run-up.
- Coached teams on presenting and on focusing on the value proposition.
- Partnered with eight vendors who donated swag, and awarded $1,500 in gift cards to the top three teams.
- Designed a WWE-style championship belt for the winning team.

## The theme

Teams worked to the theme "Protecting the Patient", creating ideas for new revenue streams and better customer experience. The winners, Galactus Cactus, built a software improvement that further secured patient PHI in the claims reimbursement process.