Mario Schulzke, a 2002 University of Montana business school graduate, was part of the team that won The Institute of Advanced Advertising Studies’ http://www.aaaa.org Southern California competition.

The Institute of Advanced Advertising Studies (IAAS) is one of the AAAA's longest running and most praised annual training programs developed in association with local universities. IAAS puts young, promising agency professionals into a real-life marketing environment and challenges them to apply their best thinking and efforts to deliver an integrated plan and creative solution for a discerning client.

This year’s client was Farmers Insurance and the winning team was comprised of advertising professionals working on accounts such as Honda, Kawasaki, Playstation 2, Wells Fargo and IHOP Restaurant. Mario and five other group members were awarded with the AAAA Monty McKinney Advertising Excellence Award.

Mario Schulzke manages business development for WONGDOODY’s Los Angeles office. During his tenure, WONGDOODY http://wongdoody.com has won so much new business that Mario now has to share his cube.