In Fall 2008, Steve Boyer and Maggie Hendrie of Otis and Dr. David Choi, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at LMU, taught a cross-disciplinary class, Strategic Design & Entrepreneurial Studies, jointly at Otis and Loyola Marymount University.
Left to right: Lilit Pilikian (Otis), Jason Kim (LMU), Danielle Phillips (Otis), Dr. David Choi (LMU), and Joon-Han Lee.
On December 9, 2008, seven project teams comprised of students from iPD and LMU's College of Business Administration presented their designs and business concepts for a new product or service. One of these projects, TruBlu, was selected as an Otis Work of the Week.