Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

Mentor Tim Mooney, left, a senior director of retail product management for Zappos, listens to Connor Dougherty, center, and Zane Mechen, students at the Las Vegas Academy, during a workshop for first annual Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academic Competition, also known as the House App Contest, at Zappos in downtown Las Vegas Monday, March 10, 2014. The national contest for high school students, established by members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2013, involves developing an app and creating a video demonstration to explain it.

Steve Marcus

Mentor Tim Mooney, left, a senior director of retail product management for Zappos, listens to Connor Dougherty, center, and Zane Mechen, students at the Las Vegas Academy, during a workshop for first annual Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academic Competition, also known as the House App Contest, at Zappos in downtown Las Vegas Monday, March 10, 2014. The national contest for high school students, established by members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2013, involves developing an app and creating a video demonstration to explain it.