Judges

THANK YOU to the professionals below who volunteered their time and expertise to review materials, watch LIVE pitches, ask pointed questions, score and deliberate in order to identify the most promising companies, according to CTO's criteria.

2023 National Finals Judges:

Jason Blumberg

Laura di Bonaventura

Carolin Funk

Linda Molnar

Adrienne Pierce

2023 Global Ideas Finals Judges:

Mariah Lichtenstern

Rex Northen

Richard Riley

Adarsh Sowcar

Solomon Ssenyange

Máire Walsh

2023 National Semi-Finals Judges and Facilitators:

Peter Atanasoff

Paul Breslow

Ron Carino

Yi Jean Chow

Steven Colby

Roger Dettloff

Kenneth Epstein

Ron Erd

Lisa Farmen

Bettina Grab

Tina Gregory

Mikhail Hutton

Nader Jandaghi

Jerry Johnson

Kathleen Jurman

Terry Kelly

Yuet Lee

Philip Li

Kirk Liu

James Logan

Mohan Mahal

Vivek Phanse

Andra Pligavko

Yuya Saito

Lisa Schmidt

John Scull

Peter Shaw

Azmat Siddiqi

Greg Thomson

Willem Vriesendorp

Máire Walsh

Steve Weiss

Walter Wu

2023 Global Ideas Semi-Finals Judges and Facilitators:

Held in August 2023

Pankej Arora

Nate Berner

Philippe de Crisnay

Franklin Dureke

Lisa Farmen

Frana James

Bettina Grab

Yuet Lee

Ben Mousseau

Jane Richards

Chuck Salley

Yuya Saito

David Stier

Stan Tomsic

Máire Walsh