Judges

Thanks to all the 2024 Judges:

External Judges

• Lochan Alagh, Partner, MDSV Capital
• Karan Anand, Technical Program Manager, Google
• Ryan Baird, CEO, Baird Augustine
• James Bosco, Attorney at Law, The Webb Law Firm
• Olga Buchonina, CEO & Founder, ActionSpot
• Hendrik Cornellisen, Investment Analyst, Plug & Play Tech Center
• Gabrielle Capolupo, Office of the CTO, Juniper Networks
• Varenya Dingari, Founder & CEO, Camphor.io
• Francisco Guerrero, Venture Fellow, Hustle Fund
• Satish Kunchakuri, Technical Program Manager, Google
• Alireza Masrour, General Partner, Plug & Play Tech Center
• Vijay Menon, TiE Global
• John Murray, Co-founder & CEO, Inciona LLC
• Trevor Nelson, Senior Channel Partner Manager, PartnerStack
• Vijaysai Patnaik, Head of Product, Applied Intuition
• Sunil Ravipati, Founder, Yottasecure
• Gary Richman, Encore-Intel Fellow, SJSU
• RJ Rimando, Marketing Specialist, Pacific Postal Credit Union
• Rene Siegel, Partner, Growth Office, Armanino LLP
• Shariq Shah, CEO & Founder, Tutorly.ai
• Mike Todasco, Board Member, Snickerdoodle Labs

Faculty/Staff Screeners and Judges

• Steve Bennet, College of Business
• Ricky Chan, College of Business
• Subhankar Dhar, College of Business
• Badari Eswar, College of Engineering
• Michael Merz, College of Business
• Iris Quan, College of Business
• Ahmad Shaar, College of Business
• Julian Vogel, College of Business
• Robert Wood, College of Business
• Anu Basu, College of Business

Thanks to all the 2023 Judges:

• External Judges

  • - Sunny Agarwal, Product Manager, Walmart eCommerce
    - James Bosco, Attorney at Law, The Webb Law Firm
    - Olga Buchonina, CEO & Founder, ActionSpot
    - Alfonso de la Nuez, Founder, board member & former CEO, UserTesting
    - Varenya Dingari, Founder & CEO, Camphor.io
    - Nancie Fimbel, Member, Lucas College of Business Dean's Advisory Board
    - Dave Hadden, Founder, Arlo Inc.
    - Sirisha Kapoor, Co-Founder, Stealth startup, former Senior Manager, Dell EMC
    - Gadiel Morantes, Head of Partner Development, Pilot.com
    - John Murray, Co-founder & CEO, Inciona LLC
    - Sudha Ranganathan, Director, Product Marketing, LinkedIn
    - Christopher South, CEO & Co-founder, Spot Trender
    - Madhu Vohra, Co-Founder, Stealth startup, former Director, VMWare
    - Jin Yoon, Investment Analyst, Plug & Play Tech Center

• Faculty Screeners and Judges

  • - Michael Ashley, College of Business
    - Anu Basu, College of Business
    - Steve Bennet, College of Business
    - Ricky Chan, College of Business
    - Subhankar Dhar, College of Business
    - Badari Eswar, College of Engineering
    - Michael Merz, College of Business
    - Iris Quan, College of Business
    - Ahmad Shaar, College of Business
    - Robert Wood, College of Business

Thanks to all the 2022 Judges:

• External Judges
  • -Saif Akhtar, Co-founder, Startup Studios
    -Hooman Bolandi, President & Co-founder, ParkStash
    -James Bosco, Attorney at Law, The Webb Law Firm
    -Nancie Fimbel, Member, Lucas College of Business Dean's Advisory Board
    -Veena Gundavelli, Founder & CEO, Emagia
    -Reena Gupta, Founder & CEO, Mom Relaunch
    -Dave Hadden, Founder, Arlo Inc.
    -Young Han, Founder, Forever Young Agency
    -John Murray, Co-founder & CEO, Inciona LLC
    -Nick Larson, CRO, Unity Central
    -Avery Lu, Partner, Head of Business Development, Aventurine Capital Group
    -Rekha Pai Kamath, Partner, Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund
    -Christopher South, CEO & Co-founder, Spot Trender
    -Chris Surdi, Strategic Accounts Exec., Sourcegraph
    -Kayla Tran, Product Designer, Mixxi.
• Faculty Screeners and Judges
  • -Michael Ashley, College of Business
    -Anu Basu, College of Business
    -Steve Bennet, College of Business
    -Badari Eswar, College of Engineering
    -Mark Greenough, College of Business
    -Nathan Lupton, College of Business
    -David McFeely, College of Business
    -Michael Merz, College of Business
    -Damon Moon, College of Business
    -Bill Musgrave, College of Business
    -Seshadri Paravastu, College of Business
    -Sarika Pruthi, College of Business
    -Iris Quan, College of Business
    -Laura Roden, College of Business
    -Robert Wood, College of Business

Thanks to all the 2021 Judges:

• External Judges
  • - Al Abhari, Principal, Elevation Investment Group
    - Hooman Bolandi, President & Co-Founder, ParkStash
    - James Bosco, Attorney at Law, The Webb Law Firm
    - Olga Buchonina, Founder, ActionSpot
    - Nancie Fimbel, Member, Lucas College of Business Dean’s Advisory Board
    - Veena Gundavelli, Founder & CEO, Emagia
    - Dave Hadden, Founder, Arlo Inc.
    - Young Han, Founder, Forever Young Agency
    - Sudhir Kadam, Venture Partner, FYDA Growth Partners
    - Naresh Malik, Managing Partner, Copia Growth Partners
    - Gadiel Morantes, President, Early Growth Financial Services 
    - John Murray, Co-founder & CEO, Inciona LLC
    - Jayan Ramankutty, Managing Partner, KRK Ventures II LLC
• Faculty Screeners and Judges
  • - Anu Basu, College of Business
    - Steve Bennet, College of Business
    - Singmay Chou, College of Business
    - Badari Eswar, College of Engineering 
    - Nathan Lupton, College of Business 
    - David McFeely, College of Business
    - Michael Merz, College of Business
    - Damon Moon, College of Business 
    - Seshadri Paravastu, College of Business
    - Sarika Pruthi, College of Business
    - Iris Quan, College of Business
    - Brad Vartan, College of Business 
    - Robert Wood, College of Business
    - Thanks to all the 201

Thanks to all the 2019 Judges:

• External Judges
  • - Bill Barton, Board Member, Global Leadership Council, College of Business, SJSU
    - Hooman Bolandi, Vice President, Valin Corporation
    - James Bosco, Attorney at Law, The Webb Law Firm
    - Ritvij Gautam, Founder, TryMyUI
    - Dan Goldin, Commercial Banking Officer, Stanford Federal Credit Union
    - Veena Gundavelli, Founder & CEO, Emagia
    - Dave Hadden, Founder, Arlo Inc.
    - Gonzalo Juarez, Founder & CEO, E-tips
    - Avery Lu, Chief Marketing Officer, Palo Alto Scientific
    - Laura Marcolin, Associate, Plug & Play Ventures
    - Jekaterina Rukaite, Managing Director, ActionSpot
    - Tony Vega, Founder, Blue Octopus Matrix
    - Craig Waller, Attorney at Law, The Webb Law Firm
    - Eugene Zhang, Founding Partner, TEEC Angel Fund
     
• Faculty Screeners and Judges
  • - Anu Basu, College of Business
    - Steve Bennet, College of Business
    - Debra Caires, College of Science
    - Subhankar Dhar, College of Business
    - Badari Eswar, College of Engineering
    - Alicia Forbrich, College of Business
    - Joe Giglierano, College of Business
    - Michael Merz, College of Business
    - Sarika Pruthi, College of Business
    - Iris Quan, College of Business
    - Robert Wood, College of Business

Thanks to all the 2018 Judges:

• External Judges
  • - Al Abhari, Founder & President, AcademixDirect
    - Bill Barton, Retired CFO and Senior VP of Granite Construction
    - Dave Hadden, Founder, Arlo Inc.
    - Hooman Bolandi, former Vice President, Valin Corporation
    - Olga Buchonina, Founder & CEO, ActionSpot
    - Matt Day, Founder & Managing Director, Founders Floor
    - Ritvij Gautam, Founder, TryMyUI
    - Dan Goldin, Commercial Banking Officer, Stanford Federal Credit Union
    - Karl-Heinz Lachnit, Partner, Ferrari Ottoboni Caputo & Wunderling LLC
    - Peter Joseph Lee, Strategic Partnerships, 500 Startups
    - Ryan Micheletti, Director of Global Operations, Founder Institute
    - Gadiel Morantes, President, Early Growth Financial Services
    - Manpreet Singh, Founder, Phone Hut, ICO/Crypto Researcher
    - Ken Wong, Founder, sFoundation
• Faculty Screeners and Judges
  • - Anu Basu, College of Business
    - Steve Bennet, College of Business
    - Singmay Chou, College of Business
    - Joe Giglierano, College of Business
    - Susanna Khavul, College of Business
    - Michael Merz, College of Business
    - Sarika Pruthi, College of Business
    - Iris Quan, College of Business
    - Robert Wood, College of Business

Thanks to all the 2017 Judges:

• External Judges
  • - Bill Barton, Board Member, Global Leadership Council, College of Business, SJSU
    - Hooman Bolandi, Vice President, Valin Corporation
    - James Bosco, Attorney at Law, The Webb Law Firm
    - Ritvij Gautam, Founder, TryMyUI
    - Dan Goldin, Commercial Banking Officer, Stanford Federal Credit Union
    - Veena Gundavelli, Founder & CEO, Emagia
    - Dave Hadden, Founder, Arlo Inc.
    - Gonzalo Juarez, Founder & CEO, E-tips
    - Avery Lu, Chief Marketing Officer, Palo Alto Scientific
    - Laura Marcolin, Associate, Plug & Play Ventures
    - Jekaterina Rukaite, Managing Director, ActionSpot
    - Tony Vega, Founder, Blue Octopus Matrix
    - Craig Waller, Attorney at Law, The Webb Law Firm
    - Eugene Zhang, Founding Partner, TEEC Angel Fund
• Faculty Screeners and Judges
  • - Anu Basu, College of Business
    - Steve Bennet, College of Business
    - Debra Caires, College of Science
    - Subhankar Dhar, College of Business
    - Badari Eswar, College of Engineering
    - Alicia Forbrich, College of Business
    - Joe Giglierano, College of Business
    - Michael Merz, College of Business
    - Sarika Pruthi, College of Business
    - Iris Quan, College of Business
    - Robert Wood, College of Business

Thanks to all the 2016 Judges:

• External Judges
  • - Al Abhari, Founder, ClickMob
    - Alireza Masrour, Managing Partner, Plug & Play Ventures
    - Bill Barton, Board Member, Global Leadership Council, College of Business, SJSU
    - Dan Goldin, Commercial Banking Officer, Stanford Federal Credit Union
    - Dave Hadden, Founder, Arlo Inc.
    - Gadiel Morantes, Partner, Early Growth Financial Services
    - Gary Radine, former CEO & President, Delta Dental
    - Gwen Wong, VP Business Banking, Meriwest Credit Union
    - James Bosco, Attorney at Law, The Webb Law Firm
    - James Liu, Managing Partner, Davis Innovators
    - Karl-Heinz Lachnit, Partner, Landrum LLP
    - Mike Freier, Product Management Consulting Group Inc.
    - Mike Rose, Managing Director, Montage Capital
    - Punita Pandey, Cofounder & CEO, NetCustomer
    - Tony Vega, Founder, Blue Octopus Matrix
    - Veena Gundavelli, Founder & CEO, Emagia
• Faculty Screeners and Judges
  • - A. William Musgrave, College of Business
    - Anu Basu, College of Business
    - Badari Eswar, College of Engineering
    - Bahram Parineh, College of Business
    - Chunlei Wang, College of Business
    - Gary Radine, College of Business
    - Iris Quan, College of Business
    - Joe Giglierano, College of Business
    - Michael Merz, College of Business
    - Robert Wood, College of Business
    - Sarika Pruthi, College of Business
    - Steve Bennet, College of Business
    - Subhankar Dhar, College of Business
    - Tomasz Kolodziejak, College of Business

Thanks to all the 2015 Judges: 

• External Judges
  • - Al Abhari, Founder, ClickMob
    - Bill Barton, Board Member, Global Leadership Council, College of Business, SJSU
    - Connie Weisman, Director, Strategic Planning & Community Development, Plug & Play Tech Center
    - Dan Goldin, Commercial Banking Officer, Stanford Federal Credit Union
    - Gadiel Morantes, Partner, Early Growth Financial Services
    - John Welder, Head of PMO, Citrix
    - Kailesh Karavadra, Managing Partner San Jose Office, Ernst & Young
    - Karl-Heinz Lachnit, Partner, Landrum & Company
    - Mike Freier, Product Management Consulting Group
    - Mike Rose, Managing Director, Montage Capital
    - Naresh Malik, VP & Head, Business Development, Leeo
    - Patty Burke, President, Accelevate
    - Peggy Gibbs, COO & Co-Founder, Camp BizSmart
    - Punita Pandey, Cofounder & CEO, NetCustomer
    - Tony Vega, Founder, Blue Octopus Matrix
     
• Faculty Screeners and Judges
  • - A. William Musgrave, College of Business
    - Anu Basu, College of Business
    - Badari Eswar, College of Engineering
    - Bill Nance, College of Business
    - Chunlei Wang, College of Business
    - Gita Mathur, College of Business
    - Iris Quan, College of Business
    - Joe Giglierano, College of Business
    - Laimin Lo, College of Business 
    - Michael Merz, College of Business
    - Richard Sessions, College of Business
    - Robert Wood, College of Business
    - Sarika Pruthi, College of Business
    - Steve Bennet, College of Business

Thanks to all the 2014 Judges: 

• External Judges
  • - Al Abhari, Founder, ClickMob
    - Dan Doles, Cofounder, Connexive Inc.
    - Michael Bayne, Cofounder, RotaMobility
    - Mike Rose, Managing Director, Montage Capital
    - Saurabh Tandon, Board Member, TiE Silicon Valley
    - Bill Barton, Board Member, Global Leadership Council, College of Business, SJSU
    - Dave Hadden, Founder, Arlo Inc.
    - Dan Goldin, Commercial Banking Officer, Stanford Federal Credit Union
    - Gwen Wong, VP Business Banking, Meriwest Credit Union
    - Basil Fthenakis, Law Offices of Basil P. Fthenakis
    - Naresh Malik, IT Business Executive
    - Gadiel Morantes, Partner, Early Growth Financial Services
    - Zain Jeewanjee, Cofounder, New Technology Venture
    - Shyam Venkatesh, EVP, Orbees Medical
    - Rodolfo Reyna, Managing Director, R Reyna Group
• Faculty Screeners and Judges
  • - A.William Musgrave, College of Business
    - Anu Basu, College of Business
    - Badari Eswar, College of Engineering
    - Chunlei Wang, College of Business
    - Iris Quan, College of Business
    - Joe Giglierano, College of Business
    - Michael Merz, College of Business
    - Robert Wood, College of Business
    - Steve Bennet, College of Business
    - Subhankar Dhar, College of Business

Thanks to all the 2013 SVBPC Judges:

• External Judges
  • - Angelina Barretto, Cisco 
    - Basil Fthenakis, Law Offices of Basil P. Fthenakis  
    - Dan Doles, Connexive Inc.
    - Dan Goldin, Meriwest Credit Union
    - Dave Hadden, Arlo Inc. .
    - Ed Lambert, Bridge Bank
    - Greg Meyer, Meriwest Credit Union
    - John Swan, Business Development Accelerators
    - Mike Rose, Montage Capital
    - Saif Akhtar, Spartups
    - Saurabh Tandon, TiE Silicon Valley
    - Scott Mobley, Engineered Solutions
    - Wanda Ginner
    - Young Han, GoVoluntr.com
• Faculty Screeners and Judges
  • - Anu Basu
    - Bobbi Makani
    - Gita Mathur
    - Iris Quan
    - Joe Giglierano
    - Leonard Wesley
    - Michael Merz
    - Steve Bennet