Judges Roster Listed in Alphabetical Order by Last Name
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Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Javier Altamirano Director of Innovation Sportradar Mark Bachman CEO FlipGive Inc. Keith Bank CEO and Founder KB Partners Sam Barton Founder London SportsTech Network Bobby Basham Director of Player Development Chicago Cubs Kristin Belleson CEO American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Gregor Berkowitz CTO Interactive Strength (dba FORME Life) 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 1 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Kim Blair Partnering Lead Cooper Perkins Henrik Brandt Founder and Manager Sports Hub Denmark (IdrætsPlatformen Danmark) Dan Bravato President SeventySix Capital Sports Advisory Joe Cannon Vice President of Business Development Hyperice Meridith Cass CEO Nix Art Chou GM - North America Rapsodo Brandon Chubb Managing Partner Captain Partners 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 2 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Brian Collins Sr. Global Director - Equipment Spalding Carsten Couchouron Founder & Director Sports Lab Copenhagen Ryan Cruthirds Chief Global Category & Brand Development Officer Implus Vicki Dallas Founder/Shareholder Dallas Innovation Law, A Professional Corporation CJ Davis Assistant General Counsel, Head of Sports Business & Legal Affairs PUMA Jolyn de Boer Founder Racquet Sports Alliance Kate Delhagen Founder & President Oregon Sports Angels 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 3 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Michael Dill Partner Holland & Hart LLP Jared Drinkwater CMO BSN SPORTS Charley Dumphy Director of Sales Select Sport America David DuPont CEO TeamSnap Scott Eichner Sr Director Athletic Compliance | COO University of Tennessee | Armony Sports Derek Ernst Chief Commercial Officer Augusta Sportswear Brands Tom Farrey Executive Director Aspen Institute -- Sports & Society Program 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 4 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Carmen Felder Founder of Authentic Connections/ President of 89 Ways To Give/ Disabled United States Air Force Veteran Authentic Connections Robert Fine Executive Director IVRHA (International Virtual Reality and Healthcare Association) Jeff Fiorini CEO Nevco Sports William Flickinger CEO Solestretch, LLC Mark Flynn President Gridiron Football Heather Fraser Founder and CEO Synthera Health Win Fream Sr Director of Design and Development Cascade Maverik Lacrosse LLC 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 5 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Sean Gagnon CEO The Abs Company Skip Gilbert CEO US Youth Soccer Association Krissy Greenleaf Executive Director Sport & Social Industry Association Charlie Greenwood CEO/ Co-Founder Sports Loft Lorin Hamlin Head of Open Innovation Under Armour CJ Handron Co-Founder and CEO Diamond Kinetics, Inc. Timothy Hatten Department Chair and Professor Rock Valley College 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 6 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Darren Hay Vice President, Business Development (Global Health) Hypertec Randall Henry Partner Henry-Griffitts, RH Investors, aboutGOLF, CUT Golf, Overload Golf Joshua Hensley CEO RAD Innovation Arno Hermans Founder Sport eXperience Timothy Hoerr CEO Serra Ventures LLC Rebecca Hopkins CEO THE STA GROUP Mary Horwath Owner Mary Horwath Marketing & Branding 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 7 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Taylor Host CEO Miro AI Michael Hoyer Principal AMG Heuer Group Dave Josserand Chief Strategy Officer Spark, Inc. Barbara Karasek CEO Paradise Advertising & Marketing Inc. Nicholas Kartos Director of Growth LeagueApps Jim Kelley President, Sports The NPD Group Al Kidd President & CEO Sports Events & Tourism Association (Sports ETA) 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 8 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Sarah Kirchberg Director, Global Sports Sales MGM Resorts International Jeff Kunowski Associate Director, Innovation Programs Global Sport Institute @Arizona State University Russell Layton Founder & CEO Sparx Hockey Alex Lewis VP Sales, Brand Protection SURYS Sam Li Founder and Managing Partner Calvert Drive Ventures Marjorie Lopez Vice President Rx3 Growth Partners Jason McConnell Director of Product, Innovation and Monetization SportsEngine 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 9 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Scott McDonald CEO Body-Solid Inc. Marilou McFarlane CEO/Founder Women in Sports Tech, Inc. Kevin McGee Managing Director William Hood & Company Meredith McPherron CEO & Managing Partner Drive by DraftKings Rachelle Manning Sporting Goods Channel Manager SanMar Herb Markwort President & CEO Markwort Sporting Goods Company Jeff Matlow President Running USA 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 10 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Noel Mavura Founder Global Investors Hub David Meltzer Founder David Meltzer Enterprises Angela Meyer Vice President Exponent Alison Minter Managing Partner North Castle Partners Pete Moore Managing Partner Integrity Square Neil Morton CEO ATA International Ross Moses Director of Analytics and Research U.S. Soccer 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 11 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Brendan Moylan COO & Co Founder Sports Endeavors Inc. Ric Munoz Vice President of Business Development JR286 Daniel Murphy CEO Bridgestone Golf Lisa Neirotti Professor The George Washington University Jill Nickels Founder and CEO Nickels Group Ajay Nwosu CEO Teqball USA Roman Oben Vice President - Football Operations NFL 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 12 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Federico Olivares Founder and VP of Innovation 2nd Skull Andy Oman Founder and CEO Elevate Hockey Aaron Parker Partner FINNEGAN LLP Dev Pathik Founder SF Companies Eric Paul Senior Director of Sales OpSec Security, Inc. Katrina Perito Trade Advisor, Sports Business France Bill Powell Partner, Managing Director Stadia Ventures 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 13 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Rob Quinn CEO SymGym Ravi Rajcoomar Chairman Consortium Brian Remedi Managing Partner BPR Sports Consulting Jasmine Robinson Principal Causeway Media Partners Michael Rojas President, Co-CEO Iron Grip Barbell Company Jason Sacks Executive Vice President, Business Development & Philanthropy Positive Coaching Alliance Kilian Saekel CEO A-Champs 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 14 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Jochen Schaefer Legal Counsel of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry and of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry/ Attorney-at-Law Law Office Dr. Schaefer Robb Schikner President/CEO UST Mamiya Michael Schroeder VP, Sales and Marketing-Retail and Global Lifestyle Brands Gildan Neil Schwartz President SBRnet, Ibc Aaron Segal Consultant Consultant Ermis Sfakiyanudis Executive Chairman Uproar PR Michael Shapiro Director - Innovation & Venture Investing Major League Baseball 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 15 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Savi Sharma Founder Mantra Strategists and Advisors Dan Sheridan EVP, COO Brooks Sports Travis Shives VP, Advertising & Channel Partnerships SportsEngine Bryan Smeltzer President LiquidMind Inc Bruce Smith CEO & Founder Hydrow, Inc. Laura St George Managing Manager at Gared Holdings, EVP of GARED GARED George Stepancich CEO Invisionate 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 16 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Shannon Stilson Assistant Vice President, Marketing USPA Global Licensing Melanie Strong Managing Partner Next Ventures Sports and Wellness VC Bill Taylor Chief Marketing Officer OpSec Security, Inc. Matthew Tingler Managing Director Baird Luca Tomat Head of Global Sales Lotto Sport Italia SpA Jay Turkbas SVP Product Innovation United Sports Brands Neha Uberoi Cofounder and CEO South Asians in Sports 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 17 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Michael Vaughan-Cherubin Director, National Program Expansion U.S. Soccer Foundation Steve Vogelsang Vice President, Sales & Marketing--Team Sports Litania Sports Group Jason Volk Director of Brand Partnerships Sezzle Gerard von Hoffmann Chief Technology Officer TAU Orthopedics, Inc. Matthew Wagman Attorney Miles & Stockbridge PC Tom Waller Chief Science Officer lululemon Paul Webb President Century Martial Arts 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 18 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Steven Webster CEO asensei Thomas Wilhelm Founder & Managing Partner NYTE IS YOUNG VENTURES Matt Winkler Director & Professor, Sports Analytics & Management American University Steve Winter President Brotman-Winter-Fried Communications Tomasz Zahorski Board Member Legia Warsaw Football Club Marco Zambianchi President Technogym USA Corp Alex Zurita Head of Sport Tech Hub Sport Tech Hub / London Sport 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 19 Judges Roster Listed in alphabetical order by last name: Brian Zwerner Founder Beyond The Game Network 2021 SFIA VIRTUAL START-UP CHALLENGE #SFIAStartUpChallenge 20 .