Panel of Judges
Our goal is to help developers, publishers, and organizations develop, adopt, and share best practices as they strive to make apps that are better, more productive and more fun for users.
Our goal is to help developers, publishers, and organizations develop, adopt, and share best practices as they strive to make apps that are better, more productive and more fun for users.
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Dr. Nikhil Balram
CEO & President at Ricoh Innovations Corporation Ricoh Innovations Corporation (RIC) develops innovative technologies and creates new businesses for Ricoh Company, Ltd. RIC was previously known as RII. At RIC, Dr. Balram has created a new vision - The Infinite Network (TIN) - the future in which all things and all people are connected all the time. He has also developed major R&D and business thrusts in four major market segments that are being disrupted by TIN, and includes Smart Retail, Smart Health Care, Smart Office and Smart Consumer.
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Vinita Jakhanwal
Director at IHS Vinita is one of the world’s leading authorities, known for her actionable strategic industry analysis and insight on mobile and emerging displays and technologies. She is extensively quoted in leading dailies and publications and is invited to speak at major conferences worldwide. Her clients include the top makers of tablets, handsets and other mobile devices, wireless service providers, display manufacturers, component makers and financial services firms. Vinita has become known for providing exceptionally accurate market forecasts, even for new and emerging display applications and technologies.
She currently leads the IHS analyst team covering mobile and emerging displays and technology and provides advisory consulting services to companies in the areas of displays sourcing, market sizing, market entry strategies, technology dynamics and adoption. |
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Amanda Linden
Group Manager, QuickBooks Web & Mobile at Intuit Amanda Linden is the User Experience Leader for Intuit's QuickBooks web and mobile products across the globe.
During her time at Intuit, Amanda has also led in the design and execution of product updates for Weave, Quickbooks Lending, Intuit Marketplace, and Intuit Websites products. Prior to Intuit, Amanda held design leadership roles at Yahoo! and Wells Fargo. Amanda holds an undergraduate degree in design and an MBA |
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Bhaskar Roy
Chief Product Officer at PlayPhone Bhaskar brings more than 20 years of experience in building innovative products and taking them to market. He is an entrepreneur and a proven leader with startup experience (like PlaceWare, Qik) as well as leading groups within large organizations, like Oracle, Microsoft and HP.
Prior to Playphone, Bhaskar was the Co-Founder and SVP of Products at Qik, where he led the charter to bring asynchronous communications and new mobile experiences. Qik was later acquired by Skype in January of 2011. |
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Douglas Kadlecek
President at Grio Douglas Kadlecek is the President of Grio, a premiere software consulting company that specializes in web, mobile and game development. He has over 10 years’ experience in the software industry with specialization in software development, project management, design, architecture and Flex/AIR development.
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Greg Sherwin
EVP Products at Regalix Inc. Greg brings 25 years of professional technology experience in Internet media and product development. Over the past decade, he has served as VP of Engineering at a number of Silicon Valley start-ups and more established companies, including several years at CNET Networks (now CBS Interactive), NBC Internet, TeeBeeDee.com, Meta Interfaces, and SVP of Engineering at Yola.com. Prior to working in the online world, Greg contributed as a technologist at several university research labs including The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. He also co-authored a book on Internet public relations and is a former columnist for ClickZ.
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Rose Figliano
Product Innovation and UX Design at Samsung Innovation Labs At Samsung, Rose is focused on identifying emerging technologies, developing new product concepts and successfully bringing products to market. She leverages her experience gained from her start-up and enterprise roles to create novel mobile experiences. Through the course of her career Rose has served in cross-functional roles for Samsung UX Innovations Lab, SAP Labs, SAP Markets, McAfee and UBS.
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Sean McLeary
Director, User Experience at DocuSign Sean McLeary's expertise includes User Experience Design; User Interface Interaction; Design Usability Testing; Information Architecture; Usability Engineering; E-commerce etc.
Prior to DocuSign, Sean McLeary was the Director, User Experience at Macys.com and User Experience Consultant at Sean McLeary User Experience Consulting for more than 8 years. |
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Rajiv R Maheshwary
Senior Director, World-wide Business Development, Synopsys Rajiv is a creative and accomplished leader with 25 years of corporate and start-up experience that spans technology product marketing, new business development, strategic customer collaborations, and executive communication.
Under his stewardship several product lines have gained #1 market position generating over $100M+ in revenues. The Synopsys Journal Mobile Application targeted senior executives at semiconductor companies was awarded Best Electronics Mobile Application in 2012 MobileWebAward Competition for creativity, ease-of-use, design and content. In his current role, Rajiv is focused on growing Synopsys revenue in $1B+ verification market through customer-focused products, services and new business initiatives. |