I2P UT Austin: 2003 Judges

2003 I2P® UT Austin Judges

Finals

Randy Charbeneau –Associate Dean for Research & Jewel McAlister Smith Professor, College of Engineering, University of Texas at Austin. At The University of Texas at Austin, he has taught and conducted research in the Environmental and Water Resources (EWRE) program within the Department of Civil Engineering.
John Hime – John was the early marketing executive in four remarkable high tech success stories: Tivoli Systems, MIPS Computer Systems, Frame Technology and Sun Microsystems. He is recognized as an Austin "super-angel", having invested and joined the boards or advisory boards of over 30 early-stage technology companies.
Mark Melliar-Smith – Venture Partner, Austin Ventures. Prior to joining Austin Ventures in January 2002, Mark was the President and CEO of SEMATECH from 1997 to 2001 and before that the Chief Technical Officer for Lucent Technologies Microelectronics, the forerunner of Agere Systems, from 1990 through 1996.
J. Moore – Admiral B.R. Inman Centennial Chair in Computing Theory and Chair of the Computer Sciences Department, College of Natural Sciences. Dr. Moore is founder and member of Board of Directors of Computational Logic, Inc.
Carol Williams - In 1995 with $10,000 in personal savings and 14+ years’ industry experience, she launched Trendsetter Electronics, LLC. In September of 2002 –Trendsetter was recognized by the Austin Business Journal as one of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Privately held Companies in Austin.

Semi-Finals

Tony Allen – Associate with Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Austin, Texas.
Wes Cole – Associate with Gefinor Ventures in Austin.
Ed Coyle - Assistant Vice President for Research in Computing and Communications, Purdue University.
Stanislav Emelianov – Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.
David Schieck – Program Director, Office of Associate VP for Research, University of Texas at Austin
Aaron Shagrin – Associate of Triton Ventures, Austin, Texas
Steve Sprinkle - Partner at Gray Cary Law Firm, heading the patent and trademark group in the Austin office.
Ron Steuterman – Director, Technology Transfer Initiative, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University.
Kelly Terry – President, Dolphin Group Technology
Bruce Thornton – President, Founder, CMS Technology, Inc and University of Texas at Austin Entrepreneur-In-Resident.

Round One

Richard Amato – Director of ATI’s Clean Energy Incubator, University of Texas at Austin.
Bob Bridge – CEO, Ziker Labs, Inc. and University of Texas at Austin Entrepreneur-In-Resident.
DK Ezekoye – General Motors Foundation Centennial Teaching Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Texas at Austin.
Warren Hunt – Professor & Associate Chairman for External Affairs, Department of Computer Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.
Norman Kaderlan – President of Technology Innovation Group Inc.
Richard Lebovitz – CEO, Founder, Factory Logic Software, Inc. and University of Texas at Austin Entrepreneur-In-Resident.

Hosts

Partners and Sponsors

Selig Fund in Entrepreneurial Studies

Roden Center of Entrepreneurship