Judges | AT&T Car, Home & Hackathon

	Jeff Bradley Senior Vice President Devices and Developer Services AT&T Mobility As Senior Vice President, Devices and Developer Services Jeff Bradley has responsibility to deliver the industry’s leading portfolio of mobile devices and accessories and to provide third party developers with the tools, platforms and best practices to deliver great mobile apps. The device portfolio is designed to offer AT&T customers the most differentiated and compelling designs along with the most intuitive user experience across a variety of operating systems, segments and form factors. The AT&T Developer Program is tasked with accelerating innovation in the ecosystem and helping developers sell more apps by working alongside the AT&T Foundry to provide a leading platform of network service APIs, training, tools, and events. He joined AT&T Wireless from Lante Corporation, a leading internet consulting firm, where he was Managing Director and a member of the senior leadership team with responsibility for western U.S. operations. Mr. Bradley served in a similar capacity with MCI Systemhouse, the former information technology consulting division of MCI which was acquired by EDS. Mr. Bradley began his career at IBM as an advisory client representative. He later joined IBM’s Global Services division where he built and managed a series of consulting practices designed to help early adopter companies leverage emerging technologies, such as Client/Server and Object-Oriented Technology.
	Carlton Hill Vice President, Consumer Devices AT&T Mobility Carlton Hill has spent the last twenty–five years in a variety of strategic planning and product development positions in the wireless industry. Currently Ms. Hill oversees the AT&T Developer Program, an award winning application developer support organization with more than fifty thousand members, and is responsible for Consumer Marketing interests in the AT&T Foundry.
	Ed Schmit EXEC DIR-PRODUCT MKTG MGMT AT&T Mobility Ed Schmit is an Executive Director with the AT&T Developer Program, where his mission is to provide support and guidance for the developer community focused on APIs.
	Charles Dasher Innovation Architect - IoT, Connected Vehicle, Smart Energy Innovation Ericsson Charles is a technologist, software developer, hardware designer and innovator working for Ericsson. His focus is on The Internet of Things, Connected Vehicles and Smart Energy. As a contributor to Ericsson’s patent portfolio, he has filed over 60 patent applications and has 14 granted patents. Charles recently won the Ericsson Innovation Competition (BUSS) in 2009 Kista Sweden, 2012 Kista Sweden,2013 Rome Italy and have made it into the final round for this year’s competition in October 2014 in New York. Living and working in Atlanta, GA., he enjoys spending time with his family and playing both ice and roller hockey.
	Steve Hegenderfer Director, Developer Programs Bluetooth SIG Steve Hegenderfer is currently the director of developer programs at Bluetooth SIG. Steve has worked in and out of the mobile space since 2000 and has seen many interesting things during this time. Nothing excites him more than seeing what crazy things developers will do next with technology. That is what drove him to Bluetooth. A veteran technology professional with a particular focus on the mobile and embedded industry, Hegenderfer brings over 20 years of technology experience. Past roles include leading the Windows Mobile Developer Experience team at Microsoft and the Developer Ecosystem team at Qualcomm for newly emerging computing platforms (including the Windows ecosystem). Prior to those roles, Hegenderfer was a serial entrepreneur in the start-up space, working for several start-ups in the San Jose area. Nevertheless, he remembers his roots, and refuses to discard his COBOL 74/85 programming book.
	Ray Strods Product Manager Belkin International Ray is a Product Manager for the WeMo team focused on uncovering the next wave of problems people have that the Internet of Things can help solve. Before Belkin he worked in various Engineering and Product Management roles for companies like Siemens, General Electric, and Honeywell focused on the Solar, Electric Vehicle, and Smart Grid industries.
	Charlie Karstrom Business Development Manager Gimbal Inc. Charlie is focused on propagating the developer ecosystem at Gimbal Inc. As part of the business development team, he focuses on creating new business opportunities and exposure for the Gimbal™ Context Aware and Proximity Platform. Charlie has two bachelor degrees in Information Systems and Business from Australian Catholic University in Sydney, Australia. Charlie joined Qualcomm in 2006 as an intern and spent 8 years working on emerging technologies before being carved out with Gimbal to a standalone business. Charlie is passionate about the wireless industry and helping developers make their mobile application concepts become a reality.
	Christian Noske Investment Principal BMW i Ventures Christian Noske is Investment Principal with BMW i Ventures. Christian focuses on early stage investments in Navigation & Traffic, Smart Parking and Consumer Internet. He also manages BMW’s Incubator space in New York and is the organizer of the NY Future Mobility Meetup. Prior to joining BMW i Ventures, Christian was CFO for a digital agency that was acquired by WPP, and worked in Finance and Business Development for Robert Bosch GmbH in Germany and Asia. Christian holds a degree in Business Informatics from the State University Stuttgart in Germany.
	Dave Weidner Operator Relations, North America ARM Dave has spent the last 16 years in the software and consumer electronics space. He is responsible for ARM’s relationships with Mobile and Pay-TV Operators in North America where he drives growth and innovation of the ARM ecosystem into the Operator community. Dave previously worked for Myriad Group AG as VP of Sales and Operations for North America where he led the organizations push to bring innovative cloud and embedded solutions to constrained devices. Dave is passionate about technology and entrepreneurship spending his free time advising with entrepreneurs and young startups and volunteering as a lead organizer for Portland Startup Weekend.
	Alexander W. Dramountanis Product Brand Manager, Cross-Carline Volvo Car Group Alexander started out his career as an engineer within advanced vehicle safety development in Volvo Cars Research & Development department situated in Gothenburg Sweden. By having been involved in the development of both Airbags and Automatic braking technologies he has a wide understanding of; safety technologies, the nature of traffic accidents and also Volvo’s human-centric way of designing cars that understands the needs of real people in the real world… Alexander has since then changed his course to work in marketing, and specifically brand management, of Volvo Cars. He recently joined the Volvo Cars US team and is currently Brand Manager for all Volvo Innovations and special products on the US market, including Safety, Powertrains and Connectivity. Volvo Cars has a vision, that in the year 2020, no-one should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car. And their long-term vision is to design cars that will not crash. Alexander is eager to see how the developers visiting the AT&T Hackathon will incorporate that vision into their solutions during these two exciting days.
	Eirik Midttun Senior R&D Engineer Nordic Semiconductor Eirik Midttun is a Senior R&D Engineer at Nordic Semiconductor’s Software group. He is currently working as a developer for Nordic’s Bluetooth low energy stack, but since he joined at point where Nordic had very few software developers he has been involved in most of the software design at Nordic for 2.4GHz and Bluetooth. His spare time is spent on travelling, skiing, and trying to make the perfect cup of espresso. His favorite scrum position is flanker, both open and blind side.
	Stephen Forte Chief Strategy Officer Telerik Stephen Forte is the Chief Strategy Officer of venture backed, Telerik, a leading vendor of developer and team productivity tools. He is the founder and executive director of Mach5, a Silicon Valley based startup accelerator and co-founder of AcceleratorHK, Hong Kong’s first startup accelerator. Involved in several startups, he was the co-founder of Triton Works, which was acquired by UBM (London: UBM.L) in 2010 and was the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Corzen, Inc., which was acquired by Wanted Technologies (TXV: WAN) in 2007. Prior to Corzen, Stephen served as the CTO of Zagat Survey in New York City (acquired by Google in 2011) and also was co-founder of the New York-based software consulting firm The Aurora Development Group. Stephen is also a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Professional, PMP, and also speaks regularly at industry conferences around the world. He has written several books on application and database development. Stephen has an MBA from the City University of New York. Stephen is also a board member of the Scrum Alliance. An avid mountain climber, Stephen leads a trek in the Mt. Everest region every fall to raise money for charity. After several years as an ex-pat in Hong Kong, Stephen now lives in Silicon Valley with his wife. @worksonmypc
	Linda Senigaglia Senior Director of Product Marketing Navigation Solutions, a Hertz Company Linda Senigaglia brings a fresh perspective to the complexities of location based services and telematics. She is an accomplished executive with expertise from serving in key business development, product marketing, product management, and sales positions with leading companies in the ecosystem, such as Nokia, Magellan, TeleNav, and Navigation Solutions, a Hertz company. Linda utilizes her understanding of location based services, telematics, consumer electronics, and competitive market intelligence to develop strategic business partnerships, and create and execute successful growth strategies for Hertz corporate accounts. Linda serves the Connected Vehicle Trade Association as the Director of Member Marketing; EvoNexus as a Mentor, SAE as an Intelligent Vehicle Systems Committee Member, and WINiT Mentoring and Coaching Committee.
	Howard Pearlmutter CEO Advistix Howard Pearlmutter is an internationally-recognized software expert, strategic advisor, and comprehensive systems architect. His clientele has included NASA, McKesson, Symantec, USGS, US EPA, Disney, CBS, HP, Xerox, Fujitsu, Kodak, Atari, Silicon Graphics, Tata, D&B, SunGard, Apax Partners, Bankers Trust, The Financial Times, CapitalOne, Google, and Apple. First getting hands-on in 1964, appearing on TV in 1968 as the kid who couldn’t be pried away from the computer terminal, and coding from 1971 to the present day, Howard was winning programming competitions way before the term “hackathon” was invented. As a pioneer in applying advanced technologies to the solution of real world problems, Mr. Pearlmutter has been involved in the cutting edge of Silicon Valley innovation for over 2 decades, plus has been paid to present (trainings, seminars, workshops, keynotes, briefings) to professionals from JPMorgan, GoldmanSachs, Barclays, EDS, CSC, One2One, Orange, Reach, Amdocs, Nokia, Comverse, Earth Island Institute (pro bono), Friends of the Earth, NASA, Compaq, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Intel, IBM and hundreds of other organizations ranging from large governmental agencies and industrial enterprises to entrepreneurs, startups, consultancies, and R&D organizations across 5 continents.
	Gary Peck CTO On the Go Platforms Gary is the CTO and Co-founder of OnTheGo Platforms, a Portland-based startup that is bringing the next generation of human-computer interaction to mobile and ubiquitous devices. His career spans fifteen years of software development, administration, and all-around hacking on systems ranging from phones to large-scale computing clouds. Gary graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and has worked at a variety of companies prior to OTG, including Google and Goldman Sachs. He also serves on the board of IO Cooperative, an organization that provides affordable Internet hosting to its members while supporting their rights to free speech. In his free time, Gary explores Portland’s abundant outdoor, culinary, and alcoholic delights.
	Simon Walker Head of Marketing LIFX
	Michael Ammann Vice-President Platform Partnerships u-blox
	Jouko Kaasila Founder and COO Bitbar
	Mark Goddard TCS Fellow & Chief Architect - Commercial Applications TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
	Ryan Bloomer Managing Partner Mobile Focused Accelerator
	Stephen Vincent Executive Director Development, Digital Life AT&T As Executive Director at AT&T Digital Life, Stephen Vincent has responsibilities over Strategy, Product and Business Development. This combination gives his organization the ability to quickly identify emerging strategic products and services, develop a robust partner ecosystem, define the go-to-market plans and oversee their execution. Stephen joined AT&T with over 15 years of experience driving innovation and product development in the Connected Home, Telco Operators and Equipment Vendors space. Prior to AT&T, he was a General Manager at Technicolor, overseeing their IP Access business and strategy in North America, and Head of Telco Product Management at Thomson Inc., leading the gateway and cloud services. Stephen holds a Master of Engineering degree from the University of York in the UK. He was awarded one patent on Connected Home technology, with one pending.
	Ryan Fink CEO OnTheGo Platforms
	Gina O’Connell General Manager Local Motors

Jeff Bradley

Carlton Hill

Ed Schmit

Charles Dasher

Steve Hegenderfer

Ray Strods

Charlie Karstrom

Christian Noske

Dave Weidner

Alexander W. Dramountanis

Eirik Midttun

Stephen Forte

Linda Senigaglia

Howard Pearlmutter

Gary Peck

Simon Walker

Michael Ammann

Jouko Kaasila

Mark Goddard

Ryan Bloomer

Stephen Vincent

Ryan Fink

Gina O’Connell