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Judges

Our Judges:

  • Pierre DuPont ’82 -Pierre is an entrepreneur and ‘connector’ over 25 years through a number of software companies and investment firms he founded or co-founded, some successfully and some not. His latest business is a placement agency advising hedge funds, PE firms, and VCs as they raise capital from institutional investors here in the States and in Europe and Asia.
  • Cornelia Huellstrunk -Cornelia is the Associate Director of the Keller Center which offers learning opportunities to students inside and outside of the classroom in the areas of innovation, design and entrepreneurship.  Among other things, she manages the eLab summer accelerator program at Princeton.
  • Jeremy Johnson ’06-Jeremy Johnson is a co-founder of 2U and the company’s Chief Strategy Officer. One of the fastest growing education technology startups in history, 2U went public on March 28th, 2014.
  • Harish Krishnaswamy  Harish is an analyst at Domain venture capital firm which invests exclusively in the life sciences sector.  Harish is responsible for reviewing all incoming business proposals.
  • Nick Landry Nick Landry is a mobility pioneer working at Microsoft as a Senior Technical Evangelist. He is a veteran speaker at software development conferences and specializes in cross-platform mobile app development.
  • Joel Moxley ’02 -Joel is the founder of Foro Energy.  Joel has invested in over 20 companies including several in the Princeton network (e.g., Louis Beryl and Jim McQuade) and has made several co-investments with Peter Kellner and Bill Sahlman.
  • Jeff Rosedale’86-Jeff Rosedale ’86 holds a PhD in chemical engineering and spent the first ten years of his career in R&D and is currently a patent attorney and partner in BakerHostetler’s Philadelphia office where he advises numerous start-up companies on IP matters.
  • Mahboud Zabetian ’88– Mahboud Zabetian ’88 is a software entrepreneur, consultant and investor in the San Francisco Bay Area.  He is the co-founder and chairman of WildPackets, Inc., and also co-founded ClearInk, Timestamp.comOptimized.com. He’s currently involved with the secure communication firm, SilentCircle and the carpooling startup, Hovee.