JURY BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
SVIIF Board Committee Member & Chair of the Jury Board
Professor at San José State University, Director of the SEI San Francisco Chapter, and CEO & President of Padir Consulting Engineers
JOHN CALVERT
Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
SVIIF Board Committee Member & President of the Jury
Former Senior Advisor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Dr. Wiparat De-ong
Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Dr. Wiparat De-ong
Honorary Chair of the Jury
Executive Director of the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
Matt Nuccio
Dr. T. Kim Parnell, PE, PhD
Dr. T. Kim Parnell, PE, PhD
SVIIF Board Committee Member
Toy Designer, Co-Credited with Designing Creepy Crawlers, Tickle Me Elmo, the Nintendo Power Glove, POGs, and Laser Challenge; Executive Committee Member of the United Inventors Association and IFIA
Dr. T. Kim Parnell, PE, PhD
Dr. T. Kim Parnell, PE, PhD
Dr. T. Kim Parnell, PE, PhD
Dr. T. Kim Parnell, PE, PhD
ASME Fellow; IEEE Member; Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) Hall of Fame Inductee; Member of the IEEE Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley (IEEE-CNSV)
Carmine Denisco
Dr. T. Kim Parnell, PE, PhD
Carmine Denisco
SVIIF Board Committee Member
President of the United Inventors Association (UIA)
Successful Entrepreneur, Inventor, Author, Podcaster, Investor, and Patent & Trademark Holder
ROY MOREJON
Dr. T. Kim Parnell, PE, PhD
Carmine Denisco
Co-Founder & President of Enventys Partners
Distinguished Authority in Bringing Innovative Physical Products to Market
Christina McTaggart
Elinora Inga Sigurdardottir
Christina McTaggart
SVIIF Board Committee Member
Chief Building Official & Community Development Services Manager, City of Redwood City
Saranya Vemuri
Elinora Inga Sigurdardottir
Christina McTaggart
Principal Product Manager – Tech at Amazon
Former Product Strategy Leader at Meta & Google
Product Executive with 10+ Years of Experience in AI, Consumer Technology, Hardware, Business Transformation, Innovation, Scalability, and Emerging Technologies
Elinora Inga Sigurdardottir
Elinora Inga Sigurdardottir
Elinora Inga Sigurdardottir
Vice President of IFIA
President of EUWIIN
Founder & Chairwoman of KVENN (Iceland)
International Innovation Leader & GlobalWIIN Award Recipient
Carrie White
Elinora Inga Sigurdardottir
Elinora Inga Sigurdardottir
Director of Student Innovation at the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Prof. Andrew Young
Prof. Andrew Young
Prof. Andrew Young
SVIIF Board Committee Member
Representative of Hong Kong SAR
Innovation & Technology Leader | Venture Capital Firm Vice Chairman | Former PolyU Tech Transfer Director | Former HKSTP Executive
Steve Moore
Prof. Andrew Young
Prof. Andrew Young
Founder & Creative Director at Tantrum Innovation
Former Design Director at IDEO | International Product Innovation Expert
Siddhesh Yawalkar
Prof. Andrew Young
Siddhesh Yawalkar
Senior Software Researcher (Engineering Manager IV), Central Cybersecurity Team
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, California, USA (November 2021 – Present)
Matija Žugec
Prof. Andrew Young
Siddhesh Yawalkar
SVIIF Board Committee Member
Secretary General of the Union of Croatian Innovators
Graduate of the Faculty of Organization and Informatics
Patricia Nolan-Brown
Patricia Nolan-Brown
Patricia Nolan-Brown
SVIIF Board Committee Member
Prolific Inventor & Entrepreneur
Author of Idea to Invention
University Speaker, Innovation Educator & Judge
Sylvia Chang
Patricia Nolan-Brown
Patricia Nolan-Brown
President of Taiwan Invention Association “TIA”
Kelly Shea
Patricia Nolan-Brown
Kelly Shea
SVIIF Board Committee Member
Director of Special Events, United Inventors Association (UIA)
Award-Winning Inventor, Innovation Ecosystem Builder, STEM Education Advocate, Entrepreneur, Author, and Founder & CEO of Innovation Station LLC
Dr. Mahmoud A Hafez
Dr. Marcelo Vivacqua
Dr. Mahmoud A Hafez
BCh, MSc Orth, Dip SICOT, FRCS, MD (PhD)
Professor of Orthopaedics, October 6 University, Egypt
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon (Egypt & UK)
Honorary Visiting Professor, Cardiff University, UK
IFIA Executive Committee Member
CAOS Executive Committee Member (Germany)
SICOT National Delegate, Egypt
Anand Kannan
Dr. Marcelo Vivacqua
Dr. Mahmoud A Hafez
National Director, driving strategic initiatives and operations, ensuring organizational growth and impactful leadership at a national level.
Dr. Marcelo Vivacqua
Dr. Marcelo Vivacqua
Dr. Marcelo Vivacqua
Veterinary Doctor | PhD in Veterinary Biotechnology
Founder & Head, BRICS Cooperation Hub
Founder & President, ABIPIR
IFIA Executive Committee Member & Latin America Director
BRICS Academy LATAM Representative
Dr. KARTHIK RAMESH
Dr. Marcelo Vivacqua
Dr. Marcelo Vivacqua
Group Chief Growth Officer, Tabhi Inc. (USA) & CEO, Gamma Group Middle East
Healthcare Technology CXO, AI/ML Pioneer & Digital Transformation Expert
25+ Years of Global CXO Experience | 100+ Awards
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Giang
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Giang
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Giang
President of Institute of Innovation Research and Attribute Verification (RIVA)
Mr. He Zhenfu
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Giang
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Giang
Vice President of China Association of Inventions
Jake Mendelssohn
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Giang
Jake Mendelssohn
He is a distinguished innovation educator and robotics pioneer from the USA. With over four decades of experience in STEM and invention education, he serves as Co-Leader of the IFIA Youth Department and is Chairman of the World Educational Robot Contest (WER), inspiring and mentoring young innovators worldwide
Marcus Oden
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Giang
Jake Mendelssohn
CEO/President, Fortress Structural Engineering Inc.
Mark E. Garcia
Mark E. Garcia
Mark E. Garcia
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN LEADER, INVENTOR, and EDUCATOR
Perpetually inspired concept
brendan boyle
Mark E. Garcia
Mark E. Garcia
Partner at IDEO
Professor of Design Thinking at the Stanford d.school
Soody Tronson
Soody Tronson
Soody Tronson
Operational experience in law, technology, and management in start-up and Fortune 100 companies
Efrat Kasznik
Soody Tronson
Soody Tronson
Ms. Kasznik is an intellectual property (IP) and valuation expert, with close to 20 years of consulting experience, focusing on assisting clients with the creation, commercialization and monetization of their intangible assets and technologies.
Sara Rauchwerger
Soody Tronson
Sara Rauchwerger
Founder TechLAB Innovation Center Founder & Managing Director
Dr. Adam Rylski
Dr. Adam Rylski
Dr. Adam Rylski
A faculty member at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Materials Engineering, Lodz University of Technology
Joseph Yang
Dr. Adam Rylski
Dr. Adam Rylski
Founding Partner of Patent Esque Law Group, LLP where he specializes in technology transactions, patent licensing and patent strategy
Andrew Wolfe
Dr. Adam Rylski
Winfried Sturm
Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. IEEE Fellow and an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor.
Winfried Sturm
Dr. Adam Rylski
Winfried Sturm
SVIIF Board Committee Member
Board Member, KIT-DEV Initiative | Curator, DABEI Initiative | Founder & Managing Director, Student High-Tech Invention Education Association (HAG)
Darren Donnelly
Prof. Michal Szota
Prof. Michal Szota
Fenwick & West LLP, Partner and an intellectual property attorney with extensive experience representing both emerging
Prof. Michal Szota
Prof. Michal Szota
Prof. Michal Szota
Professor of Faculty of Processing Technology and Materials Science, Czestochowa University of Technology
Edward J. Thometz
Prof. Michal Szota
Edward J. Thometz
President of ASCE (San Francisco Chapter) Currently a Licensed Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California