Regional Judges
Like all other FIRST Regional Competitions, the FIRST Minnesota Regional will be giving out a total of 25 awards, including recognition for innovation, creativity, team spirit, and safety. These awards are judged through many hours of interviews, research, and collaboration by a dedicated corps of volunteers.
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Judges
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| Michael Alburg, President/CEO, Dynamic Engineering Solutions LLC |
| Ben Arcand, Medical Device Fellow, University of Minnesota |
| Shai Ashkenazi, Professor, University of Minnesota |
| Andres Belalcazar |
| Guru Bandekar, Controller/Finance, Oshkosh Corp. |
| Tamara Baynham |
| Becky Bergman, VP-Science & Technology, Medtronic Inc |
| Marina Brockway |
| Karl Brown, Blue Sky Designs |
| Abhi Chavan, Cardiac Rhythm Management, Boston Scientific |
| Steve Crouch, Dean, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota |
| Serge Dubeau, VP-Design, Worrell Inc. |
| Will Durfee, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota |
| Philip Ebeling, VP-Research & Development, St. Jude Medical |
| Jonathan Engel |
| Art Erdman, Professor, Mechanical Engineering |
| Lynn Elliott,consultant, ifourth |
| Mark Fleigle, Emerson |
| Byron Gilman, CEO, Galvani Ltd. |
| Maria Gini, Professor, University of Minnesota |
| Joseph Hale, University of Minnesota |
| Lori Heinrichs, senior patent counsel, Boston Scientitific |
| Jeffrey Jalkio |
| Marie Johnson, Director, MDC Fellowship, University of Minnesota |
| Bruce KenKnight, VP-Research and Business Development, Boston Scientific Inc. |
| Michael Knipfer, President, MAK Engineering |
| Jason Kraus, Attorney, Faegre & Benson |
| Scott Mazar |
| Eric Little |
| Luc Mongeon, Medtronic, Inc. |
| William Nettekoven, Director of Engineering, Pursuit Vascular, Inc. |
| Susan Paquette, President, SZP Consulting, LLC |
| Abhi Patangay, Senior Scientist, Boston Scientific |
| Wayne Person, BAE Systems |
| David Rhees, Executive Director, Bakken Museum |
| Monique Robbins |
| Stephen Ruble, Fellow, Therapy Research, Boston Scientific Corporation |
| John Scandurra, Senior Fellow, University of Minnesota Medical Devices Center |
| Christopher Scorzelli, MDC Senior Innovation Fellow, University of Minnesota |
| Brian Scovil, Sr. Vice President R&D, Boston Scientific |
| Steve Sellner |
| Shweta Sharma, Sr. MEMS design Engineer, Goodrich |
| Greg Sherwood, Engineering Fellow in Technology Development, Boston Scientific |
| Joe Smith, Vice President, Emerging Technologies, Johnson & Johnson |
| Pete Swenson, Director, Research & Development, Tennant Co. |
| Alena Talkachova, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota |
| Darrel Untereker, VP-Research & Technology, Medtronic Inc. |
| Karl Vollmers, MDC Innovation Honors Fellow, University of Minnesota |
| Steve Waterman, Professor, DeVry University |
| Robert Worrell, CEO, Worrell Inc. |