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Every year InventOR student teams develop a vast array of inventions solving problems that affect our community, environment, and people's lives. It is challenging to find a group of judges with expertise on product design and business development.

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For that reason, we rely on a core group of judges with the innovation and entrepreneurship experience needed to evaluate each concept; they will score each team using the InventOR judging rubric to help determine the winning InventOR teams.

MEET
THE JUDGES

Marcelino Alvarez

CEO

Uncorked Studios

Lori Heino-Royer

Director Business Innovation

Daimler Trucks North America

Marceau Michel

Analyst

Rogue Venture Partners

Brie Bridegum

Attorney

Stoel Rives

Kate Delhagen

Founder & President

Oregon Sports Angels

Stephen Green

Director of Operations

Pensole Academy

Laura Stepp

VP of People & Workplace

Jama Software

Jeff Brown

General Manager

Sage Restaurant Group

Kirby Dyess

Principal

Austin Capital Management

Lizz Hampton

CEO

GOODNUSS

Shashi Jain

Innovation Manager

Intel

Himalaya

Rao-Potlapally

Fund Manager

Willamette University

Angel Network

Erik Palmer

DMC Chair

Southern Oregon University

Amy Pearl

Director 

Community Development

Speedpay

Mitch Daugherty

Co-Founder

Built Oregon

Leo Ochoa

CEO

Dorsum Tech

Stacy Shaw

Director of Product Marketing

Oregon Lottery

Jim Huston

Co-Managing Director

Portland Seed Fund

Mark Brady

Innovation Strategist

Business Oregon

Tim Anderson

Principal Corporate Strategy

Jama Software

Clay Moore

VP Customer Success

Jama Software

Heidi Khokhar

Executive Director

Rural Development Initiatives

Erik Martin

Lead Entrepreneur

Nike Valiant Labs

Peter Horan

Co-Founder

Horan MediaTech Advisors

INVENTOR STATE FINALS

VIKING PAVILLION | PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

JUNE 28, 2019

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