Judges and Coaches

Interested in being a coach?

Are you an industry veteran who enjoys seeing new products come to fruition? Are you interested in helping young entrepreneurs along in their journey?

The Beall Butterworth Competition is grateful to the many members of the community who selflessly dedicate hours to the students and their product innovation dreams. Our professional volunteers dedicate their time in two possible ways – as coaches and judges. Below are the highlights of the time commitment and role that these vital volunteers play.

1. Coaches

Coaches are introduced to student teams in an ad hoc environment. In each of the three formal coaching sessions, there is a theme that is introduced (e.g. communicating your product), and the coaches are given 15-20 minutes across 3-4 teams to engage in ad hoc coaching. Teams are rotated so that they get a variety of insights from different professionals.

Qualification: Coaches are screened for qualifications. A diverse set of backgrounds and skills are appreciated, but product development and startup experience are welcomed.

Commitment: Attend 3 coaching sessions for ad hoc coaching. Total time commitment is estimated at 5-7 hours. Coaches are encouraged to attend the showcase and awards but are not required to do so.

Teams are not assigned, and coaches are not obligated to work with a particular team outside of the coaching sessions. Many will choose to do so.

If that sounds like you, click on the link below to Sign Up to be a coach!

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Meet the Judges

Beall Student Design Competition in Engineering

Brian Delahaut: Vice President & General Manager, MK Diamond Products, Inc.
Angela Gribble: President, Small Seeds, Inc. (EMBA ’99, School of Business, UCI)
Jeff Kunzelman: CTO, Arcules (BS ’82, Computer Science, UCR)
Mark Logomasini: President & CEO, Bioject, Inc. (EMBA ’99, Business)
Alexander McDonald: Sr. Program Manager, Tesla (MS ’18, Mechanical Engineering, UCI)
Mike Luko: Cyber Security Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric (MBA ’10, BS, USC)
Jon Gribble: VP, Business and Engineering Consulting, Small Seeds Inc. (MBA, Mechanical Engineering, UCI)
Mark Raymond: President, Luminsys, Inc. (MBA ’01, Computer Science, UCI)
Mike Ivey: President, MiMedia Productions (BS ’90 Communications, CSULB)
Steven Peng: Industrial Design Consultant (MFA Industrial Design ’03, Product Design, Stanford)
Alexis Ross-Smith: Group Vice President Enterprise, Splunk (BA Social Science ’92, UCI)
Tim Barat: CEO, Gridware (MS Electrical Engineering ’20, BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ’19)
Rick Smith: Sr. Sales Manager, SAS Healthcare – Kaiser Permanente (Project Management ’98, Computer Science ’92)

Butterworth Product Development Competition in ICS

Tony Crisp: Chief Executive Officer & Brand Strategist, CRISPx (BS ’92, School of Biological Sciences, UCI)
Brian Dao: Managing Partner, V1 Ventures (BS ’03, School of Information and Computer Sciences)
Patrick Jacolenne: Chief Data Officer, Data Strategist
Dan Jenkins: Co-Founder & CMO, Smart Health Clubs
Zack Ji: Cloud Director, Oracle (BS ’07 School of Information and Computer Sciences)
Roger Lloyd: Managing Director, Pericia Solutions, and CEO & CoFounder Grupo Cognitiva
Jason Odden: IT Evangelist, Splunk
Neil Sahota: IBM Master Inventor (BS ’00, School of Information and Computer Sciences, MBA ’03)
Arie Shen: Founder, Madas (BSc ’88, Math Information and Computer Science, UCI, MBA ’93)
Maor Aknin: Founder & CEO, Cyber Way Information Security ltd. (BS ’14 Computer Science)
Jojo Seva: CIO, Mission Federal Credit Union (Data Science, ’21, Blockchain Technology ’19, MBA ’12)
Kevin Kinsey: VP of Global Distribution Partnerships, ActiveVideo & Founder of Netreo