2011 MIP Distinguished Judges*

• Jim Avery, San Diego Gas & Electric
• Brent Bowers, Cox Communications
• Barbara Bry, Blackbird Ventures
• Bruce Carothers, AMN Healthcare
• Jon Chesnut, Life Technologies
• Richard Doutre Jones, RDJ Global
• Sandy Ehrlich, Global CONNECT
• Todd Gutschow, Classroom of the Future Foundation
• Paul Hering, Barney & Barney
• Ned Israelsen, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP
• Jeff Jacobs
• Craig Knox, Hughes Marino
• Bill Molloie, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Gail Naughton, Histogen, Inc.
• Rosibel Ochoa, von Liebig Center, UC San Diego
• Cub Parker, CONNECT
• Ravi Rajaratnam, Bridgepoint Education
• Paul Rodeno, Security Business Bank of San Diego
• Jim Schaeffer, Merck
• Dan Schumann, Invetech
• Bill Strauss, ShoeDazzle
• Jim Stroesser, Calispeed LLC
• Robert Sullivan, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

2011 MIP Finalist Selection Committee*

• Cahit Akin, Mushroom Networks
• Dean Angelico, Verance Corporation
• Steve Auerbach, Hewlett-Packard
• Don Becker, ViaSat
• Dominic Behan, Arena Pharmaceuticals
• Jim Berntsen, Finder Technologies.
• Tom Bliss, Kyocera International, Inc.
• Austin Blue, Spectrum Aeronautical
• Michael Brower, Event Network
• Bill Cardoso, Creative Electron
• Kevin Carroll, TechAmerica
• Jeff Chang, AgigA Tech, Inc.
• Jacques Chirazi, City of San Diego
• Stephen Cobb, ESET
• Bryan Cornwall, NuVasive, Inc.
• Charles Curbbun, DD Studio
• Bill Davison, General Atomics
• Valerie Day, Quidel Corporation
• Richard Dixon, SuperAgent
• John Dobak, JAKK Group
• Ricardo dos Santos, Qualcomm
• Mark Drucker, IO Semiconductor, Inc.
• Mark Erlander, bioTheranostics
• Mark Erwin, Erwin Financial
• Steve Espino, Security Business Bank of San Diego
• Liam Ferguson, TransWorld
• Steve Flaim, Tech Coast Angels
• Kevin Flanagan, The People's Movement
• Christian Fogliani, Outsource Manufacturing
• Greg Frost, Halozyme Therapeutics
• Fernanda Gandara, Synthetic Genomics
• Daniel Gibbs, Home Town Farms
• Charles Gompf, Lockheed Martin
• Peter Hamilton, California Center for Sustainable Energy
• Pat Hanson, Barney & Barney
• Mary Haviland, Cymer, Inc.
• Angelina Hendricks
• Steve Hunt, DB Networks
• Todd Johnson, Composites One
• Ron Katznelson, Bi-Level Technologies
• Marianne Kay, Cleatskins
• Brian Kelleher, BIT MedTech
• Lou Kelly, SDADT Cluster
• Stanley Kim, TicketSocket
• Blair Krueger, America Visa Funds
• Jay Kunin, Professional Health Technologies
• Andy Laats, Nixon
• Diane Law, D&K Engineering
• Lisa LeVasseur, DialPlus
• Rob Logan, HumanCentric Performance
• Mark Lovett, Trenton Technology
• Philip Low, NeuroVigil, Inc.
• Tom Lupfer, Clarity Design
• Michael Lurie, Agile Strategy Institute
• Mike Martino
• Shauna McIntyre, Achates Power
• Larry McJannet, ESET
• Kim McNealy, Intuit
• Mehran Mehregany, Case Western Reserve University
• Paul Mirabella, Naviscan, Inc.
• Cyrus Mirsaidi, Molecular Response
• Anton Monk, Entropic Communications
• Rolf Muller, Biomatrica
• Keith Murphy, Organovo, Inc.
• Polly Murphy, Pfizer, Inc.
• Chris Neidre, Seacoast Science, Inc.
• Brian O'Callaghan, Sangart, Inc.
• Anthony Olivier, Mad Cap Software
• Steve Pacelli, Dexcom
• Joe Panetta, BIOCOM
• Madeline Pantalone, GreatCall, Inc.
• Bryan Pate, ElliptiGO
• Petr Peterka, Verimatrix
• Hiep Pham, TipCity
• Shane Poppen, Hughes Marino
• Ken Potashner, Newport Corporation
• Ravi Rajaratnam, Bridgepoint Education
• Mark Schmid, ArtFunction Group of Companies
• Buz Schott, NRG Energy
• Tim Scott, Pharmatek Laboratories, Inc.
• Venkat Shastri, PCN Technology
• David Sheehan, Volcano Corporation
• Jay Short, BioAtla LLC
• Andrew Spector, SAIC
• Avi Spier, Genomic Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
• Jennifer Sporl, Verizon Wireless
• Gina Stack, IriSys, Inc.
• David Stelter, Invetech
• Michael Step, Santarus
• David Strobel, Space Micro, Inc.
• Jim Stroesser, Calispeed LLC
• Steve Tomlin, Avalon Ventures
• Tom Tullie, ecoATM
• John Turanin, Zogenix, Inc.
• Marc van de Graaf, Fortimedix USA, Inc.
• John Vance, SD Sport Innovators
• Jim Waring, CleanTECH San Diego
• Courtland Weisleder, Greener Dawn
• Mike Woiwode, City of Coronado
• Mike Wrape, InterDigital
• Arnold Yoon, Digital-Telepathy

2011 MIP Pre-Screening Committee*

• Owens Alexander, Real Phone Corporation
• Marshall Banker, MDB Global Advisors
• Jai Bhagat, LOF Technologies
• Wolf Bielas, Wolfpack Ventures
• Bryan Bjorndal, Assure Controls
• Dan Brogan, Accordion Consulting
• Walter Buga, InQuvest, Inc.
• John Carder, MOGL
• Kevin Carroll, TechAmerica
• Tim Caulfield, American Internet Services
• Jack DeFranco, Targeson, Inc.
• Ricardo dos Santos, Qualcomm
• Bruce Doyle, Growth Dynamics
• Hunt Eggleston, IAB Ventures
• Michael Ehman, Cutting Edge
• Kevin Flanagan, The People's Movement
• Marc Friedmann, DaggerBoard Advisors
• Randy Gibson, Diamond Head Associates
• Diane Goostree, BioPharma Catalyst Group
• Norbert Haupt, Controltec, Inc.
• Tom Hennings, Foray Technologies
• Marc Hertz, Glycoregimmune, Inc.
• Jamie Hewitt, IntelliSolutions, Inc.
• John Hoeflicht, HD Golf
• Michael Hurst, ChloroFill
• Randy Jones, Mission Technology Group
• Lou Kelly, SDADT Cluster
• Stanley Kim, TicketSocket
• Mike Krupp, Von Liebig Center, UC San Diego
• Jay Kunin, Professional Health Technologies
• Steve Nathan, Parity Computing
• Eileen Naughton Brandt, Histogen, Inc.
• Cole Owen, Owen & Associates
• Joe Panetta, BIOCOM
• Ron Pitt, EcoDog
• Bruce Roberts, Cubic Corporation
• Alex Robertson, Ecosse Business Group
• Gwen Rosenberg, Senomyx
• Joe Saari, Educated Investor
• Jim Scott, CONNECT EIR
• Steve Scott, Technology Acquisition Group
• Coco Tihanyi, Surf Diva
• Izzy Tihanyi, Surf Diva
• Mary Walker, Vi-Cure
• Jim Waring, CleanTECH San Diego
• Kai Wenk-Wolff,Von Liebig Center, UC San Diego
• Lonna Williams, Ridge Diagnostics
• Bob Zaugg, AnCorX Therapeutics
• Neil Zerbe, Aerospace & Defense Industry Partners

*Judges and Reviewers with a business interest in any of the nominated companies are excused from reviewing and voting on said companies.