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Our BOLD Judges

Discover our BOLD jury board! Market leaders, innovators and change-makers around the 4 corners of the globe joined us in the judging process of the boldest projects.

MAURIZIO ROSSI

Chairperson of BOLD Awards, curiosity driven dreamer and always a keen observer, Maurizio father of four likes to discover and understand differences of people's lifestyles and their cultures. He's fascinated how technologies impact our day life and what about their influence in the society and cultures, thanks to his dynamic personality he has developed an important network of international connections.

CHAIRPERSON

EPI LUDVIK

Epi is the Founder & CEO of Crowdsourcing Week. In 2008, he created Ludvik + Partners - one of New York’s hottest boutique virtual ad agencies built on a 100% crowdsourcing model. Epi Ludvik is one of the pioneers in the crowdsourcing ad space, an industry expert and thought leader in entertainment advertising - including public relations, event production, experiential marketing, consumer advertising and digital marketing.

CO-CHAIRPERSON

MOOJAN ASGHARI

Born in Iran and based in Paris, Moojan is a passionate entrepreneur and an advocate for women's rights and is a true believer in entrepreneurs. She has started a few companies and has ran several startup programs in various industries , from Iot to AI and in different places from France, to the US, and Taiwan. She is the co-founder of Women in AI, which is a global non profit organisation for the mission to close the gender gap in AI.

Artificial Intelligence

CHRISTIAN COTICHINI

With over 20 years of experience leading startup and high growth technology companies, Christian Cotichini is an active angel investor and mentor to startup entrepreneurs.In 2013, Christian joined HeroX as co-founder and CEO. He is also a partner in TenX Ventures, focused on angel/seed financing, hands-on entrepreneurship, mentoring, M&A, and anti-consulting to startups and emerging disruptive companies.

Crowdsourcing

JOSE LUIS CORDEIRO

José Luis is a world citizen in our small planet in a big unknown universe. He was born in Latin America, from European parents, was educated in Europe and North America, and has worked extensively in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. He has studied, visited and worked in over 130 countries in 5 continents.

ROBOTICS

MARC KUCHNER

Astrophysicist Marc Kuchner is known for work on images and imaging of disks and exoplanets. Together with Wesley Traub, he invented the band-limited coronagraph, a design to be used on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). He is also known for his novel supercomputer models of planet-disk interactions and for developing the ideas of ocean planets, Carbon planets, and Helium planets. Kuchner currently serves as the principal investigator of the popular citizen science website, DiskDetective.org.

SPACE FRONTIER

LAURA CHITE

Laura has over 20 years of working experience in the IT industry ranging from Human Resource to Public Relations, Events Management to Sales and Marketing. She’s a proven asset, more especially in this era of digital transformation that is now everywhere on the agendas of corporate boards that have risen to the top of CEOs’ strategic plans. . 

FinTech

ADRIAN STAN

Adrian Stan has a background in quantum physics, astrophysics, and nonlinear dynamics and obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics and Natural Sciences from University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He joined Philip Morris International R&D as a Senior Scientist in Systems Toxicology in 2019. Right now he is involved in the transparency and verification aspects of R&D (the intervals.science platform), is responsible for the crowdsourcing activities launched through the sbv IMPROVER platform.

SCIENCE

ANA XAVIER

Ana Xavier has more than 15 years’ experience in venture capital as portfolio manager and in analysing investment opportunities. Prior to joining Portugal Ventures, Ana held the position of financial manager at several SMEs in the textile and clothing sector.  Ana is currently part of Portugal Ventures’ Engineering & Manufacturing Division, and focuses mainly of deal flow generation of investment opportunities infor areas such as agri-tech, clean-tech, smart manufacturing and smart materials. She represents Portugal Ventures on the Board of several portfolio companies.

MARCO SAVINI

Marco Savini (Rome, 1974) is the founder and CEO of BigRock. With a past spent as Military Pilot, Savini is one of the Computer Graphics pioneers in Italy. Many books on Maya Software have his name in the credits and in the earliest 2000 he collaborated with prestigious studios making visual effects for videoclips and advertising. After a short experience for tutoring as Adobe Guru, Savini founded his first school and CG production, Dark Side Academy in Verona, from which he settled in 2005 to raise BigRock: the final expression of his vision about a futuristic school, with a dreaming soul and American mindset.

AR/VR

RICARDO MARVĀO

Co-founder and Board Member of Beta-i, a portuguese non-profit association that since 2010 has focused its energies on fostering and elaborating entrepreneurial ecosystems, increasing innovation and entrepreneurship in Portugal. Lisbon Challenge Coordinator, international startup acceleration program for growth & international stage tech startups. Co-founder & CEO of Evolve Space Solutions (Germany and Portugal) since 2004, developing software products for the Aerospace Industry, with clients like ESA, Thales, Astrium, Inmarsat, Eumetsat, Airbus, Embraer (acquired by Novabase (NBA) in 2011, Euronext company since 2000, Portugal's Nr.1 IT company specialized in the Telecommunications sector, with over 2000 employees, offices in Portugal, Spain, Germany, the Middle East, Mozambique Angola, South Africa and Ghana).

OPEN INNOVATION

ROB ISRACH

As CMO for Tipalti, Rob Israch brings over 15 years of expertise to the company, and a modern approach to running marketing, with a heavy orientation around data analytics, technology, and content marketing. Prior to Tipalti, Rob served as VP Global Marketing Programs at NetSuite where he led global branding, international marketing, and demand generation, helping guide the company through 10X+ revenue growth, from a private company through IPO to cloud market leader. Rob also has held management positions at Intuit and GE.

MArketplaces

MELISSA CHAN

Melissa Chan is the APAC Managing Director of McCann Worldgroup’s Production division – CRAFT WorldwideEquipped with over 15 years of industry experience, Melissa has spent the last 10 years in Production-led agencies in the region. She has worked with leading brands to introduce new ways of work, develop effective campaigns and deliver efficient content. Her experience over a diverse portfolio of clients enables her to share hands-on knowledge and solutions from different sectors and channels. Melissa is a Marketing & Management Graduate and Mass Communications Diploma Holder

ADVERTISING

Our BOLD Judges

Discover our BOLD jury board! Market leaders, innovators and change-makers around the 4 corners of the globe joined us in the judging process of the boldest projects.

Maurizio Rossi

Chairperson of BOLD Awards, curiosity driven dreamer and always a keen observer, Maurizio father of four likes to discover and understand differences of people's lifestyles and their cultures. He's fascinated how technologies impact our day life and what about their influence in the society and cultures, thanks to his dynamic personality he has developed an important network of international connections.

CHAIRPERSON

José Luis Cordeiro

José Luis is a world citizen in our small planet in a big unknown universe. He was born in Latin America, from European parents, was educated in Europe and North America, and has worked extensively in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. He has studied, visited and worked in over 130 countries in 5 continents.

robotics

JULIAN GUTHRIE

Julian is a best-selling author, keynote speaker and journalist. She won numerous awards, including the Best of the West Award. Her articles have also been published by The Wall Street Journal, Time, Salon.com, Forbes, and The Huffington Post. Julian Guthrie’s 2017 NYT best-seller, How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight.

SPACE FRONTIER

EPI LUDVIK NEKAJ

Epi is the Founder & CEO of Crowdsourcing Week. In 2008, he created Ludvik + Partners - one of New York’s hottest boutique virtual ad agencies built on a 100% crowdsourcing model. Epi Ludvik is one of the pioneers in the crowdsourcing ad space, an industry expert and thought leader in entertainment advertising - including public relations, event production, experiential marketing, consumer advertising and digital marketing.

CROWDSOURCED PLATFORM

JULIA HOENG

Julia is Director of Systems Toxicology at Philip Morris International Research & Development where she leads the Systems Toxicology Biology Program. She holds several patents and has published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, book chapters and invited strategic reviews in the field of Systems Toxicology, Inhalation Toxicology, Crowd Sourcing, Molecular, and Computational Biology.

SCIENTIFIC PROJECT

KARIN MAYER RUBINSTEIN

Karin is the CEO & President of IATI, Israel’s Umbrella Organization of the High-tech, Life Science and other advanced technology industries. She is a member of the board of Governance of Tel Aviv University, a Director in the Israel- America Chamber of Commerce, a Council for the Advancement of Women in Science and Technology of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and more. Karin is a keynote speaker at many leading global conferences. She regularly sits as a jury member in leading technology competitions and awards worldwide.

BLOCKCHAIN

SABIH KHAN

Sabih is the Vice President of Innovation at Sourceability and has over 12 years’ experience in the technology industry. His experience comprises many roles that range from sales to product development. He joins Sourceability as the Vice President of Innovation and Technology, in an effort to change the industry from the ground up. Often characterized as “one who never sleeps”, Sabih can usually be found involved in some sort of a project, whether personal or corporate. His interests include tech, gaming, sports, and of course dining! His inspiration is drawn from his two beautiful daughters, who always manage to keep him on his toes.

innovator

RANJITA GHOSH

Ranjita Ghosh heads global marketing and positioning strategy for the Innovation and Transformation ecosystems at Wipro Limited. As a marketing advisor to the company’s CXOs, she plays a key role in Wipro’s new-age business that includes the company’s digital transformation agenda and new paradigms of service delivery. Ranjita actively engages with the different tech, business and partner ecosystems of the world and meets with influencers, innovators, entrepreneurs and industry leaders. She leverages these conversations and forums to amplify the Wipro brand through a unique story telling approach, demonstrate thought leadership on innovative ways in which marketing can influence business acceleration, and exchange ideas on techniques to build a differentiated ‘marketing-first’ organization.

CROWDSOURCED MARKETING & ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

VOLKER HIRSCH

Volker is a Partner at Amadeus Capital, one of the leading European deep-tech VCs, where he looks after their Early-Stage Funds with a focus on AI, Human-Machine Interfaces and Industry 4.0. He previously invested as an angel investor and has a portfolio of a dozen technology companies, including Pi-Top, Bibblio and Wonde.He is an entrepreneur who founded/co-founded a total of 7 companies so far. He is a co-founder of Blue Beck, a 50-strong mobile development firm with 400+ person-years mobile software development experience.Volker also acted as a Venture Partner at Emerge Education, Europe’s leading EdTech accelerator, and is the Chairman of Bibblio. He has extensive board experience in EdTech, AI, IoT, Travel, Advertising and Gaming and is a co-founder of Tech North Advocates, a non-profit initiative seeking to aid the evolving tech ecosystems in the North of England. Volker is also a frequent keynote speaker at technology conferences and corporate events around the world.

AI

EDDY TRAVIA

Eddy is a pioneer investor in blockchain technology startups and the CEO of Coinsilium, a London-quoted venture builder, accelerator and investor in early-stage blockchain technology companies. In July 2013, following 9 years as a private equity fund manager in Greater China, Eddy co-founded Seedcoin, the world’s first global incubator of digital currency startups and, in May 2014, was named among the ‘Top 3 Most Influential Investors’ at the Blockchain Awards alongwith Marc Andreessen and Roger Ver. Coinsilium was the first blockchain company to join a stock exchange via an IPO in 2015 (NEX:COIN). Eddy has led early-stage investments in 20 blockchain companies around the world including Factom, RSK, Blox and Indorse and has advised more than 20 ICOs (i.e. Fantom, GBX, ICON, Dether..). Eddy also regulary delivers keynote speeches on blockchain and advises corporates and regulators.

ICO / Cryptocurrency

CHRISTIAN COTICHINI

With over 20 years of experience leading startup and high growth technology companies, Christian Cotichini is an active angel investor and mentor to startup entrepreneurs.In 2013, Christian joined HeroX as co-founder and CEO. He is also a partner in TenX Ventures, focused on angel/seed financing, hands-on entrepreneurship, mentoring, M&A, and anti-consulting to startups and emerging disruptive companies.

CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN

DREN LUCI

Dren is an Architect, entrepreneur, and an avid traveller. With over 17 years of building and development experience in Boston, he eats, sleeps and breathes real estate. Dren is one of the cofounders of GoGoPlaces, where he merges his passion for travel and experiencing new places, with his near obsession for streamlining and maximizing the use of all built environments. With a whole gamut of ventures under his belt (ranging from owning an auto dealership, restaurants and a factory, to international trade and investing) it has given him a pleasure of having had interaction with people from literally every walk of life, and opened his eyes to almost a limitless points of view. When he is not looking for opportunities under figurative rocks, you will find him gunkholing through the Mediterranean on his sailboat, named after a Sinatra song “Forget Domani”... for tomorrow never comes...

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