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2007 Finalist Judges:
  • Trever Acers, Director, The Oxford Investment Group
  • M. LaRae Bakerink, Chief Executive Officer, WBB Securities, LLC
  • Luanne Bas, Senior Vice President & Regional Director, Union Bank of California
  • Barbara Bry, Chief Operating Officer, Blackbird Ventures, Inc.
  • Carolyn Chase, CEO, San Diego EarthWorks
  • Ryan Clive-Smith, CFP, Citigroup SmithBarney
  • Clinton Cooper, Northwestern Mutual Financial Group
  • Alan Creutz, Executive Partner, Milestone Strategies
  • Michael Cunningham, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, San Diego State University
  • Martha Dennis, Principal, Gordian Knot
  • Brian Dovey, Partner, Domain Associates LLC
  • Ricardo dos Santos, Director of Business Development, QUALCOMM, Inc.
  • Mike Elconin, VP, Technology Deal Flow, Tech Coast Angels
  • Anne Fege, Ph.D., Botany Research Associate, San Diego Natural History Museum
  • Jack Florio, VP, Communications, Tech Coast Angels
  • Steve Hamerslag, Managing Partner, Titan Investment Partners LLC
  • William Holmes, CEO, ddn Corp.
  • Dick Hunter, CEO, Hunter Industries
  • Brig Kline, Financial Services Representative, New England Financial
  • Jay Kunin, Vice President, BioMedTrak, Tech Coast Angels
  • T. Michael Lengyel, Business Finance Officer, City of San Diego, Community & Economic Development
  • Michael Lutz, Tech Coast Angels
  • John Macfie, Leading Ventures
  • Chris Martino, President, Project X Media
  • Ralph Mayer, Vice President & Secretary, Tech Coast Angels
  • Steve Nelson, Principal, Midwest General
  • Tim Orlando, President, CMC Worldwide
  • Ryan Perry, General Manager, Westfield Plaza Bonita
  • Murali Prahalad, Ph.D., Director of Corporate Development, Invitrogen
  • John Rehfeld, CEO, Deerfield Group
  • Dave Ryan, Managing Partner, Mission Ventures
  • Neil Senturia, CEO, Blackbird Ventures, Inc.
  • Lewis Silverberg, Owner, Silverberg Consulting
  • Steven J. Smith, Senior Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer, Security Business Bank
  • Stuart Sorenson, Attorney at Law, Duane Morris, LLP
  • Don Starkey, Senior Vice President, Comerica Bank
  • Gary Sutton, Six Month Fix
  • Dave Walters, Senior Vice President, 1st Pacific Bank of California
  • Harry L. White, Principal, Plus Innovations
  • Sashi Whitman, Senior Marketing Analyst, Kyocera Wireless Corp.
  • Douglas Wilson, Douglas Wilson Companies
  • Vern Yates, Past Chairman, Tech Coast Angels