Judges

The Panel of Judges at the Midwest Regional Competition evaluates the teams and presents FIRST Awards for design, technology, sportsmanship, gracious professionalism, commitment to FIRST, etc.  Thank you to our wonderful Judges.

Judge Advisor

Gary Scalzitti

Adjunct Professor, Elmhurst College

Retired, Grainger

Judges

Kristin Brown

Director, Lake County Site Operations, Abbott

Cynette Cavaliere

Senior Environmental Sustainability Engineer, General Motors

Sherita Ceasar

SVP, Technology, Environments & Strategy, Comcast

Miles Fostar

Senior Director, Engineering, Kerry Group

Mark Gaines

Retired Partner, RSM US LLP

Julie Garnache

Jeff Holmgren

President, Otter Creek Environmental Services, LLC

Janet Holmgren

Senior Product Safety Associate, BP Corporation North America, Inc

Steve Kosanovich

Chief Engineer, Leidos, Inc.

Bruce Mahrenholz

Director, Conformity Assessment Programs, UL LLC

Louis McHugh

Director, Information Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, School of Applied Technology

Paul Mitchell

Sanitation Systems Specialist, Kerry Group

Jim Nicholas

Counselor/Therapist, Midwest Counseling and Diagnostics, Chicago

Mike Sansone

Software Engineer, LGS Innovations

Dottie Skierkiewicz

Happily Retired

Matthew Spenko

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology

Clare Tang

Professor Computer Science, Governors State University

Mark Tomlison

Retired CEO, Society of Manufacturing Engineeering

Wayne Vilchuck

Plant Quality Engineer, Hydac Hyraulics

Danny Vujovic

VP Engineering, Dubak Electrical

Alex Waterman

Engineering Manager, Cloud Packaging Solutions

Steve Waterman

Senior Professor, DeVry University (retired)

JUDGE ASSISTANT

Mateus de Camargo Jonas