Hackathon Judges & Mentors

Max Wegner, Hackathon Jury Member; Head of Regulatory Affairs at Bayer AG

After studying pharmacy at the University of Bonn, Max Wegner commenced his PhD in pharmacology at Bayer and started in

Laura Nelde, Hackathon Jury Member; Startup Relationship Manager at Flying Health

Laura is responsible for the Startup Relationship Management at Flying Health, scouting startups for the Flying Health partner network. Since

Maren Lesche, Hackathon Jury Member, Head of Incubation at Vision Health Pioneers

Maren Lesche is an ecosystem builder and startup expert in the fields of Digital Health, IoT and AI. She is

Kirill Satanovsky, Hackathon Jury Member; Co-founder at HackingEDU

Kirill is an entrepreneur and seasoned events professional. He is the co-founder of HackingEDU, the World’s Largest Education Hackathon (featured

Lina Nikolopoulou, Hackathon Jury Member; Managing Director at eHealth Forum

I am an entrepreneur. I am a strong advocate of innovation and digital transformation of health. I believe in the

Norman Hiob, Hackathon Jury Member, Strategy & Startup Consultant at Norman Hiob

Norman is a consultant who helped 15+ startups and Fortune 500 companies to create purpose-driven ventures and forward-thinking strategies leveraging

Alistair Nolan, Hackathon Jury Member; Administrator at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Alistair Nolan has worked with the OECD since July 1997. He currently works in the Directorate for Science, Technology and

Christian Müller, Teamleader Data Generation at BAYER Vital GmbH

Christian is a consultant pharmacist for medical information. In 2014 he took over the responsibility of Non-Interventional Studies Team and

Dirk Miethe, Solution Architect (ML/AI) SAP at SAP

Innovation-driven Business Architect with a focus on AI/ML Platforms

Rodolfo Gallucci, UX/UI Designer at ANCHOVY

Enthusiastic, creative, and highly motivated UX Designer with an artistic point of view. My philosophy? “Less is more”

Johannes Starlinger, Interdisciplinary Digital Health Consultant at starlinger⁺ digital health architects

Dr.-Ing. Dr.med.univ Johannes Starlinger is a digital health consultant and software developer with a strong focus on data and information

Alina Kukarina, Entrepreneur at Digital Purpose Consulting

Technical product developer focusing on solutions to facilitate sustainable development, especially in the field of life science and digital products

Sanjana Basu, Investor at Radical Ventures

Sanjana Basu is an Investment Associate with Radical Ventures. Radical Ventures is a $350 Million Series A fund investing in

Gözde Bal, Senior Product Manager at Milestone Systems

Gözde has a diverse background in a number of different disciplines which she gained in previous roles as software developer

Leo Magazzu, COO at SafePls

Leo is a business designer, his portfolio includes SafePls, TravelBuddyGo and projects presented to many Hackathons. In his experience he

Camillo Pachmann, CEO at MLReef

Camillo Pachmann is founder and managing director of MLReef. He has around 10 years of experience in building companies from

Erika Torres, Machine Learning Engineer at MLReef

I am a Machine Learning Engineer with more than 8 years of experience. I prefer python but also use java.

Sweeha Panwar, Senior Associate, Corporate Partnerships at The/Nudge Foundation

A techie turned social activist with love for design and data analytics. “I can be an in house expert on

Sabine Petzsch, Senior Project & Content Manager at Openers

Multilingual generalist interested in the intersections of tech, politics and culture. Project manager looking at the big picture without loosing

Annesha Kar Gupta, Advocate, Ambassador, Professor at University of London (Student)

1) Global Goodwill Ambassador for UK; 2) Peace Ambassador; 3) UNA LASER Officer for London & South-East Region; 4) Rotarian;

Alex Baker, CEO at Retail Tech X

Founder and CEO of Retail Tech X. A value driven tech start-up with the mission of impacting peoples retail experiences

S. Elif Kocaoglu Ulbrich, Founder at Contextual Solutions

Sebnem Elif Kocaoglu Ulbrich, LL.M., MLB is the founder of Berlin-based strategy consultancy Contextual Solutions, specialized in FinTech and LegalTech,

Harini Suresh, Technical Solutions Engineer at Arista Networks

Josep Itopa, Lead ML Engineer at Renewable Africa 365

Ignatz Schatz, Innovation Coach at Freelance

Marina Markežič, Consultant at Unlawcked