2014 Judges

Visiting Assistant Professor of Computing Innovation

Dr. Millner received his Ph.D. from MIT, where he currently holds an appointment as a Visiting Scientist at the MIT Media Lab with the Lifelong Kindergarten Research Group - the creators of Scratch Programming.

He is also the director of the EASE Lab, which investigates Empowerment through Art, Science, and Engineering.

Speaker, Author and Mentor, Director's Fellow at MIT Media Lab

Shaka has shared his story of redemption with youth and young adults at high schools, universities and conferences across the nation.

Take a look at Shaka on the TED stage.

Assistant Professor in School of Computing at Clemson University, Director of MorphLab

Dr. Daily received her masters and doctorate from the MIT Media Lab. Her doctoral work with the Affective Computing Group involved designing and implementing technology-infused learning environments that provide youth an opportunity to learn about themselves, others, and to gain insight into interpersonal dynamics.

SHAUNDRA BYRANT DAILY

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MARIO BANKS

PATRICK MARTIN

KENNETH MORO

AMON MILLNER

SHAKA SENGHOR

Senior Flash Developer at High 5 Games

Ken is a programmer and Designer for real-time applications. A specialization in video games. Ken has worked on 3 major Facebook Game projects in the Greater New York Area.

In this short video, Ken tells us about programming as a career choice and what he'll be looking for a Start From Scratch judge.

Software Engineer at Orbotix

Patrick is a professional mobile game developer. Currently creating interactive experiences around Sphero by Orbotix.

In this short video, Patrick tells us the route to his programming career and helpful tips for the initiative.

Mobile Game Enigneer-World Golf Tour

Mario served as a game engineer at IGT in the San Francisco Bay Area and as an Enforcer at Microsoft.

In this short video, Mario offers insight into why he chose programming as a career and then gives some great advice to be successful in Start From Scratch.

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HEATHER DEVINE-HARDY

CAGDAS TULEK

Cagdas is a software engineer at Udemy.com living in Bay Area. He is interested in to projects that help people to grow themselves.

Senior Computer Scientist at Adobe Acrobat

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