Jurors

To enable a democratic, reflective and transparent process in the selection of WSA winners, WSA office assigns independent Jury members for each jury process. Considering factors of balance in gender, origin and professional background, the WSA jury panels select the winners in a 2 step evaluation process.

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If you would like to be part of the selection process for the WSA winners, WSA would love to hear from you!

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Meet last years Jurors

Dritan Mezini

Senior consultant and Managing Director

DM Consulting Services


Albania

Rachel Downie

Founder and Director

Styme


Australia

Sachi Wickramage

Co-Founder and CEO

i4T Global


Australia

Christian Bauer

Manager

Bauer & Associates


Austria

Taghrid Elashkr

Scrum Master

SimCorp


Austria

Dudu Gencel

Startup Services

Vienna Business Agency


Austria

Mathias Haas

Founder and CEO

SuperSocial


Austria

Christoph Höbart

Interface- and Communication Designer | Entrepreneur


Austria

Kambis Kohansal-Vajargah

Head of Startup-Services

Austrian Federal Economic Chamber


Austria

Kristina Maurer

Expert of Digital Humanism

Vienna Business Agency


Austria

Brigitte Pfisterer

Program Manager

INiTS


Austria

Andrea Rauscher

Strategy

Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)


Austria

Matthias Weichhart

Social Impact Expert

FFG


Austria

Jens Wirsching

Senior Advisor

Business Angel


Austria

Georg Woschnagg

Co-Founder

goood network


Austria

Ulduza Khalilova

Chief Executive Officer

“Digital Umbrella” LLC


Azerbaijan

Ahmed Al Hujairy

General Secretary

Bahrain Technology Companies Society (BTECH)


Bahrain

Nawaf M. Abdulrahman

Head of Information Technology

Mohammed bin Khalifa Cardiac Center


Bahrain

Ubaydli Ubaydli

Chairman

Bahrain Technology Companies Society & Arab ICT Union


Bahrain

Rahat Hossain

Program Manager

AYAT


Bangladesh

Abdelaziz Lawani

Assistant Professor

Tennessee State University


Benin

Agang K. Diltlhogo

Co-Founder

The Clicking Generation


Botswana

Babak Fakhamzadeh

IT consultant, designer, developer

B's projects


Brazil

Tore Haugland

CEO

Ouvi


Brazil

Claudinei Martins

Innovation Technology Researcher and Project Coordinator

CPQD


Brazil

Cid Torquato

CEO

ICOM Libras


Brazil

Gica Trierweiler

Co-founder

Instituto Beaba


Brazil

Chris Georgiev

Co-founder & Head of Business Development

Imagga


Bulgaria

George Sharkov

Managing Director

ESI Center Eastern Europe


Bulgaria

David Shelters

Entrepreneur-In-Residence

Mekong Strategic Partners


Cambodia

Eileen Knowles

Sustainability Consultant

Columbia University in the City of New York


Canada

Denby Elizabeth Royal

Branding & Partnerships Lead

Arbor


Canada

Suzanne Stein

Lab Director

DMRII’s Super Ordinary


Canada

Carolina Rossi

ESNA Head of Network & Strategic Initiatives I SXSW Advisory Board Member | WSA Advisory Board Member I IE Business School Professor I SOSV Fellow

Europe Startup Nations Alliance


Chile

María José Urrutia Rivas

Co-Founder

Këtrawa


Chile

Yvonne Wong

GBA Strategic Partner

Shenzhen Hexcubes Group


China

Ana Brigovic

Business Development Manager

ACT Group


Croatia

Panayiotis Andreou

Assistant Professor in Computing

School of Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus


Cyprus

Irene Polycarpou

Professor of Technology and Innovation in Education, Head of the School of Sciences

University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus


Cyprus

Adam Montandon

WSA Online Jury 2023

Curator & license holder TEDxOdense


Denmark

Malisa Richards

Web Services Manager

BrainStreet Group Inc.


Dominica

Arturo López Valerio

Director

Cámara Dominicana de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación


Dominican Republic

SAMAR EL SHEIKH

Partners Development Unit Manager

ITIDA


Egypt

AHMED M. EL-SOBKY

Vice CEO

Information Technology Industry Development Agency “ITIDA”


Egypt

Amr Sobhy

CEO

PushBots, Inc.


Egypt

Liisi Org

CEO

Latitude59


Estonia

Alem Abreha

CEO

GoodayOn


Ethiopia

Dagmawi Lemma

Head of the Computer Science Department

Addis Ababa University


Ethiopia

Ilkka Kurkela

Director

Laurea University of Applied Sciences


Finland

Olga Kokshagina

Co-founder

Ninti I EDHEC I CNNUM


France

Poncelet Ileleji

President

Information Technology Association of the Gambia


Gambia

Ketevan Ebanoidze

Co-founder and Co-CEO

Impact Hub Tbilisi


Georgia

Dorothy Gordon

Consultant

ICT4Development


Ghana

Josué Reyes Mejía

Consultor en Innovación, Transformación Digital y Desarrollo de Ecosistemas de Emprendimiento

Impact Hub Tegucigalpa


Honduras

Balazs Horváth

Digital Strategist & Community Builder

Tech In The City


Hungary

MADANMOHAN RAO

SPECIAL AMBASSADOR FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT | Chief Researcher

Mobile Monday


India

Madanmohan Rao

SPECIAL AMBASSADOR FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT | Chief Researcher

Mobile Monday


India

Ehssan Riazi Esfehani

IT Consultant

Hamsafar eSolutions


Iran

Ali Hilli

The Youth & Entrepreneurship Consultant, Acting Head of CER Unit

Zain Iraq


Iraq

Savo Rasoul

Managing Director of Iraq | Ecosystem Growth

Five One Labs


Iraq

Martin Casey

Managing Director

Arekibo Communications


Ireland

Monica Nthiga

Regional Director - East Africa

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team


Kenya

Michael Madara Ogot

Board Member

UbuntuNet Alliance


Kenya

Thanongsack Souksavat

CEO & Co-founder

Lao IT Development


Lao Peoples Democratic Republic

LISA MAHAJAN

Sustainability Manager I Academic I International Project Manager


Latvia

Hussein Ayoub

Director, Middle East & Africa

EDT & Partners


Lebanon

MAHA ZOUWAYHED

Associate Director, Talal and Madiha Zein AUB Innovation Park (Zein AUB iPark)

American University of Beirut


Lebanon

Ieva Žilionienė

Consulting Business Lead

NRD Companies


Lithuania

Isabel Holguera-Vera

Startup Advisor

Luxinnovation


Luxembourg

Vincent Kumwenda

Partner

BUMAS International


Malawi

Zikry Kholil

Chief Inciter

The Incitement


Malaysia

Kenneth Bone

Managing Director

Seasus


Malta

Rudy Laddaga Lopez

Chief Content Officer

Citizens Company


Mexico

Elma Hot Dervic

Postdoctoral Researcher MedUni Wien | CSH and ASCII | PhD, Data Science, Complexity Science

Complexity Science Hub Vienna


Montenegro

TATIANA ALVES PEREIRA

President

Mozdevz


Mozambique

Santosh Aryal

Project Manager

Nagarik App


Nepal

Jak Boumas

Managing Director

Electronic Media Reporting


Netherlands

Mujibor De Graaf

CEO

Fellow Digitals


Netherlands

Herman van Oorschot

Media enterpreneur

Fullmoon Interactive Solutions


Netherlands

Mahsa McCauley

Director

Auckland University of Technology & She Sharp


New Zealand

Charles Immanuel Akhimien

Doctor & Entrepreneur


Nigeria

Emmanuel Amos

Chief Software Architect / Ceo - Founder

mNCS, FIIM, Programos Software Group


Nigeria

Yemi Keri

Founder

Heckerbella


Nigeria

Natasha Lazarovska-Trajcheski

Co-founder and Executive Board Member

Startup Macedonia


North Macedonia

Marta A. Tomovska

Advisor to the Prime Minister of Serbia

Office of the Prime Minister


North Macedonia

THURAYA ALHARTHI

Acting Director

Information Technology Authority (ITA)


Oman

Jehan Ara

Founder & CEO

Katalyst Labs


Pakistan

Sana Nauman Chaudhry

Architect l Co-Founder BreatheIO

BreatheIO


Pakistan

Arletty Pinel

Silver economy evangelist, social entrepreneur & angel investor. WBAF International Partner, Aging2.0 Ambassador.


Panama

Vanessa Cañete

Managing Director at Willdom Paraguay | Bootcamp Product Manager at Programando Paraguay | Co-founder at Girls Code | GCL 2023

Willdom Paraguay


Paraguay

Katarzyna Klimek

COO

Fundacja MOST


Poland

Magdalena Kubów

PHD I Management

SWPS University


Poland

Sandra Fazenda Almeida

Executive Director

APDC – Digital Business Community


Portugal

Valon Nushi

Youth Innovation Specialist

UNICEF Sierra Leone Country Office


Portugal

Clara Tripodi

Social Franchising Project Manager

SPEAK Share your World


Portugal

Cristina Birsan

External Relations Officer

WHO Botswana


Romania

Christelle Scharff

Founder

MobileSenegal Hub


Senegal

Damjan Damjanović

Co Founder

Health Tech LAB


Serbia

Goran Pastrovic

Senior Program Manager

Equilibrium Int


Serbia

Abdulai Kemoh Conteh

CEO

Sensi


Sierra Leone

GEORGIE MIDGLEY

CEO

M4Jam


South Africa

Angela McCann

Founder

Black Square White


South Africa

Andreu Vea

Founder and Director

WiWiW.org (Who is Who in the Internet World)


Spain

Peumi Rodrigo

Vice President - Marketing & Corporate Communications

Wavenet


Sri Lanka

Fadwa Murad

Director, ICT Incubator

Syrian Computer Society, Syria


Syrian Arab Republic

Gloria Mangi

Founder and President

African Queens Project


Tanzania

Gia Gaspard Taylor

President

Network of Rural Women Producers Trinidad and Tobago (NRWPTT)


Trinidad and Tobago

Peace Oliver Amuge

Africa Regional Strategy Lead at the Association for Progressive Communications

APC - Association for Progressive Communications


Uganda

Irene Kaggwa-Sewankambo

Head, Research & Coordinator, Office of the Executive Director

Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)


Uganda

Carlos Abler

Consultant


United States of America

Tori Samples

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

Leaf Global Fintech


United States of America

Jon Mark Walls

Consultant

United Nations


United States of America

Laura Di Giovanni

Head of Cooperation Unit

National Research and Innovation Agency of Uruguay (ANII)


Uruguay

MATHEW TEMAR

Chief Technical Officer for IT Assist

Vanuatu Government


Vanuatu

Amir Richani

Consultant

Freelancer


Venezuela

Taonga Grace Banda

Founder

InnoGen


Zambia