Ideas 2 Action Award Contest
Christie Coplen
Versicor
Christie is the President of Versicor, the go to company for your controls, electronics and software development needs and also a finalist for the Red Herring North American Top 100 Companies. Christie brings creative, entrepreneurial problem solving and product development to Versicor utilizing her fifteen years of leadership experience in the automotive, clean- tech, and medical industries. She has a passion for helping launch successful products that makes a difference in the world.
Tom Sawarynski
Versicor
Tom is a co-founder of Versicor and Versicor’s CTO with a career spanning 13 years of diverse product development and manufacturing experience ranging from hardened military vehicles and high-horse power super cars to consumer medical electronics. An engineering leader driven by organizational and product excellence, Tom is constantly eager to tackle any task from the highest level to the smallest detail.
Eric Henry
Medtronic
Eric is the Director of Quality Systems at Medtronic, the world’s largest medical technology company, offering an unprecedented breadth and depth of innovative products and therapies. Eric has formerly held managerial positions within quality systems, software design, and enterprise systems at GE Healthcare, Boston Scientific, and Hologic. Eric brings a thorough understanding of industry best practices for software development and development in regulated industries.
Deanna Scott
RMI
Deanna is the Executive Director of the Northern Colorado BioScience Cluster at Rocky Mountain Innosphere , a technology incubator formed to accelerate the development and success of high impact scientific and technology start-up companies, based in Fort Collins, CO. Deanna is also the Director of the Regulatory Affairs Interdisciplinary Program in the School of Biomedical Engineering at Colorado State University. Deanna works to establish strategic partnerships with regional bioscience industries, professional societies, and economic development organizations while providing oversight for bioscience companies in regulatory affairs, quality and clinical trial management.
John Chapuseaux
Woodward
John is a Director of Global Key Accounts in the Engine Systems Business Group at Woodward Inc., which provides energy control and optimization solutions for the aerospace and energy markets by integrating leading edge technologies into fuel, combustion, fluid, actuation and electronic control systems. Previously, John worked as the Director of Sales in the Heavy Duty Diesel Business at Mitsubishi Electric. John provides great insight for fuel efficient, low emission, and high performance energy management.