Praveen Gupta - founder and President of Accelper Consulting, Praveen is the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Innovation Science, and writes a monthly column Manufacturing Excellence in the Quality magazine. Praveen has authored several books on the topic of innovation and Six Sigma and recently launched a full continuing education curriculum at IIT.

Alexis Driscoll - founder of Output and MIT Alum is a lecturer on Innovation and Risk at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Alexis consults with organizations large and small on applied creativity for product development.

Waverly Deutsch - Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Deutsch is also a full-time coach for the annual New Venture Challenge business plan competition, is on the board of Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Center and Noon Solar, and is a founder and advisor of WaveWords Consulting, offering strategic consulting for startups.

Jude M. Sullivan - Partner at K&L Gates, LLP. Sullivan concentrates hispractice in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital matters. Formerly, Sullivan was director of acquisitions for a private equity fund, general counsel and director of business development for a privately held Chicago-based software company, and general counsel of divine, inc., a Chicago-based publicly traded software and services company. 

2009 Whiteboard Challenge Selection Judges