mHUB Innovation

**mHUB, IMEC AND UI LABS Announce Fourth Revolution Awards Judges**

We are proud to announce our Fourth Revolution Awards judges who will honor the best and brightest of the Chicago region’s manufacturing community! This prestigious list of leaders is representative of the exemplary innovators, community builders, and corporate champions of our manufacturing ecosystem.

For more information on the ceremony, sponsorship opportunities and award nominations, visit www.4RevAwards.com and follow @4RevAwards on Twitter.

JUDGES

Laura Ferris Anderson, Managing Director & Treasurer JP Morgan Chase, Chicago Entrepreneurial Center	Karen Kerr, Senior Managing Director GE Ventures
Kristin Barrett, Senior Director Polsky Exchange, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Chicago	Kurt Koenig, Project Engineer Northrop Grumman
Erik Birkerts, CEO Clean Energy Trust	Kandace Lenti, Managing Director Wintrust Commercial Banking
Terri Brax, Founder & CEO Women Tech Founders, TeacherCare Inc.	Mike Loquercio, Director of Supply Chain and Logistics D&W Fine Pack
Robert C. Bridgman, Senior Vice President of Global Commercial Banking Bank of America	Jeff Margolis, Founder & President Innovation Strategies
Emile Cambry, Founder & CEO BLUE1647	Manas Mehandru, Director of Operations mHUB
Ed Coleman, President & CEO Bethel NewLife	Patricia Miller, CEO & Member Board of Directors MATRIX 4, National Associate of Manufacturers
Steve Collens, CEO The Innovation Machine	Scott Miller, CEO The Innovation Machine
Don Deloach, President & CEO, Co-Chair Infobright, IoT Chicago	Aneesa Muthana, President Pioneer Service Inc.
Kristi Dula, Network Relationship Manager Pritzker Group	Karin O’Connor, Venture Partner Serra Ventures
Dima Elissa, CEO & Founder VisMed 3D	Jimmy Odom, Director of Inclusive Entrepreneurship World Business Chicago, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Roberto Escalante, COO ITW	David Pivonka, Innovation Center Director & Electronics/Software Chief Scientist Pritzker Group
Ty Findley, Senior Associate Pritzker Group	Jorge Ramirez, President Chicago Federation of Labor
Ken Fischl, Vice Chairman Marmon Holdings, Inc.	Dave Schwaba, Business Development Manager & President bb7, Product Development and Management Association
Craig Freedman, President Freedman Seating	Michael Seedman, Executive Partner Siris Capital
Jeff Garascia, Chief Innovation Officer Marmon Holding Group	Kathy Seegebrecht, Chief Marketing Officer Underwriters Laboratories
Karen Goldner, Small Business Development Center Director Craig Habeger	Irene Sherr, Assistant Deputy Bureau Chief Bureau of Economic Development, Cook County Government
Caterpillar, Manufacturing Technology & Solutions Division Manager Illinois Science & Technology Coalition	Craig Sutton, Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Manager John Deere & Co.
Fred Hoch, CEO Illinois Technology Association	Cindy Tomei, Vice President Membership & Marketing Illinois Manufacturers' Association
Jason Johnson, Executive Chairman, Founder and General Partner Chicago Urban League, TechNexus Venture Collaborative	Dave Weinstein, Founder & Managing Partner Clearwater Advisors
Steve Kase, Director of Entrepreneurship ASK Power	Aaron Wiegel, President & Chairman Wiegel Tool Works, Technology & Manufacturing Association
Alya Woods, General Manager & President Emeritus ASK Power, Technology & Manufacturing Association	Alya Woods, Executive Director ChicagoNEXT, World Business Chicago

About mHUB

mHUB is Chicago’s innovation center for physical product development and manufacturing. mHUB is a co-working community of product designers and developers, entrepreneurs, engineers and manufacturers, a network of manufacturing mentors, industry experts and investors, and a source of intellectual and economic capital. mHUB is home to ten shops and labs, including electronics, plastic fabrication, metals and rapid prototyping as well as a microfactory for small production runs.

About IMEC

IMEC is a team of improvement specialists and technicians dedicated to providing organizations in Illinois with the tools and techniques to create sustainable competitive futures. The experienced, hands-on team at IMEC works closely with its clients to plan, implement, and excel critical business improvements in the areas of Leadership, Strategy, Customer Engagement, Operations, and Workforce.

About UI LABS

UI LABS is an innovation accelerator that leverages its network of hundreds of partners from universities + industry to address problems too big for any one organization to solve. Our mission is to transform industries, starting with manufacturing and infrastructure, using digital technology. UI LABS' manufacturing innovation platform, the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), aims to provide U.S. factories with the tools, software and expertise they need to build things more efficiently, less expensively and more quickly, so they can win more business and bring jobs back to the United States.