Recognizing the Top 20 Individual Leaders in Intelligent and Connected Devices

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Recognizing the Top 20 Individual Leaders in Intelligent and Connected Devices

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ABOUT

The Misties Awards are for inventors, hackers, engineers, product designers, and business leaders who are bringing great technological advances to the world.

THE JUDGES

MistyWest doesn’t vote on the winners – that’s up to our panel of distinguished judges from varying backgrounds in hardware and tech.

PRIZE PARTNERS

Our prize partners award over $10,000 in cash prizes to support the development of future projects of our Top 20 winners.

NOMINATIONS

Nominate someone who has launched a commercially successful intelligent and connected device. You can even nominate yourself.

2024 MISTIES WINNERS

Dave Merrill
CEO & Co-Founder at Elroy Air

Revolutionizing middle-mile logistics with the world’s first turbogenerator-hybrid VTOL aircraft capable of long-range flights without a runway or pilot.

Adam Woodworth
CEO at Wing

Completing over 350,000 commercial done deliveries globally, offering a fast, reliable, and eco-friendly alternative to traditional delivery methods.

Chris Van Hoof
VP of R&D at imec

Pioneering development of smart ingestible pills as a less invasive and cost- effective alternative to endoscopes.

Laurent Pelissier
Founder at Clarius Mobile Health

Commercializing handheld ultrasound scanners that improve access to high-quality medical imaging in remote areas.

Dr. Achin Bhowmik

CTO & EVP of Engineering at Starkey Hearing

Leading development of next-generation hearing aids that integrate AI and sensor technology to enhance health monitoring and communication.

Jim Coates

Founder at KryoTek Systems

Providing critical climate adaptation tools and sensors that detect multiple hazards and issue natural disaster warnings in remote locations.

Tusher Chakraborty

Senior Research Engineer at Microsoft

Powering Microsoft’s FarmBeats and influencing new FCC regulations on IoT communication through innovations in digital agriculture and space IoT.

Darryl Nelson

President at Nelson Environmental Group Inc.

Destroying toxic organic compounds through on-site thermal remediation for hydrocarbon-contaminated soil.

Dev Singh

VP & GM, Robotics and Embedded IoT at Qualcomm

Launching robotics platforms that enable manufacturers and developers to innovate in advanced robotics and IoT solutions.

Jason Currie

Staff Robotics Systems Software Engineer at Triton Medical Robotics

Developing a fully flexible medical robot that enhances the accuracy and efficacy of endoscopic procedures.

Paolo Pirjanian

CEO & Founder at Embodied Inc.

Transforming early childhood learning and emotional development with empathetic interactive robots.

Yusuf Haque

CTO & Co-Founder at Exo

Democratizing access to high-quality, low-cost, AI-assisted portable imaging for medical diagnostics.

Kriti Pachhandara

Senior Technical Program Manager at ŌURA

Launching the Ōura ring, an advanced sensor technology that collects over 20 biometrics to offer personalized health insights.

Meghan Thurlow

CTO at Aclima, Inc.

Commercializing advanced air quality monitoring products that provide detailed air pollution data.

Pablo Bleyer

Senior Principal Engineer at Collins Aerospace

Developing technology for heart-implantable circulatory ventricular assist devices and next generation avionics and aerospace systems.

John Van Scoter

President & CEO at Solid Power, Inc.

Leading the commercialization of sulfide-based solid-state batteries to enable safer electric vehicles.

Dr. Stephanie Willerth

CEO at Axolotl Biosciences

Developing a xeno-free bioink that uses patient-derived cells to accelerate targeted therapies for hard-to-cure diseases.

Mark Langer

CTO at Artyc

Commercializing the Medstow Mini, an innovative, refrigerant-free solution for cold shipping and storage.

Connor Russomanno

Founder & CEO at OpenBCI

Making brain-computer interface technology widely accessible with products like EEG headsets and the Galea project.

Noelle Russell

Senior Research Fellow, AI at AI 2030

Commercializing AI and cloud technologies at Microsoft, as well as advocating for AI democratization and digital literacy.

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SECTION 0: YOUR DETAILS

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SECTION 1: NOMINEE DETAILS

If shortlisted for a Misties award, the nominee will be asked to provide the following assets for use in promo materials: headshot, brief bio, social media handles, and additional websites or media links.
 

Thanks for your Misties award nomination.

If selected as a finalist, we will be following up through the email address provided by June 7th, 2024 to provide more details.

WE’RE ANNOUNCING THE TOP 20 WINNERS

Thurs, July 18 at 4pm PDT

A MISTIES AWARDS VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION

Future Proofing Products: Navigating the Edge AI Revolution 

FEATURING

ADAM BENZION

CXO at Edge Impulse

DORIS TANG

Strategic Partner Manager at X

DAVID SCHIE

CEO at AIStorm, Inc

LAUREN BEDAL

Design Lead at Archetype AI

SOME PAST WINNER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reducing textile production cost and textile waste with 100% real-time inspection for manufacturers.

Commercial application of the subsurface geophysics technique muon tomography.

The first FDA-cleared smartwatch used for detecting and sending alerts of potentially life-threatening seizures.

500+

Nominations have been received since launching the Misties.

>$35K

In cash and prizes have been awarded to select Top 20 winners.

2024 MISTIES SEMI-FINALISTS

Adam Molnar

Co-Founder at Neurable

Adam Woodworth

CEO at Wing

Bates Marshall

CEO & Co-Founder at Ambient Photonics

Chris Van Hoof

VP of R&D at imec

Conor Russomanno

Founder & CEO at OpenBCI

Darryl Nelson

President at Nelson Environmental Remediation

Daryoush Sahebjavaher

CTO & Co-Founder at Cibotica

David Dooley

President at Baleen International

David Merrill

CEO & Co-Founder at Elroy Air

Dev Singh

VP & GM, Robotics and Embedded IoT at Qualcomm

Dr. Achin Bhowmik

CTO & EVP of Engineering at Starkey

Dr. Stephanie Willerth

CEO at Axolotl Biosciences & Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Victoria

James Inglis

Director of BD at BlueMarvel AI
Ex CEO & Founder at MissionNet

Jason Currie

Staff Robotics Systems Software Engineer at Triton Medical Robotics

Jay Silver

CEO & Founder at JoyLabz

Jim Coates

Founder at Kryotek Arctic Innovation

Joel VanderMarel

Senior Global Product Manager at LB Foster

John Van Scoter

President & CEO at Solid Power

Jonathan Aitken

VP Global On Product Technology & Chair of the Board of the RAIN RFID Alliance

Joshua Wise

VP & Senior Engineer at Accelerated Tech
Ex ASIC Architect at NVIDIA

Karl Littau

CTO at Sakuu Corp

Kevin Hart

CEO & Founder at Haven IAQ

Kimberley Van Vliet

CEO & Founder at WãVv

Kriti Pachhandara

Senior Technical Program Manager at ŌURA

Laurent Pelissier

Founder at Clarius Health

Majid Soleimani nia

Director of Engineering & Operations at MarineLabs

Mark Garrison

VP of Engineering at Saleae

Mark Langer

CTO at Artyc

Megan Thurlow

CTO at Aclima

Michael Bergman

VP Technology & Standards at Consumer Technology Association

Michael Rosenblatt

VP of Technology at Electrify America

Mojan Sohi

Sr. Manager – Design for Reliability at Rivian

Muxin Ma

COO & Co-Founder @ Pontosense

Nader Bakarat

CEO at Snipe

Nan-Wei Gong

CEO & Founder at FIGUR8

Nikhil Balram

CEO at Mojo Vision

Noelle Russell

Chief AI Officer at Fifty One AI
Senior Research Fellow, AI at AI 2030

Noyan Berker

CEO & Founder at Mimiq

Pablo Bleyer

Senior Principal Engineer at Collins Aerospace

Paolo Pirjanian

CEO & Founder at Embodied

Ryan LaFrance

Director of Firmware Engineering at Tonal

Tara Pham

CEO & Founder at Numina

Tusher Chakraborty

Senior Research Engineer at Microsoft

Yusuf Haque

CTO & Co-Founder at eXo Imaging

400+

Nominations have been received since launching the Misties.

>$35K

In cash and prizes have been awarded to select Top 20 winners.

July 18

Will be the 2024 Misties Awards virtual ceremony. 

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SOME PAST WINNER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reducing textile production cost and textile waste with 100% real-time inspection for manufacturers.

Commercial application of the subsurface geophysics technique muon tomography.

The first FDA-cleared smartwatch used for detecting and sending alerts of potentially life-threatening seizures.

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2022

THE MISTIES EXPERIENCE

The awards are broadcast in a live virtual awards ceremony that features a panel discussion with global embedded intelligence experts.

The ceremony is followed by the exclusive IRL Misties After Party for semi-finalists, judges, sponsors, and past and present winners.

Misties community members gain lifetime access to industry peers at the forefront of technology.

THE JUDGES

NOMINATE A JUDGE

JUDGE CRITERIA

  • Fortune 1000 executive experience or post-Series A startup experience
  • 2+ years of experience working on or with intelligent and connected devices
  • Cannot be currently nominated for a Misties award
  • 6 to 12 hours time commitment to holding adjudicate

If selected to be a judge for the Misties awards, I acknowledge that I will be asked to provide the following assets for use in promotional materials: headshot, brief biography, social media handles, and additional websites or media links.

 

Thanks for your submission!

If selected to be a judge, we will be following up through the email address provided.

Matt Mickelson

Lead Systems Engineer of New Vehicle Platforms at Cruise / GM

Brett Byer

Senior Hardware Engineer
at Hala Systems, Inc.

Ibrahim El-chami

Researcher & Post Doc at the University of British Columbia

Daniel Myers

Founder & CEO of Flair Systems

Nader Elm

Co-Founder at Exyn Technologies

Ian Stadler

Principal Firmware Engineer at Semios

Jordan Ruderman

Senior Staff Test Engineer, Embedded Systems at Cruise / GM

Eric Migicovsky

Founder of Pebble, Co-Founder & CEO at Beeper
Sherry Huss
Co-Founder of Maker Faire, Head of Community at Freeman
Adam Benzion
CXO at Edge Impulse
Meiz Majdoub
Senior Engineering Officer at Royal Canadian Navy
Alex Marley
Partner at Lux Capital

Doris Tang

Strategic Partner Manager at X

Chuck Martin

Editorial Director AI & IoT at Informa Tech

Thomas Soederholm

VP Business Development at Nordic Semiconductor

Chris Massot

Director of Co-Innovation at Microsoft
Jeanette Numbers

Founder & CEO of Nova

Linda Megerdichian

Digital Hardware Design Engineer at Extron Electronics

Avi Rosenthal

Partner at bluesalve partners

Derek Disanjh

Director of Product Engineering at FORM
Jake Blair
Senior Sales Engineer at Memfault
Oleha Riden
Director of Strategy & Creative Projects at Not an Office

Athena Demos

CEO of Big Rock Creative
Alex Gudilko
CEO at AJProTech Product Development
Terry Arbaugh
Vice President of Sales & Marketing at SEACOMP
Melanie Daniels
Founder of Prairie City Solutions
Luc Martens
Professor at Ghent University, Belgium
Lauren Bedal

Design Lead at Archetype AI

Sarah Muzquiz

Alliances Manager at Particle

Suchit Jain

VP Strategy & Business Development of SOLIDWORKS & 3DEXPERIENCE

Patricia McManus

Professor, Computer Systems Networking and Artificial Intelligence

Cameron Carson
Cameron Carson

Senior VP Engineering at Hawk Ridge Systems

Graham Buksa
Graham Buksa

Founder of Rayne Longboards, Fractional CMO

Chetan Dharmadhikari

Technical Program Manager at Mercury Marine

Sinead Bovell

Futurist & Founder of WAYE

Patricia McManus

Professor, Computer Systems Networking and Artificial Intelligence

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PRIZE PARTNERS

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NOMINATIONS

May 15

Nomination Deadline

June 7

Nominees will be down-selected and our shortlist notified

June 14

The judges will vote select the Top 20 winners

July 18

Winners will be publicly announced in the Misties Virtual Awards Ceremony

May 15

Nomination Deadline

June 7

Nominees will be down-selected and our shortlist notified

June 14

The judges will vote to select the Top 20 winners

July 18

Winners will be publicly announced in the Misties Virtual Awards Ceremony

Nominate someone
ELIGIBLE CRITERIA

1. Deployed commercial products at scale and made prolific contributions through their work in intelligent and connected devices.

2. Working to make the world a better place, as measured by the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals 

3. Inspiring others with really cool and groundbreaking tech that has the potential to shift the technological landscape.

DISQUALIFYING CRITERIA

1. Previous Misties Winners

2. Current Misties Judges

What are you waiting for? Nominate yourself or a colleague by filling out the form below.

Misties nominations are now closed.

Check back on May 13 to see our list of semi-finalists.

Recognizing the Top 20 Individual Leaders in Intelligent and Connected Devices

WATCH THE VIRTUAL AWARDS CEREMONY
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