mistywest
Presents
The Misties
Top 20 Individual Leaders in Intelligent and Connected Devices
The first annual ‘Top 20 Leaders in Intelligent and Connected Devices’ awards (AKA The Misties) are for contemporary and active inventors, hackers, engineers, product designers, and business leaders who have made the most profound impact when it comes to intelligent and connected devices, and are bringing great technological advances to the world.
We’re looking for the following to help make The Misties a success:
#Top20IndividualLeadersInIoT
The Misties Details
WHEN
Early 2022
WHERE
Location TBA
PRIZES
To be announced
Timeline
NOV 10
10 Judges in place
NOV 25
3 Prize Partners in Place
DEC 15
Award nominations close
30 Judges in Place
JAN 3, 2022
Judges select Top 50 finalists
JAN 4, 2022
Top 50 finalists are notified
JAN 27, 2022
Judges select Top 20 finalists
FEB 15, 2022
Judges rank ordering is due
FEB 20, 2022
Winners are announced
The Misties Judges
Our judging panel is made up of industry leaders in hardware development, from engineers and entrepreneurs to producers and founders, to provide the highest quality judging for our awards.
Athena DemosCofounder of Big Rock Creative
Karen YangAutomation Engineer at Medra
Tyler MinceyPartner at Bolt
Michael CorrCEO & Cofounder of Duro Labs
Mike LizunExecutive Vice President at Gregory FCA
Aymerik RenardGeneral Partner at Hardware Club VC
Suchit JainVP of Strategy & Business Dev at Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
Allison FonderSenior Producer at Core77
Cyril EbersweilerGeneral Partner at SOSV
Vincent ClercVP of Engineering at Terramera
Doris TangEngineer at X
Sarah MeisterFounder of Artio Consulting
Sherry HussCofounder of Maker Faire
Derek DisanjhDirector of Product Engineering at FORM
Trammell HudsonDirector of Special Projects at Lower Layer Labs
Questions?
Contact MistyWest cofounder Leigh Christie at [email protected]
NOMINEE CRITERIA FOR AWARDS
- Individuals from an engineering, design or product management background with experience working on intelligent and connected devices
- Leaders who have inspired others, made prolific contributions through their work in IoT, and worked on at least one device that has been deployed at scale and is still in production today.
- Have made really cool and groundbreaking tech
- The positive impact their devices have had on the world, in terms of advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
- From the following industries: Big Tech, B2B Electronics, Consumer Electronics, Robotics, AgTech, ForestryTech, MiningTech, Medical Devices, Health and Wellness Devices, Smart Cities, Home IoT, Industry 4.0, VR
JUDGE CRITERIA
- 5+ years of experience working on or with intelligent and connected devices
- Currently working for a fortune 500 company or post series A startup
- 3 to 5 hours time commitment to holding adjudicate
- Not currently nominated for a Mistie award
PRIZE PARTNER CRITERIA
- Fortune 500 Companies and Startups
- Consumer electronics (eg. VR headsets, smart heaphones, connected toothbrushes)
- Intelligent and connected devices that have near universal appeal (eg. smart watches, smart speakers)
- Home automation IoT devices (eg. smart lightbulbs, smart doorbells, thermostats)
- AI hardware, such as GPUs
- Hacker / maker hardware
