2020 judging panel

SIMON CONSTABLE is a fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterprise. His first book, “The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter, which he coauthored with Robert E. Wright, was an economics category winner in the 2012 Small Business Book Awards at Small Business Trends. You’ll find his work in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, MarketWatch.com, TheStreet.com, the New York Post, the New York Sun, and the South China Morning Post.

KAT BRYANT is a copy editor at the Bismarck Tribune. Previously, she held numerous editorial positions at the Phoenix Business Journal and the Silicon Valley Business Journal from 1989 to 2015, earning several industry awards for editing, headline writing and design. She also does freelance editing and proofreading for various forms of media. She attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, where she worked full time for four years on the student daily newspaper and discovered her true calling.

MARK HUFFMAN is a reporter for ConsumerAffairs.com. Since 2004 he has covered issues ranging from consumer product defects to developments in consumer technology. In 2007 he served on a Federal Trade Commission workshop panel examining negative option marketing practices. He has been a correspondent for Marketwatch.com, Westwood One Radio Networks and Associated Press Radio. He has also been a science and technology writer for United Press International and written about technology for Reuters New Media. He has been interviewed as a source on stories for NBC News, Forbes, Smart Money, and The Wall Street Journal. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Kentucky.

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KEVIN CASEY writes about technology and business for a wide variety of publications and companies. He won an Azbee Award, given by the American Society of Business Publication Editors, for his InformationWeek.com story, “Are You Too Old For IT?”. He’s a former community choice honoree in the Small Business Influencer Awards. Find him on LinkedIn and Twitter.

ANDREW SEALE is a Toronto-based freelance journalist and storyteller who has spent 15 years reporting on people – from seahorse enthusiasts and tech CEOs to mining magnates and reality television casting directors – and the things they do. He’s devoted the better part of a decade to covering Toronto’s meteoric rise as a hub for tech innovation and the players there. His writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Yahoo Canada Finance, Profit Magazine, enRoute Magazine, StartupHERE Toronto, StarMetro, and The Toronto Star.

MARI EDLIN, a graduate of Stanford University, has more than 25 years of experience in journalism and has been a freelance writer since 1988. She has specialized in healthcare since 1993, writing regularly for Managed Healthcare Executive, to which she contributes a monthly article on pharmacy issues, Drug Topics and other national healthcare and pharmaceutical trade publications. She also works closely with many companies and organizations, helping to develop issue briefs, white papers and reports. She serves on numerous media panels and has taught a variety of communications workshops at Stanford University.

MELANIE WADDELL is the Washington Bureau Chief for Investment Advisor magazine and ThinkAdvisor.com, part of ALM Media LLC. She has been a columnist for Investment Advisor since 2002, has served as New York Bureau Chief for the magazine, and has been a financial journalist/editor since 1994. Her column, The Playing Field, appears in Investment Advisor Magazine and on ThinkAdvisor.com, and she also writes the briefing, Human Capital. In addition, she contributes to ALM’s National Law Journal and Law.com. Early in her career, Melanie covered financial issues at American Banker in Washington. Since 1997, she has been covering investment-related issues, holding senior level editorial positions at American Banker/Thomson Media/Thomson Financial in both Washington and New York. After seven years at Thomson, now Reuters, Melanie joined Investment Advisor. Melanie holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University; while at Towson, she interned at The Baltimore Sun and its suburban edition.

DALE DAUTEN has been researching achievers and innovation since his days at Arizona State and at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. His early work prompted a government publication to call him a “guru” to White House staffers, and during the past four decades, his six books have been published in a dozen languages and have developed a large following worldwide. Dale writes newspaper columns nationally syndicated by King Features. For many years, he wrote “The Corporate Curmudgeon,” and he continues to write “JT and Dale Talk Jobs” with employment expert, Jeanine “JT” O’Donnell. Their work appears weekly in dozens of newspapers.

JONATHAN ROUBINI is editor in chief and technical director of LabReviews.com, bringing to the site more than three decades of hands-on experience. Previously, Jonathan was lead analyst of the mobile category at PC Magazine, quickly gaining recognition in the wireless industry thanks to his extensive knowledge of PDAs, cell phones and their accessories. Prior to that, Jonathan was software project leader at PC Magazine Labs, where he pioneered several new testing techniques for always-evolving software packages. Jonathan graduated with a B.S. in Information and Decision Systems from Carnegie Mellon University.

J. MONEY is an award winning blogger, consultant, experimenter, and daddy. With over nine years building communities online, Jay’s projects have reached 25 million views and are routinely featured in the media. He is best known for the personal finance blog, BudgetsAreSexy.com, as well as his curation site – RockstarFinance.com. He loves coffee, hip-hop, and collecting coins, and is on a mission to make personal finance fun.

A ceaseless appreciation for interactive entertainment is what drives ROBERT ALLEN, Tech-Gaming.com’s editor and podcasting personality. Having written over two thousand reviews, and interviewed a wide swath of the industries’ luminaries, Robert aspires to share his appreciation for the medium with an ever-growing audience interested the intersection of technology, gaming, and culture. When a controller isn’t in hand, he can usually be found clutching a dry-erase marker- instructing classes in writing, communication, and technology at two Southern California colleges.

JOSEPH S. PETE covers steel mills, unions, ports, oil refineries, auto plants, start-ups, craft breweries, banks, supermarkets, restaurants, and other beats for The Times of Northwest Indiana just outside Chicago, where he works as a Business Reporter. He also writes for The Times Media Co.’s IN Business Magazine, prattles as a panelist on the That’s So Region Podcast, appears frequently on Lakeshore Public Radio and serves as a board member on the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Pete has won numerous journalism awards, including several Lisagors from the Chicago Headline Club and honors from the Hoosier State Press Association, the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists, the Inland Press Association, the Associated Press Media Editors and the National Federation of Press Women. He has appeared on Lakeshore Public Television and WGN Radio in Chicago. He’s also an infantry veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

ERICA LAMBERG is a business and travel writer. She has been a correspondent for Gannett for over 15 years, writing business features, book profiles, special section features and travel articles. Under Gannett’s news umbrella, Erica was named a lifestyle and travel expert for USA Today’s 10 Best platform. Erica also currently writes for NBC News, Ladders and Reader’s Digest. Erica’s writing credits also include Oprah Magazine, Business Insider, Goalcast, US News & World Report, Fodor’s Travel and Cruise Critic. Erica is also a former education and travel correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She is also a writing consultant and is retained by corporations in the real estate, higher education and healthcare industries. Married and the mother of a daughter and a son, Erica is based in suburban Philadelphia. Erica is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park. Follow Erica on Twitter.

CHRISTOPHER NULL is an award-winning journalist who has been covering business and technology for 20 years. A veteran of PC Computing, Yahoo! Tech, and New Architect and the founding editor in chief of Mobile PC Magazine, there is no segment of the high-tech universe he hasn’t covered. Today he continues to cover business and technology topics for Wired and TechHive, among other publications, while running his own custom blogging company, Null Media, which provides turnkey editorial services to corporate clients.