Pitch IT History

• Pitch IT 2014
• Pitch IT 2015
• Pitch IT 2016
• Pitch IT 2017
• Pitch IT 2018

Pitch IT 2014

The first Pitch IT Competition was held on May 2, 2014. Eight great teams competed for $1,000 in prize money. The winning teams were:

• 1^st Prize - $500
  E-Mow: Self-Fueled Drone Pellet Harvester, presented by Jason Force
• 2^nd Prize - $300
  Mason 3D LLC, presented by John Hill
• 3^rd Prize - $200
  Positive Deviancy, presented by Jade Garrett

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Pitch IT 2015

The second Pitch IT Competition was held on April 10, 2015. The 2015 edition was named after our generous corporate sponsor, Pragmatics, a Northern Virginia-based company delivering innovative technology solutions to a large number of government clients. Six great teams competed for $2,000 in prize money. The winning teams were:

• 1^st Prize - $1,000
  JoosLo Charging Hub, presented by Mannan Javid
• 2^nd Prize - $500
  Linesmash, presented by Adarsh Pradeep
• 3^rd Prize - $300
  Multi-Rotor-Calc, presented by Brad McDougall
• Audience Award - $200
  JoosLo Charging Hub, presented by Mannan Javid

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Pitch IT 2016

The third Pitch IT Competition was held on April 2, 2016. The 2016 edition received a record number of 20 applications, had the largest number of finalists, the highest attendance since its inception, and a larger judging panel than ever before. Ten great teams competed for $2,000 in prize money. The winning teams were:

• 1^st Prize- $1,000
  Cable Shield, presented by Dane Underwood, Isaac Geisler, Kumar Karra, and Felipe Cardenas
• 2^nd Prize - $500
  Biofeedback Active Sensor System (BASS), presented by Maribeth Burns, Andrew Tesnow, Sam Miller, and Amr Attyah
• 3^rd Prize - $300
  PickUp, presented by Jimi Tele, Walter Mitchell, and Edward Murphy
• Audience Award - $200
  Peloton, presented by Kristine Mosuela and Jared Keller

The judging panel of the 2016 edition included:

• Patrick Vandersluis
  Chief Executive Officer, HealthRx Corporation
• Carter McClure
  Regional Manager, Mason Enterprise Center-Fairfax
• Carolyn Klenner
  Intellectual Property & Special Projects Manager, Office of Technology Transfer, George Mason University
• Andre Manitius
  Interim Chair, Department of Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University
• David Perkins
  Founder & Partner, Hyperspatial
  
• Hadi Rezazad
  Chief Executive Officer, Orchid Technologies & Management
  

Pitch IT 2017

The third Pitch IT Competition was held on April 22, 2017. The winning teams were:

• 1^st Prize- $1,000
  Knee Motion Sensor, presented by Tony Petro, Taban Yazdani, Salima Sekandari, and Anas Alharbi
• 2^nd Prize - $500
  H₂knOw, presented by Wesley Pierce, Priya Pelluru, Ali Elsawaf, and Joshua Messner
• 3^rd Prize - $300
  CrimeTeller, presented by Sang Jun Park and Sang-Hyuck Park
• Audience Award - $200
  Magic Utility Maintenance, presented by Mohamed Khattab, Rebekah Orozco, Adnan Khan, and Fahad Alqahtani

The judging panel of the 2017 edition included:

• Tomasz Arciszewski
  Professor Emeritus, George Mason University
  
• Marcel Barbulescu
  President & Chief Operating Officer, AudioNow
  
• Sean Mallon
  Associate Vice President, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, George Mason University
• Andre Manitius
  Chair, Department of Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University
• Hina Mehta
  Associate Director, Office of Technology Transfer, George Mason University

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