About Us

The Tech Challenge, a signature program of The Tech, is a key part of our mission to inspire the innovator in everyone. Each year, we present a new design challenge inspired by a real-world scenario. To date, over 37,000 students have honed their creative problem-solving and teamwork skills as part of this annual program. Participants’ efforts are recognized and celebrated.

The challenge takes place over several months as participants form a team, design, build and test their project. Teams document every step of their process including testing, brainstorming, and most importantly what they learn through experimentation and failure. The challenge culminates in a Final Showcase, where the teams present their project to judges in front of family, friends and community members.

John Heinlein PhD, Chair
Sonatus

Greg Brown
STEM Consultant

Dan Christman
Marvell Technology, Inc.

John Decker
EY

Chris DiGiorgio
The Tech Board

Aymeric Gisselbrecht
Tsavorite

Bill Heil
The Tech Board

Brendan Ittelson
Zoom

Sheila Rohra
Hitachi Vantara

Theodore Lamour
formerly Hitachi Vantara

Courtney Blum
PwC

Lindo St. Angel
Amazon Lab126

Abby Longcor
Senior Director
alongcor@thetech.org

Leah Koldewyn
Program Manager
1-408-795-6133
lkoldewyn@thetech.org

Matthew Nissen
Coordinator
1-408-795-6210
mnissen@thetech.org

Public relations inquiries:

Katie Barrow
Senior Manager, PR & Marketing Communications
kbarrow@thetech.org
1-408-795-6198

Supporter opportunities:

Kristina Peralta
Director of Corporate Relations, Development
1-408-795-6162
kperalta@thetech.org

Volunteer opportunities:

Lindsey Munzel
Volunteer Manager
1-408-795-6249
lmunzel@thetech.org