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 40,000 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.

CHAIR
John Heinlein PhD
Sonatus

VICE CHAIR
Theodore Lamour
formerly Hitachi Vantara

Courtney Blum
PwC

Greg Brown
STEM Consultant

Prasad Chaparala
Amazon Lab126

Dan Christman
Marvell Semiconductor

John Decker
EY

Sabrina Farmer
GitLab

Aymeric Gisselbrecht
Tsavorite Scalable Intelligence

Tammy Gollotti
Hitachi Vantara

Bill Heil
The Tech Board

Brendan Ittelson
Zoom

Lindo St. Angel
Amazon Lab126

Ken Washington
Medtronic

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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
1-408-795-6198
kbarrow@thetech.org

Supporter opportunities:

Sarah Warner
Senior Director, Corporate Relations
1-408-795-6204
swarner@thetech.org

Volunteer opportunities:

Kristen Calderon
Community Engagement Manager
1-408-795-6193
kcalderon@thetech.org