Jury

The jury team consists of Vodafone employees and independent mobile experts. The latter group is slightly more dominant (in numbers) in the jury composition as to cultivate independent judgement.

These worldwide experts will be complemented by additional jury members from each participating country. These will be: an expert from the local Vodafone organization, a popular local mobile blogger and mobile expert.

We are very pleased and proud to present to you a world class jury for this years’ Vodafone Mobile Clicks competition.

United Kingdom

• David Leftley (Vodafone Ventures)
• Dave Tharp (Roulette Cricket)
• Joe Neale (m8 Capital)
• Fred Perron (Vodafone UK)
• Rudy de Waele (Founder of Mobile 2.0 Europe and dotopen)
• Yuri van Geest (Co-Founder Mobile Monday Amsterdam & TEDx Amsterdam)

Netherlands

• Mark Voermans (Microsoft Bizspark)
• Noesjka Klene (Dutch Cowgirls & Frankwatching) 
• Bart Fussel (Co Founder afrogleap & blogger marketingfacts)
• Marcel de Groot (Vodafone NL)
• Rudy de Waele (Founder of Mobile 2.0 Europe and dotopen)
• Yuri van Geest (Co-Founder Mobile Monday Amsterdam & TEDx Amsterdam)

Spain

• Belen Aparicio (Vodafone Spain)
• Carles Ferreiro (Mobile Monday Spain)
• Albert Cuesta (Mobile expert)
• Rosa Jiménez Cano (Technology journalist from "El Pais")
• Rudy de Waele (Founder of Mobile 2.0 Europe and dotopen)
• Yuri van Geest (Co-Founder Mobile Monday Amsterdam & TEDx Amsterdam)

Portugal

• Nuno Inacio (Vodafone Portugal)
• Vasco Elvas (Head of Innovation, Vodafone Portugal)
• Mário Valente (@mvalente) VC/industry rep
• Pedro Oliveira (Director Exame Informática/Stuff Portugal)
• Rudy de Waele (Founder of Mobile 2.0 Europe and dotopen)
• Yuri van Geest (Co-Founder Mobile Monday Amsterdam & TEDx Amsterdam)

Germany

• Sascha Pallenberg (Mobile Expert and Blogger, editor in chief www.netbooknews.com)
• Volker Gläser (Head of VIS VF-DE)
• Wolfgang Schuster (Vodafone Ventures)
• Heike Scholtz (Mobile expert)
• Rudy de Waele (Founder of Mobile 2.0 Europe and dotopen)
• Yuri van Geest (Co-Founder Mobile Monday Amsterdam & TEDx Amsterdam)

Ireland

• David Ward (Consumer Data Products Manager - Vodafone Ireland Representative)
• Samantha Bedford (Head of Online, Vodafone Ireland)
• Prof. Desmond Fitzgerald - UCD/TCD Innovation Alliance
• Pat Phelan (http://patphelan.net/) - Head of Innovation and Products at Cubic Telecom (as well as avid tech blogger)
• Rudy de Waele (Founder of Mobile 2.0 Europe and dotopen)
• Yuri van Geest (Co-Founder Mobile Monday Amsterdam & TEDx Amsterdam)

Turkey

• Neslihan Kama (Vodafone Turkey)
• Omer Kuyucu (Vodafone Turkey)
• Yurtsan Atakan (Mobile expert)
• Arda Özgün (Vodafone Turkey)
• Rudy de Waele (Founder of Mobile 2.0 Europe and dotopen)
• Yuri van Geest (Co-Founder Mobile Monday Amsterdam & TEDx Amsterdam)

• Lee Epting, Director of Content Services at Vodafone Group
• Peter Barry, Head of VC and Start-up at Vodafone Ventures
• Paul Jozefak, Neuhaus Partners
• Reshma Sohoni, Partner at Seedcamp
• Martin Bryant, EU Editor of The Next Web

Find out more about our top line-up of final round judges here.