Learie (Herc) Hercules
Founder @ Heft IQ | AI Patent 2017
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The Founding 100
Our Global Expertise. One Shared Mission.
A global network of judges, advisors, builders and volunteers contributing their expertise, networks and time to help turn ambitious ideas into deployable solutions.
Mariana Dahan
Senior AI & Digital Advisor, World Bank
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Mark Castleman
Managing Director, Intel AI Cloud
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Vince Fong
Co-Founder & CEO, Highrise AI
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Bill Tai
Venture Capitalist & Chairman, ACTAI Global
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Maria Serafica
Co-Founder · ACTAI Advisors
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Boardy Boardman
AI Superconnector & Buildathon Judge
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Michele Romanow
Serial Entrepreneur, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman Clearco
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Justin Ram
Economist · Caribbean Development
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Lily Dash
Founder · Future Caribbean
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Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee
Advisor · Geospatial & Disaster Risk
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Peter Chami
Head of Department of Computer Science, UWI
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Micah Louison
Innovation Mentor
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Brian Bogart
Director, Caribbean Office · World Food Programme (WFP)
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Mark Hill
CEO · Export Barbados
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Percival Hurditt
VP, Group Strategic Operations & Data Insight · Barita Financial Group
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Quinn Weekes
CEO · Infolytics
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Abdullah Snobar
Executive Director · DMZ
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Iyinoluwa "E" Aboyeji
Co-Founder, Andela · Top 100 Most Influential Africans (New African, 2019)
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Henry Bezant
Lead, Tokenisation & Capital Markets · World Liberty Financial
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Gregory Hill
Founder & Managing Partner · ACERO Capital | Principal · Caribbean Economic Forum 2026
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Veronica Allende Serra
Founder · Innova Capital | Global Board Member · Endeavor Global
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Racquel Moses
CEO · Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator | Global Ambassador · Race to Zero
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Dora Tolstoy
Managing Director · Extreme Tech Challenge
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Stuart Reavley
Cayman Enterprise City
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David Manouchehri
Cayman Enterprise City
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Shannon Williams
Cayman Enterprise City
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LeeAnn Janissen
Cayman Enterprise City
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Todd Speece
Head of VC Coverage · Citigroup Tech Investment Banking
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Darlington Akogo
Founder, CEO · Mino Health
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Spencer Powers
Head of Special Investments · DRW
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Olumide Durotoluwa
Senior Product Manager · M-KOPA
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Sukhveer Sanghera
Founder & Chief Architect · Potentially
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Adrian Glace
Chief Technology Officer · Amalgamated Bank
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Hazel Bagwell
Vice President · Dynamic Talent International
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Eric Loubaud
Programme Specialist, DRR & Recovery · UNDP
Advisor
Jessy Abed
Founder & Head Consultant · Niama Health Consultancy
Advisor
Christopher Burnes
CEO @ Powertranz | Non-Executive Director, Board Governance
Advisor
David Santilli
Founder & Owner · Finca Chocolat, LLC
Advisor
John Sankeralli
Chief Strategy Officer · AXXS Digital Ltd
Advisor
Fidelis St. Hill
AI Analyst & Legal Advisor · CynatGlobal & Fidelity Law
Advisor
Alexander Gafoor
Principal Consultant
Advisor
Matt Schwartz
CTO · Percents
Advisor
Elena Sinelnikova
Founder · CryptoChicks, Metis Foundation, ClawUp, GOAT Network, LazAI
Advisor
Paul Estevez
Co-Founder · Obsidian Capital Partners
Advisor
Kiki Heathcock
Founder & Managing Member · Fast Forward Ventures LLC
Advisor
Matthew Courtis
Science Team Lead / ML Data Scientist · Treefera Ltd
Advisor
Hasanalam Attar
Web3 AI Ecosystem Builder · Nomadic Wolf Labs
Advisor
Amanda Terry
Co-Founder · Metagood and ACTAI Ventures
Advisor
Dinesh Daswani
Innovation Manager · Orbtronics
Advisor
Dom Sagolla
CEO / Founder · Gray Whale
Advisor
Candace Chandra
Principal · Sequana Natural Capital / Cardinal Legacy Ecosystem Management
Advisor
Val Alexandre Torres, MD, MBA, FIADFE
Co-Founder & CEO · Latino Executive Exchange
Advisor
Nikola Simpson-Kellman
Founder · Sustainable Caribbean
Advisor
Roxanne Waithe
Development Consultant · Workmates BB
Advisor
Navin Seeterram
CEO · Smart Mountain Inc.
Advisor
Nigel Guy
CEO and Commercial Director · Iyansan Ventures
Advisor
Kimberly Lawrence
Environmental Engineer
Advisor
Roberto Schiano Lomoriello
Disaster Risk Finance & Public Finance Specialist
Advisor
Matt Hamilton
Founder · Dharach
Member
Roniesia Godfrey
Program Manager · Google Deep Mind, Founder · 21 Ethos
Member
Albert Mensah
Founder & Creative Director · Fortune Favours Productions
Member
Dr. Aviane Auguste, PhD
Assistant Professor · McGill University
Member
Matthew Stotts
GP · Cerulean Ventures
Member
MJ Jain
Chairman · Unison Capital or Ideation3X
Member
Emmanuel Okon
Community Manager · CSN
Volunteer
Connie Ip
Engineering Program Manager · Claris International
Volunteer
Sherika S R Herbert
Customer Relations · Government of Barbados
Volunteer
Still Growing
The Founding 100 is still growing.
New judges, advisors and volunteers will be introduced as the Buildathon progresses.
How Judging Works
Submissions are evaluated against a shared rubric. Final scoring is subject to two-person verification, and a 48-hour freeze period applies between final scoring and announcement.
Evaluation Criteria
How judges weigh execution, relevance and deployment potential.
Scoring Rubric
The scorecard used to compare submissions across tracks.
Integrity & Verification
Two-person verification and the 48-hour freeze window.
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