An incredible amount of contestants from 53 different countries submitted ideas for this year’s challenge and the twenty finalists are currently working on developing their solutions to present to our panel of judges this May.
But who are the judges behind the scenes deciding who moves forward in this final stage? To identify the best ideas and teams with the ideal fit to the strategic needs of our companies, we have set up a diverse jury with domain expertise.
Grand Jury
Our Grand Jury consists of ten members equally divided by top managers from T-Mobile US and Deutsche Telekom AG. They will judge the final presentations during the demo day on May 23, 2023 and award six winners the grand prize.
T-Mobile US

John Saw
EVP Advanced & Emerging Technologies

Omar Tazi
EVP & Chief Product Officer

Daniel Thygesen
SVP & GM Wholesale

Ron Marquardt
VP Advanced & Emerging Technologies

Bethany Powell James
VP Product Design & Innovation
Deutsche Telekom

Alex Choi
SVP T-Labs

Ulrich Klenke
Chief Brand Officer

Elke Anderl
SVP Service Innovation & Development

Leif Heitzer
SVP Center for Technology Competence

Monica Dalla Riva
SVP Customer Experience & Design