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Based in the U.S.A.

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501c3 Organization

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Based in the U.S.A.

501c3

U.S.A

About

Who We Are.

Hackonomics is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing economics and financial literacy education. We provide free curriculum resources and experiential learning opportunities that equip students with essential real-world knowledge. By combining economic principles with practical application, Hackonomics prepares learners to navigate financial systems with confidence and clarity.

Hackonomics is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing economics and financial literacy education. We provide free curriculum resources and experiential learning opportunities that equip students with essential real-world knowledge. By combining economic principles with practical application, Hackonomics prepares learners to navigate financial systems with confidence and clarity.

Advisory Judging Panel
Term: Mar 28th, 2026 - Mar 28th, 2027

Seon Woo Lee

Member of Technical Staff @ Stealth AI Startup

At the intersection of robotics and artificial intelligence, Seon-Woo Lee's as a Research Assistant at UPenn Modular Robotics Lab sharpened her competence in Python and hardware integration. Together with the team, she has advanced modular robotic systems, reflecting their collective commitment to innovation and practical application in technology.

Holding a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania, her expertise extends to providing crucial tech support as a Computer Consultant. Their contributions ensure the seamless operation of Penn Engineering's technological infrastructure, embodying a spirit of service and excellence in the educational community.

Seon Woo Lee

Member of Technical Staff @ Stealth AI Startup

Jyoti Yadav

Data Science Manager @ Atlassian

Jyoti Yadav is currently a data science manager for Atlassian. With a MS in management information systems from Carnegie Mellon University. She's a data-driven problem solver with 12+ years of experience shaping product strategy, growth, and experimentation at both high-growth startups and global tech companies. She's led teams through complex product decisions, enthusiastic about using the right balance of data insights and product intuition to influence business outcomes.

Previous roles have spanned across DS teams between Growth and Core Product Experiences and currently managing the end to end funnel at Loom, including Acquisition, Activation, Product Engagement and Monetization.

Jyoti Yadav

Data Science Manager @ Atlassian

Hao Jia

CEO & CTO @ SyMind Inc

Hao Jia is the founder of AdmitPlus.AI, focusing on the intersection between education and AI. He graduated with a bachelors degree in computer science and is currently pursuing a master's degree at Carnegie Mellon University. He has previously worked as a software engineer for TikTok.

Hao Jia

CEO & CTO @ SyMind Inc

Patrick Blumenthal

VC @ Draper Associates

Patrick Blumenthal is an early-stage investor with a masters degree from the University of Cambridge in entrepreneurship drawn to founders building ideas most people consider too early, too unconventional, or impossible. He is an investor at Draper Associates, the storied venture firm behind SpaceX, Tesla, Coinbase, and 60+ other unicorns, where he sources and invests across AI, robotics, biotech, dual-use, and crypto and where he built an internal AI assistant that lets the team query its entire deal flow and portfolio in plain English. Alongside Draper, he has been on the investment team at Ecosystem Ventures and angel invests on the side, backing 10+ startups including Car IQ (acquired by Element), Endiatx, and Wardstone (YC F25).


He is also the co-founder of BridgeFellows, which connects the most ambitious founders from Oxford and Cambridge to Silicon Valley through events and an annual immersion program.

Patrick Blumenthal

VC @ Draper Associates

Manas Chaudhari

Software Engineer @ Meta

Manas Chaudari is a Software engineer and technical leader building large-scale, real-time systems used by hundreds of millions globally from IIT Bombay. Currently working on messaging infrastructure at Meta (WhatsApp), he has experience in distributed systems, low-latency delivery, and reliability at massive scale. He has previously led and built consumer platforms serving tens of millions of users across media, commerce, and mobile products.

Mr. Chaudari is passionate about system design, engineering excellence, and turning complex problems into simple, scalable solutions.

Manas Chaudhari

Software Engineer @ Meta

Jose Acevedo

Co-Founder @ Intax

Jose Acevedo is an Electrical Engineer, entrepreneur, and infrastructure operator specializing in industrial automation, AI-driven commercial intelligence, and large-scale telecom systems. He is the Co-Founder and Head of Sales at Indax.

Alongside his startup work, Acevedo serves as an equipment engineer at Boston Scientific, where he leads industrial automation and production system initiatives, capital equipment deployment, and manufacturing optimization projects supporting multimillion-dollar production operations. Previously, he worked in enterprise telecom sales and infrastructure deployment, contributing to major 5G rollout projects across Costa Rica with operators including ICE, Claro, Liberty, and Easy, overseeing dozens of large-scale network deployments.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from with an academic focus in control systems, microprocessors, electronics, and computer architecture. His technical background spans Python, C/C++, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and modern AI frameworks including TensorFlow and PyTorch.

Jose Acevedo

Co-Founder @ Intax

Ankita Bihani

Software Engineering Manager @ Meta

Ankita Bihani is currently an Engineering Manager at Meta, where she builds self serve Business AI agents. Before that, she had been a Software Engineer at Cisco, an Area Director for Toastmasters International, and an Intern for the Technical Staff at Illumio.

She got her Bachelor's in Technology at Vellore Institute of Technology, and then got her Master's in Computer Science at Stanford University. At Stanford, she was a Graduate Research Assistant, and a student representative in the committee that assessed applicants to the Stanford Cohort of 2018 for a MS in Computer Science.

Ankita Bihani

Software Engineering Manager @ Meta

Sangha Park

Co-founder @ Light Anchor

Sangha Park is currently the co-founder of Light Anchor(YC P26), which builds fully autonomous e-commerce brands that run at the speed of compute. Before that he was the Lead Product Manager of Sendbird, an AI customer experience company. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Brown University.

Sangha Park

Co-founder @ Light Anchor

Arnav Jha

Cofounder & CEO @ Loandock

Arnav Jha is the CEO of Loandock, an AI-powered mortgage platform that's hit $100K ARR and processed over $600M in loan volume. They work with some of the biggest lenders in the country, including a top-5 national lender. He studied CS at Georgia Tech (3.9 GPA) and built our entire product from the ground up, including a real-time voice AI agent that loan officers actually use every day. A lot of what he learned comes from designing AI tools for people who aren't technical at all, in an industry where one wrong UX choice can break compliance. He loves to bring that perspective to judging, especially around AI product design, getting to product-market fit, and evaluating whether founders can actually execute on what they're pitching.

Arnav Jha

Cofounder & CEO @ Loandock

Nithya Subramanian

Senior Software Engineer @ Apple

Nithya Subramanian is a technology leader specializing in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, AI-driven security, and financial technology. She serves as a Tech Lead at Apple within the Wallet, Payments, and Commerce organization, leading large-scale Apple Pay security and anti-fraud initiatives focused on privacy, machine learning infrastructure, and secure financial systems.


Previously, she held leadership roles at VMware and Oracle, contributing to cloud infrastructure, compliance automation, and threat detection platforms. She earned a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University and completed the Stanford GSB LEAD Executive Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she received multiple leadership and impact awards. She is passionate about building scalable, secure systems at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, machine learning, and fintech while mentoring future engineering leaders.

Nithya Subramanian

Senior Software Engineer @ Apple

Chandni Bhatia

Quantitative Developer @ Financial Institution


Chandni Bhatia

Quantitative Developer @ Financial Institution

Juan Belmont

Founder & CEO @ NerdMask

Juan Belmont is a Software Developer, UI/UX designer & Entrepreneur at his company, Nerdmask. He went to Universidad Argentina and got a BBA. He co-founded Nerdmask, an AI playground for college students, and works as it's CEO, and the company was recently invested in by Global 500, a prominent venture capital firm and startup accelerator that invests early in tech companies, with over billion. His passion for creativity and constant learning is accompanied with innovation and minimalism.

Juan Belmont

Founder & CEO @ NerdMask

Executive Board


Executive Board

Atharv Patil

Founder & Director

Lead Web Developer

Operations & Logistics Manager

New York

Eytan Grumberg

Cosignator

Outreach & Membership Manager

Maryland

Shardul Arya

Head of Curriculum Development

North Carolina

Nishanth Dommety

Head of Marketing

North Carolina

Anhad Dhingra

Head of Competitions

North Carolina

Curriculum Developers

Arpan B.

Module 2.1 & 2.3

Module 2.1&3

Rishit B.

Module 2.2

Jack Weaver

Jack W.

Module 3.2

Atharv Gupta
Atharv G.

Module 3.3

Issac Shanks
Isaac S.

Unit 3 Test

Roshan Sathish
Roshan S.

Module 3.4

Ashley Clay

Unit 4 Infographic

Unit 4 Info.

Sannihith Lekkala
Sannihith L.
Sannihith L.

Unit 4

Jacob Lor

Module 5.1

Marketing Interns (September Cohort)

Akshat Sharma
Akshat S.

New Jersey

Shivansh Verma

Shivansh V.

Scotland

Pulkit Goyal
Atharv G.

New Mexico

Nishant Acharya
Nishant A.

Arizona

Srinika K.

California (West)

Cali. (West)

Bhargavi Gunturu
Bhargavi G.
Bhargavi G.

California (East)

Cali. (East)

Shree R.

Texas

Jason Qian

West NC

Yash P.

East NC

Judges

We would like to thank our over 100 judges from highly esteemed institutions around the U.S. and Canada.

We would like to thank our over 100 judges from highly esteemed institutions around the U.S. and Canada.

We would like to thank our over 100 judges from highly esteemed institutions around the U.S. and Canada.

Bharath K. V. Sagi

Senior Data Scientist at Starbucks

Bhanuprakash M.

Senior Software Engineer at MN DOC

Deven Yadav

Senior SQL Server DBA

Krishnamurthy K.

Technology Strategist

Zafin Hassan

Software Engineer at Slash

Veeraprakash V.

Site Reliability Engineer at Apple

Wei Duan

CTO at Imagine AI

Siri Vegiraju

Tech Lead at Microsoft Security

Bhavesh Jaisinghani

Data Engineering Manager at Autodesk

Naga Harini Kodey

Principal QA Engineer & IEEE Senior

Satyanarayana Raju

Cloud Specialist at Morgan Stanley

Barkley Dai

Product lead at Luma AI

Colin Qian

Software Engineer Manager at Disney

Avinash Bawane

Sr. Software Engineer at Apple

Emma Yidi

AI Expert at Microsoft

Aparna K. Bhat

Senior Analyst at Ernst & Young

Koushik Venkatesan

Software Dev. Engineer at Amazon

Siri Vegiraju

Tech Lead at Microsoft Security

Igor Piatkov

Founder of 1Certify

Gogulakrishan T.

Software Technical Lead at Cisco

Rupesh Shirke

Critical InCofounder of ICS2 chapter

Albert Lie

Co-founder of SF VC-backed AI startup

Misba Khair

Oracle HCM Cloud Consultant

Subhransu Mishra

Mobile Engineer at Adobe

Subhash Naripeddy

Engineer at Meta

Tony Chang

Software Engineer at Databricks

Peiyang Yu

Software Engineer at Meta

Archita Sajjan

Technical Product Manager at Visa

Rachit Jain

Software Engineer at Google

Dylan Lee

Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs

Bhoomi Patel

Software Engineer at Meta

Nimit Patel

Data Scientist at McKinsey & Company

Nikita Baryshev

Senior Software Dev. at Check Point

Wes Kim

Founding AI Engineer at Arrow

Rajesh Sura

Head of Analytics at Amazon

Jagrati Bhardwaj

Software Engineer at Microsoft

Praneetha Kotla

Solution Architect at ERP Smartlabs

Gaurav Mittal

Software Dev. Engineer at Nordstrom

Mukesh Khaniya

Senior Software Engineer at Apple

Santosh Srinivasan

Senior Enterprise Architect at AWS

Prateek Batla

AI lead product manager at Meta

Disha Patel

VP of Product at Collective

Aashish Mishra

Senior Software Dev. at First Rep. Bank

Rishab Bansal

Senior Software Developer at Tesla

Vishal K. Shah

Analytics Engineer at VA Wildlife Dept.

Shilpa Shastri

Principle Product Manager at Apptio

Ruoran Wang

Technical Program Manager at Plus

Raju Ansari

Senior Software Engineer at AWS

Raju Ansari

Associate Director at GEP Worldwide

Karthik Yedavilli

Senior Manager Fintech Software Dev.

Pankaj Verma

Senior Data Scientist at Shell

Shreyas Sharma

Senior Dev. at US Crystal Sugar

Deepak Giri

Executive Director at Wells Fargo

Pearl Li

Founder of Read Bean

Sreeja Apparaju

Machine Engineer at Snapchat

Neville Mehta

Staff Engineer at Samsung Elec. US

Danil Matrosov

Senior Software Developer at Sberbank

Bedil Karimov

Senior Systems Engineer at EPAM Systems

Shishir Tewari

Senior Data Engineer Manager at Procore

Sriharsha Makineni

Senior Business Engineer at Meta

Brij Mohan

Principal Software Development at LPL Financial

Aarti Balana

Doctoral Researcher & Former Data Scientist

Suraj Devatha

Senior Software Engineer at Meta

Aniruddha Singh

GTM Applications Director at CrowdStrike

Srinidhi Vaddy

Technical Operations Engineer at Stripe

Bartosz Gacek

Founder at Faradium.ai

Anusha Kovi

Business Intelligence Engineer at Amazon

Fenil Shah

Senior Software Engineer at Amazon

Kunal Ganorkar

Associate Cloud Eng. Director at Omnicom

Sharan Murugesan

Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

Ujjwal Gulecha

Technical Staff Member at Anthropic

Jaikumar Banthia

Software Development Manager at Amazon

Linda Dao

Product Manager at CTS Eventim

Saptadeep Debnath

Senior Engineer at Horizon Surgical

Vijay K. Atla

Senior Software Engineer at Meta

Sriharsha Pushkala

Director, Fraud Analytics at Atlanticus

Nehal Sangoi

Senior Tech. Account Manager at AWS

Siva Mudiyanur

Senior Business Intel. Eng. at Amazon

Rahul Chavan

Lead Product Manager at Venmo

Vasu Jain

Senior Software Engineer at Amazon

Kishan Kumar

Lead Software Engineer at Chime

Patrick Blumenthal

Invsmt. Manager at Ecosystem Ventures

Rajarshee Dhar

Technical Leader, Enterprise AI at Cisco

Basil Najjar

Head Quant. Dev. at Zimmer Partners

Arnav Modi

Software Engineer at Adobe

Krishna C. Balusu

Senior Software Engineer at Meta

Goutham Vemula

Senior Software Eng. at Bank of America

Abhijeet Rajwade

Senior AI Infrastructure Eng. at Google

Adit Gupta

Member of technical staff at Anthropic

Ganesh Harke

Vice President of Technology at Citibank

Sanjay Mishra

Principal Software Eng. at Fidelity