{"id":3126,"date":"2026-01-14T12:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/?page_id=3126"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:55:19","slug":"judges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/judges\/","title":{"rendered":"Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/john-m-937x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3137\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/john-m-937x1024.jpeg 937w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/john-m-275x300.jpeg 275w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/john-m-768x839.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/john-m.jpeg 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:25px\">John McEleney &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">John McEleney is a seasoned entrepreneur and industry leader with over 30 years of experience in mechanical design, software, and product innovation. He is the former CEO of Solidworks and the Co-Founder of OnShape, the first cloud native SaaS product development platform, which revolutionized real time engineering collaboration. <br>He is also on the board of directors for Stratasys, a leader in polymer 3D printing, additive printing, and manufacturing.&nbsp;       Mr. McEleney holds engineering degrees from the University of Rochester and Boston University, as well as an MBA from Northeastern University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/Silvina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3135\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/Silvina.jpg 288w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/Silvina-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Silvina Grad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Silvina Grad is the Head of Technical Marketing at MathWorks, a global leader in mathematical computing software. She leads strategy and product efforts in high-performance computing, data scaling, software testing, IoT workflows, and integrating MATLAB and Simulink into modern development and automation processes. She has held engineering leadership roles at Scitex Corporation (later acquired by Kodak), where she directed teams developing advanced software for digital imaging systems. Silvina holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the National University of La Plata in Argentina and an M.S in Management from MIT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/father-casey-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3138\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/father-casey-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/father-casey-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/father-casey-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/father-casey-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/01\/father-casey.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Father Casey Beaumier S.J.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3126_817edc-1a .kt-block-spacer{height:6px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3126_817edc-1a .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3126_817edc-1a\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Father Casey Beaumier S.J., is the Vice President for University Mission and Ministry at Boston College. Over the course of his 19 year tenure at Boston College, he has served as a resident minister, director of IAJS, a Capstone Programs teacher, and a member of the Steering Committee of the Church in the 21st Century Center.  Fr. Casey is passionate about advancing BC\u2019s mission, supporting formative education, and celebrating the university\u2019s culture and heritage. Fr. Casey holds a PhD in History from Boston College, along with degrees in Divinity, American Studies, Philosophy, and Journalism from other institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/02\/IMG_9421-982x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3234\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/02\/IMG_9421-982x1024.png 982w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/02\/IMG_9421-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/02\/IMG_9421-768x801.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/spiritualhackathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/02\/IMG_9421.png 1228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:25px\">     Josh Wachman<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3126_7e6b86-10 .kt-block-spacer{height:34px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3126_7e6b86-10 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3126_7e6b86-10\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Josh Wachman is the Managing Director of Nor\u2019easter Ventures, a deep tech investing firm backing \u201cventures of consequence\u201d at the Seed to Series A stage. A serial entrepreneur for over 2 decades, Wachman co-founded, and led three venture-backed companies: WatchPoint Media, Vitality, and Ditto Labs. He now advises scientific founders from lab to market, including via InQTel\u2019s Emerge program for DARPA performers and The Noble Reach Foundation for NSF principal investigators. He studied machine learning and computer vision at the MIT Media Lab and began his career at Walt Disney Imagineering and DreamWorks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John McEleney &nbsp; John McEleney is a seasoned entrepreneur and industry leader with over 30 years of experience in mechanical design, software, and product innovation. He is the former CEO of Solidworks and the Co-Founder of OnShape, the first cloud native SaaS product development platform, which revolutionized real time engineering collaboration. 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