The 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Will Include An 'Unprecedented Group' Of Judges

Benzinga announced the judging panel for the 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Thursday, giving startups an "unprecedented" opportunity to have their products evaluated by leaders from throughout the financial technology space.

In addition to having products judged, companies will have the chance to make connections with judges through mentorship phone calls.

Firms like IEX, Betterment, CommonBond, and others have applied to win awards in nearly 20 categories spanning the entire spectrum of fintech.

The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards judging panel is:

• Tricia Rothschild, Chief Product Officer, Morningstar, Inc. MORN
• Seth Merrin, Founder, LiquidNet
• Pete Casella, Head of Fintech, Point72 Ventures
• Yin Luo, Vice Chairman of Quantitative Research, Wolfe Research
• Gene Munster, Founder, Loup Ventures & former Apple Inc. AAPL analyst
• James Altucher, Serial Entrepreneur
• Nicole Sherrod, Managing Director, Trading, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. AMTD
• Tim Seymour, CNBC “Fast Money” host & Managing Partner, Triogem Asset Management
• Kelli Keough, Global Head of Digital Wealth Management, JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM
• Amir Goldman, Managing Partner, Susquehanna Growth Equity Partners
• Nicholas Britz, Alphabet Inc GOOGL Google Fiber
• Bill Nosal, Vice President of Business Development, Market Technology, Nasdaq Inc NDAQ
• Adam Boyden, Managing Director, RPM Ventures
• Steve Lau, Managing Director, WorldQuant Ventures
• Matt Harris, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures
• Charlie Hartel, Director Of Product Management, Yahoo! Inc. YHOO Yahoo! Finance
• Kim Trautmann, Director of Venture Capital Investments, DRW
• Nathan Richardson, CEO, TradeIt
• David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital
• William Libby, Vice President of Systematic Market Making, Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS
• Vicki Walia, Head of Digital Investment Solutions, AllianceBernstein Holding LP (NYSE: AB
• Ed Skolarus, Chief Digital Officer, Investor’s Business Daily
• Ken Schiciano, Managing Director, TA Associates