New Products & Product Management Awards Categories Final Judging Committee Members

David Bigelow, President, Simplified Logic, Inc., Greenwood, IN
Stan Emert, Managing Director, Symetra Financial, Bellevue, WA
Ryan Graves, General Manager, ubercab.com, Chicago, IL
Frank Gruber, Co-Founder, TECH Cocktail, Chicago, IL
Marshall Haas, Founder, Podums, Dallas, TX
Adrian Holovaty, Founder, EveryBlock, Chicago, IL
Bruce Masterson, President & COO, Default Servicing Technologies, Glencoe, IL
Pek Pongpaet, Managing Partner, Tweetlytics, Chicago, IL

Chair of New Products & Product Management Category Judging
Ross Kimbarovsky, crowdSPRING

In 2007, Ross Kimbarovsky co-founded and became co-executive of crowdSPRING, a Chicago technology start-up that operates an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of creative services. Buyers who need a new logo, website, marketing materials, product design, or other creative content post what they need, when they need it, and how much they’ll pay. Once the request is posted, creatives from around the world (nearly 50,000 from 170+ countries) submit actual work—not bids or proposals. As the submissions come in, buyers are able to review, sort, rate, provide feedback, and collaborate with multiple creatives until they pick their favorite.

crowdSPRING helps creative industries by providing a level playing field for tens of thousands of talented designers and by offering small and mid-size businesses real choice for their graphic design needs. The company was honored with a Stevie Award for Best New Product or Service of the Year in The 2009 American Business Awards.