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Top Companies

Every mentor at Northland Hackathon is a working professional who volunteers their time. They're not here to lecture — they're here to sit with your team, help you debug, and share what it's actually like to build software for a living.

This Year's Mentors & Judges

Manager of Software Engineering at DroneDeploy

Jade Michael Thornton

Staff Software Engineer at onXmaps

Mike Trewartha

Software Engineer at Square

Amogh Kambale

Professor and Chair of St. Thomas Dept. of Software Engineering and Data Science; Director of the Center for Applied AI

Professor Manjeet Rege

Software Engineer at GOAT Group

Mikey Rogachevsky

CEO and cofounder of Misogi Labs

Jessica Mustali

The Team Behind the Scenes

Every person you meet at Northland Hackathon is a volunteer. Nobody is paid. We do this because we believe in these students.

Vice President at Optum - UnitedHealth Group
Ex-President at Books For Africa — 60+ Million Books Shipped

Jote Taddese

Data scientist at Bio-Techne

Ilyas Alhassan

Data Scientist

Jessi Benzel

Software Engineering at Paces

Hunter Abraham

Want to Mentor?

We're always looking for engineers, designers, and PMs who want to spend a day helping students build something real. No teaching experience required — just show up and share what you know.