Exciting new dimension to our judging Judges Posted by Rose Ross | 21/08/2025 We are delighted to announce an exciting new dimension to our judging Alongside our stellar judging panel and the voting public, we are enlisting the help of an industry army to help decide on the winners and runners up. New in 2025, 1,000 CIOs, CISOs and other senior IT decision-makers from around the globe have been selected to help choose our 2025 Tech Trailblazers. These “secret panel” judges will join the judging once the shortlists have been selected and add their considerable weight to the judges’ and voting public’s evaluations. “We are on a mission to give our Tech Trailblazers the widest possible exposure to senior decision-makers at the coal face. No doubt venture backing is key, but as it is increasing more challenging the most powerful backers and “investors” will continue to be customers. We very much hope this direct engagement with the IT community will spark the relationships which will lead to building a start-up’s base of happy customers quicker. Opening more doors than ever before.” Rose Ross, Founder and Chief Trailblazer, Tech Trailblazers The geographical spread of this “secret panel” will be from the US, Canada, EMEA and APAC.