2 018 J U D G E S OMAR-PIERRE SOUBRA
Omar is a passionated innovator, is the Director of Marketing Communications for Trimble, Inc, in charge of drones and self-driving vehicles. Omar has been with the company for the last 20 years, with different roles and responsibilities, from sales to product development, and marketing & communications, as well as different director level roles. In 2011, he created and developed the first Techno-Marketing group, a new and innovative department combining technologies and customer needs. He also developed several products for the construction, geospatial and architecture industries. He holds 16 international patents, in products combining optics, long range 3d scanning (LIDAR) and video camera solutions. In 2012, he was part of the Merger and Acquisition team which acquired the SketchUp group from Google. Before working at Trimble, he worked for a subsidiary of the French power utility, Electricite de France and for a joint-venture between Daimler and Thales.
MONA LUCERO
Born in San Francisco and growing up in Grand Junction, Colorado, she felt the contrast of the city and the small town. Her first fashion influence came from her grandmother, who stashed her varied handbags in a big steamer trunk. Upon turning 18, she crossed the Eisenhower Tunnel from Grand Junction to Denver to start art school at the University of Colorado. Yes, she was one of those art students who dressed eccentrically, mixing flight suits with fur collars, pink tennis shoes, pearls and colored hair and she avidly read fashion magazines. In her senior year, she realized she had found a new love in fashion design and upon attaining her degree, she moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology, learning about the fast moving and intriguing fashion world. Upon her return to the Rocky Mountains, she worked in skiwear and activewear in a variety of fashion industry jobs including assistant patternmaker, screen print artist, technical designer, and designer. High fashion and street wear called, though, and she created her first collection which consisted of hand-dyed and screen printed dresses and separates, eventually selling her bags and clothing in boutiques. In a period of ten years, from 2002 to 2012, she tended to her clientele at her eponymous boutique in Denver’s Lower Highlands neighborhood. Over the years, she has created clothing with many pop culture themes: such as “The Butterfly Collection”; “Beauty & the Beast”; “Fellini-esque”; and “Love, Peace & Truth”.
HELEN YOUNG
Helen’s daily goal is make printed pieces so compelling they’ll not only entice the reader to act but also stay out of the recycling bin as long as possible. “Design must be engaging, clever, beautiful and informative … and include a screen tint of chartreuse.” Born in New Zealand but raised in Illinois, she earned her BFA with high honors in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois, with a one-month study abroad in Warsaw, Poland. She has served as President of the Colorado chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design, and was recently honored with the distinguished AIGA Fellow award for excellence in her profession. Since founding EnZed Design 21 years ago, Helen’s reputation with clients is “a designer who can transform any project into an intriguing communications piece.” Her work has been featured in HOW Magazine, Graphic Design USA, Creativity 32 and Paperspecs.com and has received honors from Art Directors Club of Denver (now The One Club Denver), AIGA Colorado and the Business Marketing Association. Helen has judged the UCDA professional design competition, the ADCD student show, and the AIGA Colorado Robert Taylor Scholarships and Professional Grant. Her obsessions are amazing textured papers, unique color combinations, surface patterns, unusual office supplies, tennis, plants that bloom all summer, small purses, really lovely serif fonts, and tiny cars. Helen has attended the Paper Fashion Show regularly since its inception and designed a dress with art director Tracey Ranta for the 2009 show.
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