ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Technology — Gina Tedesco
Gina Tedesco
Managing director
Golden Seeds (N.J. chapter)
An active investor, serial entrepreneur, professor and mentor for nearly 30 years, she has industry expertise in internet technology, Software-as-a-Service technologies, biotech, pharma and more.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Technology — Chris Sugden
Chris Sugden
Managing partner
Edison Partners
Has been considered the leading fintech investor on the East Coast for more than 15 years.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Technology — Judith Sheft
Judith Sheft
Executive director
N.J. Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology
A legendary figure in entrepreneurial ecosystem, she recently was honored with the inaugural Catalyst Award from R&D Council.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Technology — Aaron Price
Aaron Price
CEO
TechUnited:NJ
Brings attention to the wide array of tech talent in the state through events such as Propelify, while using TechUnited:NJ platform to help attract and grow the next generation of companies.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Technology — Chaya Pamula
Chaya Pamula
Co-founder and CEO
PamTen; SheTek; SOFKIN
Her company conceptualizes innovative software products that open doors into new marketplaces — but she makes her mark as a philanthropist, having founded both SheTek and SOFKIN.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Technology — Sean O’Sullivan
Sean O’Sullivan
Managing general partner
SOSV
O’Sullivan’s decision to bring HAX (a hard tech accelerator) to Newark already is paying off.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Technology — Greg Olsen
Greg Olsen
Founder and president
GHO Ventures
His impact as a longtime angel investor in the state is well knwown.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Technology — Beth Noveck; Jennifer Rexford
Beth Noveck; Jennifer Rexford
Chief innovation officer; Provost
State of New Jersey; Princeton University
They will be key leaders in the AI Hub being created at Princeton.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Technology — Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan
Professor
Princeton
Long overdue honor for Kernighan, the longtime Princeton computer science professor (after long career at Bell Labs). He is widely known through co-authorship of the first book on the C programming language.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Technology — Paul Hoffman
Paul Hoffman
CEO
Liberty Science Center
He envisioned N.J. has a center for innovation years ago. The coming SciTech Scity will be the ultimate example of that.
