Each year, Pipeline’s Innovation Awards are judged by an esteemed panel of key stakeholders from top service provider, analyst, and finanical institutions from Pipeline's Industry Advisory Board. The judges are selected each year based on their expertise related to the Innovation Award categories. The individual identities of the judges are held in confidence until the awards reception to avoid any possibility of influence that may occur prior to the selection of a winner.

Technical executives from the following companies have served and continue to serve on Pipeline's Innovation Awards judging panel: