Roger Dickey

Roger Dickey
Nationality  United States
Occupation Entrepreneur
Notable work founding Gigster

Roger Dickey is an American entrepreneur. Dickey is best known for founding Gigster, a venture-backed start-up that gives clients a way to systematically outsource software development to a large network of freelance coders. Gigster has raised over $32 Million from high profile investors including Redpoint Ventures, Andreessen Horowtiz, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, former basketball player Michael Jordan, actor Ashton Kutcher, and "Super Angel" Ron Conway. The company has quickly become a Silicon Valley darling.[1][2][3][4] Before starting Gigster in 2014, Dickey was an angel investor. Dickey is also known for founding Facebook game company Curiosoft and selling it to Zynga in 2008 (he left Zynga in 2011). Dickey created the Facebook game Dope Wars at Curiosoft which became the foundation for the Facebook hit game Mafia Wars for Zynga. Dickey worked on the Mafia Wars team at Zynga before going on to lead the team that made the Facebook game FishVille.[5][6][7][8][9] He received a 2012 Distinguished Achievement award from the Computer Science Department of University of Illinois (given to alumni who have brought distinction to themselves and the university).[10]

References

  1. ↑ Constine, Josh. "Michael Jordan funds mercenary dev hub Gigster's $20M enterprise pivot". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  2. ↑ "Gigster". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  3. ↑ Adams, Susan. "With New Funding Round, Gigster Gets Closer To A $1 Billion Valuation". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  4. ↑ "Marc Benioff, Ashton Kutcher, and even Michael Jordan poured millions into a startup that helps programmers make Google money from home". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  5. ↑ Adams, Susan. "With Gigster, Anyone Can Hire A Great Developer From Facebook Or Google". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  6. ↑ Constine, Josh. "Gigster Does The Dev Dirty Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  7. ↑ "Roger Dickey - Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Gigster". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  8. ↑ "Startup Cafe: Roger Dickey | Research Park". researchpark.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  9. ↑ "Roger Dickey's Tactics for Game Monetization". Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  10. ↑ "2012 Distinguished Achievement Award | CS @ ILLINOIS - Computer Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign". cs.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
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