Roger Dickey's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Advisor @ Formation 8 From July 2013 to July 2015 (2 years 1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaBoard Director @ Gigster From March 2013 to January 2020 (6 years 11 months) San Francisco Bay AreaFounder @ Untitled Labs Untitled Labs is a consumer application search lab. We will test several ideas in areas like social networking, travel, and premium services, then build an enduring company around the winner  -  a product that improves life for millions of consumers.We are hiring pioneers and heroes with talents spanning product, design, and engineering. If this describes you, let's talk!Read the announcement here: https://blog.usejournal.com/announcing-untitled-labs-cef88108a564Jobs: [email protected] From January 2019 to July 2019 (7 months) San Francisco Bay AreaCo-Founder @ Product X San Francisco based micro-VC & "idea lab" seeking $1B+ ideas.Invested in 10+ start-ups, some of them detailed here: http://angel.co/rogerdickeyWorked with domain experts to design 50 businesses in 15 verticals: SMB, Fashion, Social networking, Local services, Gift-giving, Handset insurance, Groceries, Consumer data, Education, Travel, Legal, Weddings, Dating, Pets, Health & wellness.Shipped 2 products: a social net for self-improvement enthusiasts (superhumangoals.com), & a Pinterest meets Craigslist (pinslist.com). From August 2011 to June 2012 (11 months) Co-Founder @ Turtle Tutors "Airbnb" for tutoring. My first attempt at starting a company.Team of 3 built product & strategy for a local marketplace, starting in Austin, TX. From January 2007 to August 2007 (8 months) Early personal projects @ Self Learned engineering through hundreds of tech projects in gaming, computer graphics, web, compilers, robotics, embedded systems, and hobby electronics.30 of them are detailed here in my (very old) personal portfolio:http://youcapades.com/portfolio/Projects/Hobby.htmhttp://youcapades.com/portfolio/Projects/Games.htmhttp://youcapades.com/portfolio/Projects/Graphics.htmhttp://youcapades.com/portfolio/Projects/General.htm From 1991 to 2004 (13 years) Software Engineer Intern @ Intelligent Epitaxy Technology Worked on LabVIEW-based motion-control software for vacuum chambers that grow semiconductors.Co-authored this paper: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=1037774 From August 2000 to August 2001 (1 year 1 month) Co-Founder & CEO @ Made Renovation Made Renovation is the modern solution to home renovation. We combine design, materials, and construction under one roof to provide homeowners with a seamless renovation that finishes on-time and on-budget. Based in San Francisco, our small team is obsessed with helping customers elevate their homes. We’re backed by institutional investors such as Founders Fund, Base10, Felicis Ventures, and more.See our work: http://made.photoWork at Made: http://made.careers San Francisco Bay AreaInvestor & Advisor @ Great startups Investments: Docker, Rappi, Boom, Addepar, Lambda School, ClassDojo, Unsplash, Streamlabs, Facebook (pre-IPO via 2nd market)Advisor roles: Nest, OpenDoor, Formation 8Mentor roles: Thiel Foundation, Techstars, Disney Accelerator, Lemnos LabsSee my angel.co profile for more: http://angel.co/rogerdickey Co-Founder & CEO @ Gigster Gigster aims to power the world’s engineering. Today, we provide our customers with on-demand access to expert teams for new technology software development. We optimize how that work is delivered using an independent talent network combined with smart orchestration software. As technologies like AI begin to change business, we help our customers use these powerful levers to succeed.Gigster was founded in 2014. Customers include McDonald's, Nike, Coca Cola, Google, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Harley Davidson, Mastercard, US Bank, and Ebay. Gigster has raised $32.5M from Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Greylock, and Bloomberg among others, and has been covered in The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Fortune, and Inc.My departure letter - https://medium.com/@rogerdickey/so-long-gigster-337900224298Learn more about Gigster - https://gigster.comJoin Gigster - https://gigster.com/join-usPartner with Gigster - [email protected] From March 2013 to June 2018 (5 years 4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaCo-Founder & CTO @ Curiosoft Launched 19 apps in 2007, ~5 days development time each.Largest app Dopewars had 300M monthly pageviews, $2M+/yr profit.Sold to Zynga in early 2008. From October 2007 to March 2008 (6 months) Software Engineer @ National Instruments Worked on the LabVIEW FPGA compiler team.Ported simple versions of Dance Dance Revolution & Wolfenstein 3D to FPGA/VHDL using a hand-built graphics card.Founding member of prototyping team re-imagining LabVIEW's UI look & feel.Filed this patent: http://www.google.com/patents/US20090089715 From August 2005 to October 2007 (2 years 3 months) Software Engineer Intern @ National Instruments Worked on the LabVIEW Embedded compiler team.Filed this patent: http://www.google.com/patents?id=zaWnAAAAEBAJ From January 2004 to July 2004 (7 months) Mafia Wars Founder & GM @ Zynga Mafia Wars founder & first GM. $400M+ annual revenue, 100M users, pioneered crime gaming genre on Facebook.FishVille founder & GM. 40M users.Also founded or managed: Pirates, Heroes, Space wars, Football wars, Special forces, Dragon wars, Prison lockdown, Street racing. 10M+ users across games.Directed Zynga Beijing new games group, 70+ headcount.International product team advisor: India, Japan.Filed 6 patents, see below. From March 2008 to July 2011 (3 years 5 months)