Dominic Thomas Sagolla (born January 4, 1974) is an American author, software engineer, educator, and
surfer.
Biography
Sagolla, commonly self described as a "co-creator" of Twitter, is user nine on the system (as "@dom"). He first pitched the idea at the podcasting startup
Odeo in 2006.
Sagolla was the build engineer and community manager for President Obama's iPhone App team in 2008, which won praise from
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a ...
. He is founder and executive director of iOS Developer Camp, the annual idea contest that has led to the founding of companies such as
Square,
TestFlight, and
Getaround
Getaround is an online car sharing or peer-to-peer carsharing service that connects drivers who need to reserve cars with car owners who share their cars in exchange for payment.
As of 2019, the company was reported to have five million users and ...
.
Sagolla is an alumnus of
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeduca ...
, Harvard University Graduate School of Education and holds an honorary Doctor of Letters from
Becker College. He is the author of "140 Characters: A style guide for the short form". Sagolla has been recognized as an International Genius by the Appsterdam Foundation.
Sagolla grew up in New England and is now a public speaker and innovator, represented by William Morris Endeavor / IMG.
WME / IMG Speakers
. Retrieved on December 7, 2015.
References
External links
Dom SagollaDom Sagolla
on Twitter
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sagolla, Dom
American bloggers
1974 births
Living people
Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni
Swarthmore College alumni