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American computer scientist

Born

Michael Dickerson

OccupationProfessor of Computer Science

Mikey Dickerson
Dickerson in 2021
Born	Michael Dickerson
Education	Pomona College
Occupation	Professor of Computer Science
Employer	Pomona College^[1]

Michael "Mikey" Dickerson is an American software engineer, political advisor, and government executive. Dickerson was the first administrator of the United States Digital Service.^[2]^[3]

Obama for America

For about five months in 2012, Dickerson worked for Obama for America, the presidential campaign for Barack Obama.^[4] Along with 3 other campaign workers, Dickerson created a real-time Election Day monitoring and modeling system. He was also responsible for scaling the campaign website.^[4]

HealthCare.gov

He left Google in 2013 to join the HealthCare.gov rescue team.^[5]^[6]

United States Digital Service

In 2014, Dickerson was appointed administrator of the newly created United States Digital Service.^[7]^[8]

American Engagement Technologies

In October 2017, Dickerson founded American Engagement Technologies, which provided funds that were used for a disinformation campaign conducted in Alabama by the disinformation research firm New Knowledge (later renamed Yonder).^[9]^[10]^[11]

Honors and Achievements

He has been named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business,^[12] and FedScoop 50's Disruptor of the Year.^[13] Dickerson graduated from Pomona College in 2001 and received an honorary PhD from the college in 2015.^[14]

References

↑ "Directory". Retrieved September 16, 2021.
↑ "Meet the Disheveled White House Staffer Who's Cleaning Up Government IT". ABC News. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
↑ Levy, Steven (July 30, 2015). "The Tiny Team Taking on a Massive Reform of Government IT". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
1 2 "White House Hires Ex-Googler to Make Government Websites Suck Less (We Hope)". NBC News. August 12, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
↑ Brill, Steven (March 10, 2014). "Obama's Trauma Team". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
↑ McFarland, Matt (January 17, 2017). "Mikey Dickerson fixed Healthcare.gov. That was just the beginning". CNNMoney. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
↑ "FACT SHEET: Improving and Simplifying Digital Services | The White House". www.whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
↑ "White House Hires Ex-Googler to Make Government Websites Suck Less (We Hope)". NBC News. August 12, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
↑ Shane, Scott (December 20, 2018). "Secret Experiment in Alabama Senate Race Imitated Russian Tactics - The New York Times". from archive. New York Times. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
↑ "AMERICAN ENGAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC". opencorporates.com.
↑ Silverman, Craig (December 28, 2018). "Times Reporter Spoke At Event Organized By Alabama Dirty Tricksters". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
↑ "Mikey Dickerson, Most Creative People". Fast Company. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
↑ "FedScoop 50: Celebrating 2014's leaders in federal IT". www.fedscoop.com. January 10, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
↑ Wood, Mark. "In Quotes | Pomona College Pomoniana". Retrieved May 11, 2019.

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