Rodney Gibbs
Two-time entrepreneur. Co-founder of Ricochet Labs, maker of Qrank, a social-mobile-geo platform for knowledge-based quizzes. Previously founded Fizz Factor, which I sold to Amaze Entertainment.
Active in technology and media communities. Advisory board member of KUT, the Austin Film Society, and KLRU.
In a previous life, I was a screenwriter and journalist.
News junkie, food lover, music nut, mixologist, and cinephile.
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- Creative Team Leader, Mobile App Developer, Start-up FounderComputer Software | Austin, Texas Area, USSummaryI lead creative and technical teams in digital production. I've founded two companies, Fizz Factor, a game studio I sold to Amaze Entertainment, and Ricochet Labs, a platform company that helps our customers create knowledge-based apps and games. The first app built on our platform is Qrank, which Esquire magazine calls one of the "80 people, places, and ideas that matter right now" and MacLife calls "one of the most addictive iOS games ever."
I am active on boards and initiatives that grow digital media production and expand the Texas talent pool in mobile, games, and web production.Specialties: Strategic leadership, creative and technical team management, strategic relationships, product management, creative direction, app, web and game development, digital marketingExperience- Sept 2011 - PresentAdvisory Board Member / KLRU-TV
- May 2011 - PresentAdvisory Board Chair / University of Texas Computer Science Game Development Program
- Sept 2009 - PresentCo-founder / Ricochet LabsWe created a platform for knowledge-based apps and games delivered on mobile, web, and Facebook.
- Sept 2009 - PresentMember, Board of Directors / Austin Film SocietyFinance committee chair http://www.austinfilm.org/
- Sept 2009 - PresentAdvisory Board Member / KUT Radiohttp://kut.org/
- Sept 2009 - Sept 2011Advisory Board Member / International Game Developers Association
- Oct 2006 - Sept 2010Chair / Digital Media Council
- Nov 2001 - Aug 2009Co-founder and Studio Director / Fizz Factor
- Mar 1999 - Nov 2001Senior Producer / Sapient (formerly Human Code)
- Sept 1997 - Feb 1999Screenwriter / Various TV Networks
- Aug 1996 - Sept 1997Writer and Associate Producer / Dead Man's Gun Productions
- Feb 1993 - Nov 1995Program Director / Austin Film Festival
- 1992 - 1992Writers' Assistant / Comedy CentralAssisted writers prepare for nightly broadcasts from the 1992 Republican National Convention.
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1993 - 1996The University of Texas at AustinMFA
Activities: James A. Michener Fellow -
1988 - 1992Rice UniversityB.A. in Sociology
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Honors:• Austin Under 40 Arts and Entertainment category winner, 2008 • SXSW Interactive Dewey Winburne Nominee, 2007 • Big Brothers Big Sisters' Supporter of the Year, 2002 • Big Brothers Big Sisters' Big Brother of the Year, 2000
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Interests:professional: strategy, product development, brand development, team building, marketing, fundraising, public speaking personal: travel, reading, movies, bicycling, swimming, cooking, fringe technology
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- Create and Text Original GIFs With MyFaceWhen iPhone App http://t.co/1BrhAU11
- Listen to Mashable’s Facebook IPO Spotify Playlist http://t.co/RfnhTW8f
- 4,000 devices running Android vs. 1 running iOS. Dev nightmare. Android Fragmentation Chart, http://t.co/PRMpDFMm
- Facebook Timeline: 9 Best Practices for Brands http://t.co/uoFiVtSw
- Flipboard + public radio could be a killer combo, http://t.co/5Spd61Dd.
- @MTV and @knightfdn team up for political version of fantasy football. Gamifying and demystifying politics. http://t.co/SQK7Qyvr
- The Atlantic Media’s Digital Transformation | Digiday http://t.co/BtvRk6g5 (via Instapaper)
- Hilarious: ‘Mitt Likes Music, Including This.’ http://t.co/LSBSk99pMay 15, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- 3/4 of countries using mobile money most frequently are in Africa, The Economist. http://t.co/Gggdj2di
- @LillyRockwell Thanks, Lilly. I started in news so it feels a bit like a homecoming.
- @bphillipstx Many thanks!
- @CindyRoyal Thanks. Yes, I'd love to catch up once the dust settles.
- Marc Andreessen's Advice for Entrepreneurs, http://t.co/4UvhTUqg
- @jakesilverstein @evanasmith @sammartintweets Fair warning: I am a pretty ace ping pong player, or at least I was in jr high summer camp.
- @sammartintweets @jakesilverstein @evanasmith Agreed. Although we made need something strong than coffee.
- @evanasmith @eramshaw Don't know about innovative but they are damn good cookies.
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- @bobbimcclelland Mad Magazine?
- @sbmellen Different Mary.
- #HintOtheDay: They don't call her "Bloody Mary" for nothing. http://t.co/tbHQ9s5x
- #HintOtheDay: They don't call her "Bloody Mary" for nothing. Yikes. http://t.co/tbHQ9s5x
- #HintOtheDay: Careful if you swim in Lake Champlain. Nessie's cousin might get you! http://t.co/tbHQ9s5x
- @WalkingxPapers How should we know? We don't use it.
- #HintOtheDay: We don't use EBCDIC for Qrank but maybe we should. http://t.co/tbHQ9s5x
- #HintOtheDay: We don't use EBCDIC for Qrank, but maybe we should. http://t.co/tbHQ9s5x
- #HintOtheDay: Eustace Tilley, for nearly 90 years you've appeared annually on our favorite magazine. And you still look so young and...
- #HintOtheDay: Eustace Tilley, for nearly 90 years you've appeared annually on our favorite magazine. And you still look so young and dapper!
- @smellyinnovator 7 - 8 am, 12 - 1 pm, and 9 - 10 pm CDT are busy times.
- #HintOtheDay: James Patterson, we pump our fist in your honor! Yo! http://t.co/tbHQ9s5x
- @koobinRoo Good idea!
- #HintOtheDay: James Patterson, we pump our fist in your honor! http://t.co/tbHQ9s5x
- #HintOtheDay: Dennis Wilson surfed, but maybe he shouldn't have. http://t.co/tbHQ9s5x
- #HintOtheDay: Dennis Wilson surfed, but maybe he shouldn't have. http://t.co/tbHQ9s5x
- #HintOtheDay: Hell, if our name was T Rex, Qrank would probably make a lot more money. Why didn't we think of that first?...
- #HintOtheDay: Hell, if our name was T Rex, Qrank would probably make a lot more money. Why didn't we think of that first?...
- @DaleDudley Speedy recovery to you!
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- Gates Of Steel (Live) by Devo
- He Will Set Your Field on Fire by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
- Father and Son (with Fiona Apple) by Johnny Cash
- Low Rising by The Swell Season
- Proud Mary by Ike & Tina Turner
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues by Chris Thomas King
- Two Sides - Monsieur Valentine by Spoon
- Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie by Belle and Sebastian
- Lonely House by Abbey Lincoln
- Free Money by Patti Smith
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