Fabio Rosati

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Fabio Rosati
Born
Florence, Italy
Education Georgetown University
Occupation Internet entrepreneur

Fabio Rosati is an Italian-born American executive who served as CEO of online work marketplace platforms Elance and Upwork [1] [2] , as chair of the board at hourly work marketplace Snagajob [3] [4] , and currently serves as chair of the board at on-demand manufacturing marketplace Xometry [5] . Rosati is a contributor to online work, [6] the freelance economy, [7] [8] [9] and real-time hiring. [10]

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Education and career

Originally from Florence, Italy, attended Georgetown University. [11] Rosati joined Gemini Consulting (a division of Capgemini) in its early days and left a decade later to join a Silicon Valley start-up, Elance, as Chief Executive Officer. In 2006 Elance sold its enterprise software business to focus on a new platform where businesses and freelance talent could connect and collaborate with each other online. [12] Among the largest and fastest-growing companies in the online work industry, [13] Elance allowed businesses to find, hire, manage and pay freelancers. In 2013, Elance had over 3 million users, [14] and over $300 million in annual billings. [9] In December 2013, as Elance and oDesk announced their merger, Rosati was named CEO of Elance-oDesk. [15] In April 2015, with more than 13 million users and $1B in annual billings, Elance-oDesk introduced a unified platform and a new name, Upwork. Rosati served on Upwork's board of directors until 2017 and currently serves on the board of directors at Xometry [16] .

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  2. ↑ "Elance-oDesk becomes Upwork in push to build $10B in freelancer revenue". Forbes. 5 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Snag taps former Upwork CEO as new leader". www2.staffingindustry.com. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  4. ↑ Times-Dispatch, JOHN REID BLACKWELL Richmond. "Snag names new chief executive officer and completes $18 million capital raise from investors". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  5. ↑ https://investors.xometry.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fabio-rosati-appointed-chair-xometrys-board-directors
  6. ↑ "Elance-oDesk flings open the door to a massive digital workforce". Washington Post. 13 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Freelance Economy, radio broadcast aired". The Diane Rehm Show. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Olson, Lindsey (29 November 2012). "States With High Unemployment Rates Are Turning to Freelancers for Work". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  9. 1 2 Stern, Gary M. (November 27, 2012). "Welcome to the age of the freelancer". CNN Money. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  10. ↑ Karpie, Andrew (5 May 2015). "Elance-oDesk becomes Upwork,". Spend Matters.
  11. ↑ "Fabio Rosati President & CEO, Elance Inc". Web 2.0 Summit. November 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  12. ↑ Karpie, Andrew (6 February 2013). "Online Staffing Platform, Elance, Reports Continuing High Growth in 2012". Staffing Industry Analysis. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
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  15. ↑ "The gig economy is growing up". Pandodaily. 18 December 2013.
  16. ↑ https://investors.xometry.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fabio-rosati-appointed-chair-xometrys-board-directors
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