Michael "Mikey" Dickerson is the first administrator of the

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Obama for America

For about five months in 2012, Dickerson worked for Obama for America, the presidential campaign for

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. 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.

HealthCare.gov

He left

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in 2013 to join the

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rescue team.

Honors and Achievements

He has been named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business, and FedScoop 50's Disruptor of the Year. Dickerson graduated from

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in 2001 and received an honorary PhD from the college in 2015.

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

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research firm New Knowledge (later renamed Yonder).

References

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