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Dominic Thomas Sagolla is an American author, blogger, software engineer, educator, and surfer. Commonly referred to as a "co-creator" of Twitter, "@dom" is user nine on the system, and is responsible for first pitching 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. 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.

Sagolla is an alumnus of Swarthmore College, 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" and is credited for coining the term "apptivism". Sagolla has been recognized as an International Genius by the City of Amsterdam.

Sagolla grew up in New England and is now a public speaker and innovator, represented by William Morris Endeavor / IMG. He is a father of two boys and resides in San Francisco, California.