David Pickerell
Founder of GigSafe
David Pickerell
Founder of GigSafe
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & CEO
2023 - Current
Ambitious delivery providers grow with GigSafe - the modern third-party administrator for businesses that engage independent contractors. Purpose built to help you launch new markets in days, not weeks, our technology drastically improves driver time-to-contract, automates back-office operations, and enables compliance to win deals and meet contract requirements with your expanding customer base. If you care about onboarding drivers faster, paying drivers quicker, staying compliant, and improving your margins, email me at david@gigsafe.com
Co-founder & CEO
2020
Gig drivers use Para to get all their work pings in one place and unlock new work. Companies use Para to hire the right drivers instantly.
Early Stage Investor
2019
Early-stage investments (Dapper, Superhuman, Hipcamp, Lovevery, OneSignal, Kickstarter...), based in San Francisco. I focus on the gig economy, marketplaces, tooling and infrastructure, operations, and the supply chain.
Business Operations Lead
2017 - 2018
Our vehicle sensors have enabled the largest commercial fleets in the world to avoid more than 70,000 collisions. I built out business ops and helped the CEO raise $159M from Greylock and Softbank.
Lead Operations and Logistics Manager
2015 - 2017
Set up Uber's Las Vegas operation - one of our largest and most profitable cities in the U.S.
Senior Analyst
2013 - 2015
Investor relations, financial analysis, China coverage
Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA
2010 - 2013