title: Fabio Rosati
text: # Fabio Rosati
  
  Fabio Rosati is an Italian-born executive who served as a CEO of online work marketplace platforms Elance and Upwork, and as Chairman of hourly work marketplace Snagajob. Rosati is a contributor to online work, the freelance economy, and real-time hiring.
  
  ## Education and career
  
  Originally from Florence, Italy, attended Georgetown University. 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. Among the largest and fastest-growing companies in the online work industry, Elance allowed businesses to find, hire, manage and pay freelancers. In 2013, Elance had over 3 million users, and over $300 million in annual billings. In December 2013, as Elance and oDesk announced their merger, Rosati was named CEO of Elance-oDesk. 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 Snagajob and Xometry.
  
  