# Shiftgig

> Shiftgig is a Chicago workforce technology company that evolved from service-industry recruiting and on-demand staffing into staffing software. Its Deploy platform helped agencies match, engage and redeploy flexible workers. Co-founder Eddie Lou later reported a sale to a strategic partner in 2021.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Chicago, United States
- **Founders:** Eddie Lou (Co-founder; former CEO and executive chairman), Jeff Pieta (Co-founder; former president), Sean Casey (Co-founder; former CTO)
- **Products:** Shiftgig Marketplace, Deploy, BookedOut, Deploy long-term assignments
- **Notable:** Ranked No. 487 on the 2018 Inc. 5000., Named HR Dive’s 2017 Innovator of the Year., Converted staffing-operation buyers into software clients in 2019.

## Products & services

- **Shiftgig Marketplace** — Historical mobile marketplace connecting businesses and vetted hourly workers. Staffing operations transferred in 2019.
- **Deploy** — Staffing SaaS with worker matching, messaging, client ordering, engagement and redeployment tools; publicly launched in February 2019 after earlier licensing.
- **BookedOut** — Experiential-marketing staffing technology business acquired in September 2016.
- **Deploy long-term assignments** — Extension for long-term and temp-to-perm work, with worker feedback to support engagement.

## Achievements

- Ranked No. 487 on the 2018 Inc. 5000.
- Named HR Dive’s 2017 Innovator of the Year.
- Converted staffing-operation buyers into software clients in 2019.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — In a November 24 founder essay, Eddie Lou stated Shiftgig sold to a strategic partner in 2021; buyer and terms were not disclosed in that essay.
- **2020-09** — CTO Thulasi Kethini appeared on the UNBOSSED Chicago Female CTOs podcast.
- **2020-04** — Deploy expanded to long-term and temp-to-perm assignments.
- **2019-08** — Thulasi Kethini appointed CTO; Carmen Spohn joined as director of site reliability engineering.

## Links

- Website: https://www.shiftgig.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shiftgig
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/shiftgig
- GitHub: https://github.com/shiftgig
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shiftgig/

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