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[[File:Sandi Gardiner 2018-06 ATV.png|thumb|Sandi Gardiner in ATV on 2018-06-21]]

'''Sandi Gardiner''', also known as '''Sandi Roberts''', is one of the co-founders of [[StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium|Cloud Imperium Games]] and a [[StarCitizen::Category:Board members|board member]].

She plays the character of [[StarCitizen:Nayara Fell|Pusher]] in [[StarCitizen:Star Citizen|''Star Citizen'']].<ref name=":2" />
==Work at CIG==

She heard [[StarCitizen:Chris Roberts]] idea of creating ''Star Citizen'', then named ''Space Trader'', back in 2009.<ref name=":5" /> Her initial role was to just [[StarCitizen::Category:Investors|invest financially]] and help on the consulting side<ref name=":5" />

As they interviewed people for marketing roles she decided that she would rather just do it herself,<ref name=":5" /> be the one responsible for the risk rather than leave it in the hands of others who seemed inadequate.<ref name=":6">[https://youtu.be/Sth_Rfygkbc Sandi Roberts Interview Part One...How Star Citizen Came To Be], Inforunners, YouTube, 25 Apr 2022</ref> Her plan was to take CIG thorough the end of the [[StarCitizen:crowdfunding campaign]] and into the new year before going back to acting.<ref name=":5" />

She became the Vice President of Marketing at [[StarCitizen:CIG Los Angeles]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/HSopyK83iuY Around the Verse - Up Your Arsenal]{{trx|url=around-the-verse-up-your-arsenal}}</ref> She was initially helping with the videos, organising, getting her actor friends to help with [[StarCitizen:Stretch Goals|stretch goals]] videos and more, spending time on the Kickstarter forums.<ref name=":4">[https://youtu.be/lJSUrlPEUVk Star Citizen Addicts Anonymous - A Casual Interview with Sandi Gardiner pt 2], Nichole D'Angelo, YouTube, 3 Mar 2015</ref>

She started the Customer Service alone.<ref name=":0" /> One thanksgiving she told [[StarCitizen:Ben Lesnick]] that he could give her personal email which led to her receiving 2500 emails on thanksgiving day.<ref name=":4" /> During Gamescom while overwhelmed with customer service tickets she spent the week end doing 1200 tickets causing the customer service in Manchester to panic when they came online thinking Zendesk was broken and that all the tickets had been wiped out.<ref name=":0" />

She dealt with hardware partners, overseeing events such as [[StarCitizen:CitizenCon]] and [[StarCitizen:PAX East]], or [[StarCitizen:The Next Great Starship]] which she created and produced.<ref name=":3">[https://youtu.be/fc19nZdDmOs Star Citizen Addicts Anonymous - An Interview with Sandi Gardiner], YouTube, 14 Jan 2014</ref> She was overseeing the [[StarCitizen:Merchandise|merchandising]] mostly from the designing aspect.<ref name=":3" /> She has the single most crowdfunded campaign in history. She is responsible for the way the game's vision is presented and pushed out to the fans. She is responsible for the [[StarCitizen:Concierge]] idea.<ref name=":0">The Friday Night Show Interview: Jared Huckaby, The Base radio, October 17th, 2015</ref> She was a host on [[StarCitizen:Around the Verse]].

After 7 years she found someone she deemed fit to take on her role.<ref name=":6" /> She officially stepped back in May 2019 but remains on the board of directors.<ref name=":6" />

== Other Works ==
She was born in Adelaide, Australia,<ref name=":6" /> and her early 20s she did a lot of hosting, including a travel show where they would go Scuba Diving all around the world for MTV Asia Pacific.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11294736/?ref_=tt_mv_close Destination!], imdb</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160814033746/https://24fpsproductions.com/24fps/portfolio_Destination.html Destination], 24fpsproductions, archived.</ref><ref name=":4" /> She had a swimwear label called Fish Designs.<ref name=":6" />

She worked as assistant director at Fox Studios in Australia.<ref name=":5" />

While doing her Master in Business and Marketing she interned at [[StarCitizen:Ascendant Pictures]] in 2003 where she wrote coverage on scripts that came in and did various tasks, she was on set for ''Lucky Number 7'', ''Lord of War'' and ''Ask the Dust''. She helped on the producing side.<ref name=":5" /> It is at Ascendant Pictures that she met Chris Roberts and that they became friends.<ref name=":5" />

== Quotes ==
<blockquote>"Star Citizen couldn't have happened without Sandi's tireless dedication" -Ben Lesnick<ref>"[https://x.com/banditloaf/status/602469214197125120 Star Citizen couldn't have happened without Sandi's tireless dedication]", @banditload, twitter, May 24, 2015</ref> </blockquote>
==Trivia==

*She loves to read books.<ref name=":1" />
*She has a degree in Marine Biology.<ref name=":1" />
*She plays piano.<ref name=":1">{{Cite Jump Point|title=The Next Great Starship|volume=02|month=02|startpage=66|endpage=69|accessdate=2014-02-28}}</ref>
*She practices mixed martial arts and yoga.<ref name=":2" />
*She likes to drive sports cars.<ref name=":2" />
*She plays regularly in a Theater troupe.<ref name=":2" />
*She likes Imagine ''Dragons'', ''Queen'' and ''INXS''.<ref name=":2" />
*She likes to play ''Star Citizen'' as a pirate or relax exploring.<ref name=":2" />
*Her favorite ship is the [[StarCitizen:Cutlass Black]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/VSaeHKtEYkU Sandi Roberts Interview Part Two...Her Thoughts on Star Citizen], Inforunners, YouTube, 2 May 2022</ref>
*She used to play a lot of games, especially ''Doom.''<ref name=":5">[https://youtu.be/UCsA903qR4Y Star Citizen Addicts Anonymous - Interview with Sandi Gardiner pt 1], Nichole D'Angelo, YouTube, 2 Mar 2015</ref>
*Her favorite place in ''Star Citizen'' is [[StarCitizen:Goss system|Goss]] with its binary stars and it's seaside resorts.<ref name=":2" />
*After ''Star Citizen'' she would like to create her own shoe brand and to make a movie.<ref name=":2" />
*She learned French at Alliance Francaise in Australia during her childhood, then, in Los Angeles.<ref name=":2">[https://youtu.be/oIkarr1PWOk Exclu ! Découvrez un nouveau personnage au casting de Squadron 42], World of gaming, YouTube, 14 Nov 2018
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==See also==
*[[StarCitizen:Beck Russum]]
*[[StarCitizen:Nayara Fell]]

==References==
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[[Category:Developers]]
[[Category:Investors]]
[[Category:Board members]]

StarCitizen:Sandi Gardiner - Revision history

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