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Timothy Gick is a U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel, founder of Adigeni LLC and Not A Very Good Teacher, and the designer of the card game Mission Match.

Timothy Gick is a U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel, an infantry and intelligence officer, and a combat veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. He founded Adigeni LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business in Alexandria, Virginia, and its consumer brand Not A Very Good Teacher, and he co-founded the national security leadership institute 1776 Sentinels. He designed Mission Match, a card game connecting kids to service, STEM and leadership through play.

Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Gick, USMCR, was commissioned in 2007 and has served as an infantry and intelligence officer — battalion S-2 on a combat deployment during Operation Enduring Freedom, scout sniper platoon commander, and intelligence foreign advisor with the Georgia Deployment Program. He has advised the Mongolian Army in Ulaanbaatar and served with Marine Corps Advisor Company Bravo in the Philippines, and from 2024 served at the Defense Innovation Unit as National Capital Region Liaison and Head of USMC Partnerships. He founded Adigeni LLC in 2020, launched Mission Match in November 2022 after an idea that began on a Toys for Tots drive in San Francisco, and co-founded 1776 Sentinels. His work has been recognized by the PenFed Foundation, Warrior Rising and NVC Business, and covered by WJLA Good Morning Washington, Muscle & Fitness and the Marine Corps Association.