David Perry
Photo: Photographer Eddie Sanderson [1] . Copyright owned by Shiny Entertainment, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons16

David Perry

Northern Irish video game designer

David Perry (born 4 April 1967) is a Northern Irish video game developer and programmer. He became prominent for programming platform games for 16-bit home consoles in the early to mid 1990s, including Disney's Aladdin, Cool Spot, and the Earthworm Jim series.2

From Wikipedia’s article on David Perry (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 4, 1967.1

About

He founded Shiny Entertainment, where he worked from 1993 to 2006. Perry created games for companies such as Disney, 7 Up, McDonald's, Hemdale, and Warner Bros. In 2008 he was presented with an honorary doctorate from Queen's University Belfast for his services to computer gaming. He was the co-founder and CEO of cloud-based games service Gaikai, which was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment. In 2017 Perry became the co-founder & CEO of a customer intelligence startup called GoVYRL, Inc. developing a new advanced brand dashboard called Carro.

From Wikipedia’s article on David Perry, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedMethodist College Belfast3

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur.6

Personal life

  • BornApr 4, 1967, Lisburn7
  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom8