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Nathon Gunn (born November 4, 1973) is a Toronto-based Canadian serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Bitcasters Inc., Social Game Universe and LightningPlatform.com. His work includes writing, speaking, advising in the support of democratic development, civic engagement, democratization of technology and entrepreneurship at conferences such as Personal Democracy Forum 〔(Lessons from the International Stage: England, Canada, Iran and the Middle East )〕 and Politics Online,〔(Politics Online, part of OpenCongress and Sunlight Foundation )〕 part of OpenCongress and Sunlight Foundation and in books〔(Searching for the New Liberalism )〕 such as "Searching for the New Liberalism" 〔(Whither Liberalism? Globe and Mail, Peter McKenna )〕 In 2009, his philanthropic game ''History Game Canada'',〔(Straight.com August 2007 )〕 won a MacArthur Foundation award for Innovation in Participatory Learning.〔(Ars Technica June 2007 )〕 It was inspired by and created in partnership with Tom Axworthy. Gunn was a founding Director of the Board for Serious Games Canada.〔(Globe and Mail June 01 2007 )〕 Gunn is a film and TV director, producer and editor, and has won awards for various commercial and artistic endeavors such as short films and major-label music videos, including PromaxBDA Awards for Games and On Air Promotions for his work with the Family Channel and MuchMusic Video Awards for videos like Our Lady Peace’s “In Repair” (Spiritual Machines).〔(MuchMusic Video Nominees )〕 Gunn currently serves as CEO of Lightning Platform, which has developed software for entrepreneurs. Lightning derived from Social Game Universe, for which Gunn was credited as lead game designer.〔(TechVibes January 2010 )〕 The company was a pioneer in cross application interaction and created an ad banner system, IGAPI,〔(VentureBeat November 2010 )〕 that leverages social media and game mechanics for product discovery.〔(VentureBeat November 2010 )〕 ==Career== Gunn is serving his third term as a Director of the Board of the Ontario Media Development Corporation under Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Ontario) and on the Audit Committee.〔(OMDC Board of Directors Website )〕 In 1996, Gunn founded Bitcasters,〔(Globe and Mail Young Leaders )〕 an early multimedia production studio that had offices in Toronto and New York. In 2009, Gunn founded Social Game Universe in Toronto, Canada, with the stated goal of creating a network of interconnected small casual games such as Hollywood Tycoon〔(Ars Technica July 2011 )〕 that in aggregate would form a digital universe of players interacting while playing diverse games.〔(Interconnected Games at InsideSocialGames.com December 2009 )〕〔(Playback Magazine August 2009 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nathon Gunn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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