William Gardner

Mr. William Gardner

President and Managing Partner, Digital Entertainment Insights, LLC


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Council Member Biography

William Gardner is the President and Managing Partner of Digital Entertainment Insights and serves as a Board Member with Green Man Gaming, Ironspeed, Judobaby and Buckaroo. He was also (05/08) the President and Chief Executive Officer at Eidos, Inc, a major videogame publisher, until the takeover of USA Sales by Time Warner. There he was responsible for rebuilding the business from finance, sales, marketing and operations perspectives. Previously, he was the Founder, President and CEO of O~3 Entertainment Inc., a start-up entertainment software publishing and distribution company. Mr. Gardner was also CEO of Capcom Inc. where he was recruited to bring the company to a profitable position in the multi-billion dollar video game entertainment software industry, following a loss of more than $100 Million. Mr. Gardner is a highly qualified Senior Executive Manager offering more than 20 years of international hardware and software sales, marketing and development experience within the consumer electronics and entertainment software industries. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

2008 - Unspecified
President and Managing Partner, Digital Entertainment Insights, LLC
2005 - 2008
President and Chief Executive Officer, EIDOS INC.
2004 - 2005
President and Chief Executive Officer, O~3 Entertainment, Inc.
1997 - 2004
CEO/President, CAPCOM U.S.A. INC
1984 - 1997
Vice President, Panasonic