Career
Gunn was a founding Director of the Board for Serious Games Canada. Gunn currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Lightning Platform, which has developed software for entrepreneurs. Lightning derived from Social Game Universe, for which Gunn was credited as lead game designer.
The company was a pioneer in cross application interaction and created an ad banner system, IGAPI, that leverages social media and game mechanics for product discovery.
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. In 1996, Gunn founded Bitcasters, an early multimedia production studio that had offices in Toronto and New 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 that in aggregate would form a digital universe of players interacting while playing diverse games. In 2013, LightningPlatform / was spun out of Social Game Universe, and Gunn became Chief Executive Officer of the new company.
Several innovative digital applications have been created with Lightning, including pioneering second screen applications for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television shows Over the Rainbow and Battle of the Blades.
