John O'Neill
President & CTO
Spark Plug Games, LLC
John O’Neill is the president and founder of Spark Plug Games, LLC, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. John leads a talented group of passionate game developers in the creation of casual, mass-market videogame properties.
Prior to establishing the company, John was the director of business development for Vicious Cycle Software and responsible for the cutting-edge middleware solution, the Vicious Engine. John was responsible for managing the Vicious Engine brand and built strategic relationships between developers and publishers alike. He also drove the internal focus for the Vicious Engine technology as it applied to client needs, negotiated contracts and license sales, and directed marketing and public relations engagements.
John began his games industry career at MicroProse in 1994, as a programmer on a variety of cross-platform projects and ultimately built business and vendor relationships with industry leaders and hardware vendors. Working internationally, he successfully established and managed the consulting branch for InstallShield Software, Ltd., and continued to build clients around the world, which included many in the Fortune 500.
Along with his extensive gaming industry and professional consulting experience, he also brings his academic training in computer science with a Bachelor of Science degree from North Carolina State University.
John lives in Apex, North Carolina with his wife Kelly and three sons Archie, Trevor, and Benjamin
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