John Gildred, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJohn Gildred
American businessman
Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1970
Place of Birth: La Jolla, California, United States
Profession: businessperson
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About John Gildred
- John Taylor Gildred (born August 23, 1970) is an American entrepreneur and business executive known for his work in consumer electronics and online media technology.
- Gildred originally established his reputation in 1994 at OpenSoft, an Internet communications software company.
- Later in 1999, Gildred became well known as the founder of Indrema, a consumer electronics company which developed, but ultimately never released, a highly anticipated Linux-based game console for independent game developers.
- Gildred cited a receding market for venture capital in 2001 as a primary factor in the decision to cancel mass production of the game system.
- After Indrema, Gildred joined Pioneer Electronics to head product development for digital television and Blu-ray as well as Pioneer's Advanced Technology Group.
- While at Pioneer, he formed a subsidiary named SyncTV, a multi-CE company initiative to provide over-the-top television service to all TV manufacturers.
- In 2009 SyncTV was sold to Intertrust Technologies.
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