David Reitman
Growth | M&A SME & Board Advisory
David Reitman is a senior Technology, Media & Telecom executive and strategic advisor with a games industry focus spanning strategy, digital engineering, AI implementation, enterprise services, and managed services. He is one of a handful of executives who has built dedicated gaming practices at two of the world’s largest consultancies, leading PwC’s gaming practice across Deals, Advisory, Engineering (Cloud, Data, AI), and Cyber Risk & Regulatory, and previously organizing and scaling Accenture’s gaming practice to over $100M in revenue, building the dedicated team that led client relationships across game developers, publishers, platform providers, and game technology companies.
His career spans the full gaming value chain, from backend infrastructure for EverQuest, World of Warcraft, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live, to pioneering cloud gaming at Gaikai (acquired by Sony for $380M), to creating the white-label digital commerce category at Digital River that gave publishers an alternative to Steam’s distribution model.
David has been instrumental in successful capital raises and exits. As a senior business leader at Gaikai and Visionary Realms, he was pivotal in fundraising efforts including raises with Intel Capital, Comcast Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Benchmark, and EA. He also contributed to successful exits including PlayGiga’s acquisition by Facebook as a Board Advisor, Switch and Data’s $880M acquisition by Equinix, and Hybris’s acquisition by SAP.
He provides Non-Executive Director and Board Advisory services across corporate strategy, product innovation, business development, and investment, with current and prior board engagements including Visionary Realms (NED), PlayGiga, Green Man Gaming, and Tangentix/GameSessions. He also serves as an M&A subject matter expert and institutional investment advisor with Gerson Lehrman Group, Third Bridge, and Guidepoint Global.
David is a recognized speaker at CES, GamesBeat, Wedbush Securities, GDC, Digital Entertainment World, and other industry forums.