Christophe Pardon

Christophe Pardon is a seasoned game development professional with extensive experience in various roles within the industry. As co-founder of Lightheart Entertainment since May 2019, Christophe continues to influence the gaming landscape. Previously, Christophe served as a senior programmer at Next Games from November 2014 to April 2019 and co-founded Helsinki GameWorks, an independent game studio, in June 2014. Prior to these roles, Christophe held significant positions at Digital Chocolate from August 2007 to September 2013, including technical director of client engineering, associate technical manager, and lead game programmer, where notable projects included social games for Facebook such as "Kings and Warlords," "Gangs of Boomtown," and "Safari Kingdom." Additionally, from January 2003 to August 2007, Christophe was the CEO and lead programmer at Inphiny.