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'''Geoff Perlman''' (born January 6, 1964) is an American entrepreneur and author whose vision for cross-platform [[development tools]] has growing impact for developing applications on different operating systems.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} His interest in cross-platform compatibility surfaced at an early age during exposure to [[technology]] at the local university. Carrying this passion with him throughout his life he has founded companies to allow ordinary people to create extraordinary things with computer software. Perlman has worked for a number of technology companies in his career, including [[AT&T]] and [[4th Dimension (software)|4D]]{{disambiguation needed|date=May 2012}}, and he founded development tools company, [[Real Software]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/geoff-perlman/0/a38/406 |title=Geoff Perlman Linkedin Page |date=October 12, 2010 |last=Perlman |first=Geoff |accessdate=2010-10-12 |publisher=[[LinkedIn]]}}</ref> in 1996.

==Early life and education==

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==Career==

Perlman then went to work for a computer store in Costa Mesa in 1986, where he met Stephen Douglas (Redheads International) who was then the editor of a video magazine. Douglas, becoming close friends with the young Perlman, convinced him to start working for himself. Perlman took Douglas' advice and started his own design/publishing company, while continuing to work on his knowledge of computer programming. Using his knowledge of database design, he has spent most of his career working for companies he founded, although midway through his rise up in the tech world, he worked in [[Silicon Valley]] for [[4th Dimension (software)|4D]]{{disambiguation needed|date=May 2012}} (then ACIUS) from 1990 to 1994. He was hired to conduct training classes across the US teaching users how to develop database applications using 4D and its [[programming language]]. Initially he was the only trainer the company employed.<ref>{{cite web|title=4D Training|url=http://www.4d.com/support/training.html|work=4D Training|publisher=4D}}</ref> He quickly grew the department, hiring three additional trainers and quadrupled the training revenue.

==Founding Real Software==