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London, England, Gb

The US is a highly strategic market for Playtech and creates a significant long-term opportunity across its full product suite. In 2020, Playtech made significant progress in the US as it was granted licences to operate in New Jersey and Michigan and launched in New Jersey with bet365 and Entain. Playtech will continue to increase its strategic investment in the US market. Playtech has also started the licensing process in additional US states and has a strong pipeline of opportunities with both potential new customers as well as existing ones in other markets.In early 2021 Playtech signed strategic agreements with various subsidiaries of Greenwood Racing Inc. which own and operate the Parx Casino in Pennsylvania. The agreements include licensing of Playtech products to the Greenwood companies in the states of Michigan, Indiana, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, commencing with the launch of online casino in Michigan on Playtech’s IMS Platform and Player Account Management (PAM).

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

Aruze Interactive is developing Aruze’s existing library of internally recognized games for the online and mobile market, expanding relationships with channel partners, developing new partnerships, and overall delivering our entertaining products to players in numerous jurisdictions.Aruze has a sizable portfolio of really successful land-based titles and has shown their commitment to bringing them to online and mobile players worldwide. Our initial batch of games includes several titles that appeared on the industry gold-standard Eilers report.I am excited to drive the Aruze Interactive expansion and look forward to working with the team.

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

Fast-growing global publicly traded company (NYSE: AGS) to oversee online social and real-money B2B and B2C iGaming business, with responsibilities for leading the Company’s iGaming and social teams in Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Tel Aviv, UK, and USA.My goal in this new senior executive leadership role is to lead AGS’ focus on providing a reliable and robust game aggregation platform (RGS) for many of the world’s largest and most prominent online real-money iGaming operators – growing the portfolio of operators through trusted relationships and games that perform. Through the powerful Remote Gaming Server delivering more than 600 games, many of which are developed internally by game-development studios and already proven in land-based real-money environments.It will be equally important to work with our outstanding team to increase our partnerships with industry-leading third-party game developers, which enables us to offer the best game content across mobile, desktop, and social channels – delivering an exceptional player experience wherever players want to engage.Now fully licensed by the UK Gambling Commission and the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority, continue to focus on expanding our number of licenses into more jurisdictions worldwide.For social gaming B2B business, aim is to successfully increase the penetration of AGS’ Social White Label Casino solution for retail operators. This turn-key, free-to-play mobile casino app solution blends the casino’s brand with AGS’ player-favorite games into an interactive casino experience that players can take anywhere. We integrate with all major casino-management systems to offer 24/7, 360-degree connection with players, and AGS is the only company to offer such a broad library of features.

Secure PCI compliant US issued virtual prepaid Visa card solution, providing world-class payment processing to US licensed and regulated real money iGaming and iSports operators. The US regulatory compliant prepaid card payment processing solution is fully integrated into an operator’s user flow and cashier process, engineered to simplify and optimize the prepaid card to be purchased online and subsequently spent at the operator’s payment page. The prepaid card delivers swift and superior funding by recovering over 87% of otherwise declined US credit / debit card transactions.• Launched and manage the virtual prepaid Visa card platform in the US ensuring overall regulatory compliance with FinCEN, OFAC/PEP, New Jersey Money Transmitters Act, New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering laws. • Responsible for due diligence of merchants and overall comprehensive compliance procedures, including AML monitoring, fraud screening, risk exposure, KYC verification, consumer protections, financial transaction tracking and customer service oversight. • Interact directly with issuing banks, card processors, acquirer (Vantiv, now Worldpay) and New Jersey iGaming and iSport merchants to ensure maximum account funding success leading to enhanced merchant / operator revenue generation. • Responsible for business development and to execute the marketing and revenue strategies aligned with revenue targets.• Confidently and successfully managing licensee / operator and vendor relationships, providing hands on service interacting with operator’s senior management as well as their internal development, funding and risk teams. • Selection of best-in-class vendor service providers and negotiation of agreements.

Managing and operating www.DraftDay.com (B2C), the award-winning white label (B2B) technology platform that has redefined the daily fantasy sports (DFS) market as a SaaS. Licensed and implemented the best-in-class Geolocation, Know Your Customer and payment processing providers to offer a reliable, trusted and regulatory compliant B2C and B2B DFS solution to regulated customers in the United States and international jurisdictions.• Management, operations and compliance functions and responsibilities include; negotiating platform licenses, on-boarding new licensees, operational and infrastructure planning and support, payment processing and reporting, customer service & support, legal and regulatory monitoring & overall compliance.• Expanded and managed the payment processing, affiliate and VIP rewards program.• Launched the top five regulated global DFS website in Australia www.draftstars.com.au, Partnering with CrownBet and Fox Sports, (Draftstars is the Official Daily Fantasy Sports Partner of the AFL).• Directed company through the regulatory and legislative challenges of DFS to a leadership B2B managed solution.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Gb

Sportech PLC, sports gaming and entertainment company with a presence in 30 countries, focusing on highly regulated markets. In June 2014, Sportech entered into a JV with NYX Gaming Group, to provide online products and services in the US. The JV entered the US online gaming market in NJ, offering a full suite of products including casino, slots & video poker, with live dealer with other products to follow.SNG Interactive: served as the General Manager and Board Member of the SNG JV with NYX Gaming Group. Developed, launched, implemented, & managed the market leading iGaming platform in the US licensed in NJ to; Resorts Casino, Mohegan Sun Casino and Golden Nugget Casino.Result: Sold for over CA$20 million.• Key implementer of sale of Sportech’s 50% interest of SNG to JV partner.• Managed & operated the leading regulated iGaming platform in NJ. Responsibilities included; P&L management and budgeting, operational support & infrastructure, payment processing, customer service & support, legal & regulatory monitoring & technical compliance.• Devised & managed intricate business strategy to meet budgets & achieve goals.• Performed world-class client relationship management, & interacted continuously with the licensees’ ownership, management and internal teams.• Managed a diverse team of internal & external resources to develop & operate the iGaming platform, incl a 26-person (24/7) customer service operation with best-in-class service & performance. • Produced monthly reports for the Board detailing the performance of the platform and planning improvements.• Monitored legislative change, business & market trends to ensure JV was positioned to take advantage of all opportunities.• Recommended & implemented process & technology to enhance services to players/customers. • Developed and implement strategic processes to maximize efficiency & ROI.• Acquired casino industry qualification gaming license issued by the NJ Dept. of Gaming Enforcement.

Silver Entertainment engages in the acquisition, development and management of casino gaming and resort operations in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. Silver Entertainment is based in New York City with numerous hotel casino properties in Panama City and Curacao. (Strictly no United States players.)• Key role in launching and managing a real money online gaming division, offering multi-player poker and an entire suite of casino and slot games, utilizing the Playtech PLC platform and their iPoker network. Managed P&L. • Responsible for set up of entire business, including licensing the software platform, iGaming licensure, server hosting facilities, international corporate structure, payment processing, and compliance to support top tier real money global internet gaming business. • Managed and monitored the payment processing integration, affiliate marketing platform, systems management and financial reporting all primed for efficient 24/7/365 international operations. • Hired and managed a specialized team consisting of internal employees and external consultants to operate various business divisions including; head of casino, marketing and acquisitions/retention manager, and customer service manager. • Optimized the business into individual country representatives to market the online gaming brand enabling localized operations and market penetration. Licensed poker platform to a select group of strategic white label affiliate relationships in various Latin American countries. Established the Latin American Poker Open with local Latin American partners focused on player acquisition and retention.• Attend industry trade shows and exhibitions in US and internationally to represent the brand and negotiate strategic licensing and affiliate marketing solutions. Marketed the brand at land based poker tournaments and events in Latin America.

Managed and operated the Tribeca Tables Poker Network, the industry leading aggregated multi-player online poker software platform. Licensees included: Victor Chandler, Paddy Power, Golden Palace, Blue Square, Rank Group & Doyle Brunson.Result: Sold to Playtech Ltd. (listed in the UK) for over $60 million. • Managed overall US and international business operations including; software platform licensing, legal, compliance, finance, infrastructure, strategic planning and implementation, reporting functions, and on-boarding new licensees. • Directed legal and compliance function in the US, UK, India, Philippines, Alderney, Malta, Canada & Curacao. Established & managed operational infrastructure to support high growth delivering operational excellence. Monitored business, revenue and compliance regarding all licensees, ensuring overall efficiency and maximization of revenue.• Primary and unique role in preparing the company for sale, including all facets of the asset purchase by Playtech Ltd. Personally led extensive due diligence package and functioned as central point of contact to Playtech Ltd. on hand over, migration and integration of company licensees. Responsible for winding down various international subsidiaries and related companies post asset sale to Playtech Ltd.• Business Strategy: Streamlined business operations and significant reduction in technology development costs. Conducted ongoing & rigorous business analysis to promote consistent operations and best practices. • Global Operations: Developed and managed international operational procedures to ensure successful integration with and financial reporting to the poker software licensees. • Legal: Negotiated and executed legal documents in an array of international jurisdictions, including all software license agreements, gaming licenses, vendor agreements, employee & third party contracts, non-compete, confidentiality, non-disclosure and inventions agreements.