Kahlil Ashanti has a different path to the gaming industry. An entertainer, Ashanti spent some of his time with the U.S. Air Force at Nellis Airbase in North Las Vegas. There he got to know the Strip and gambling, eventually getting a role in Cirque du Soleil in Vegas. He got to know casino entertainment bookers who were constantly trying to learn more about their customers. So Ashanti put himself through a coding class and learned how to develop a program that would break down the habits of both gaming and non-gaming customers, with the help of other experts in his company. Now SpendSight offers a software that is intuitive, easy to use and effective to mine player data. He spoke with GGB Publisher Roger Gros at G2E in October.
