GTECH S.p.A. has reorganized its Americas management team to meet customers’ growing needs for an integrated offering across multiple gaming channels, including lottery, VLT, commercial casino and interactive gaming. It has also created a new Lottery Management Services structure to meet lotteries’ increasing needs for greater efficiency and reliable profits through private or outsourced management services provided by GTECH.
According to the company, the new management team, which reports to GTECH Americas President and CEO Jaymin B. Patel, is designed to anticipate opportunities to help customers build their player bases due to rapid changes in the Americas gaming landscape, including the growth of regulated interactive gaming, accelerating use of mobile technology, and the convergence between land-based and interactive gaming technologies.
The reorganized Americas management team reflects the following changes:
• Alan Eland becomes senior vice president and chief operating officer, North America. After almost three decades with GTECH, Eland has announced his decision to retire from the Company effective January 1, 2015. For the remainder of this year, he will manage GTECH’s relationships with the California Lottery, Texas Lottery, and oversee a portfolio of Canadian jurisdictions and Western Region states.
• Jay Gendron becomes senior vice president, United States. Gendron, who has 20 years of experience managing GTECH’s lottery and gaming sales and operational activities across 13 states in the U.S. Eastern region, will be responsible for preparing U.S. customers for the next phase in the lottery industry’s evolution as technology and gaming channels converge.
• Victor Duarte becomes senior vice president, North American commercial gaming. In addition to his current role as senior vice president of gaming and content, Duarte will be responsible for leading sales activities with the company’s commercial and tribal casino customers in North America.
• Matteo Monteverdi becomes senior vice president, Americas interactive. In addition to his current role as senior vice president, iGaming, Monteverdi will work with Americas gaming customers to leverage the latest technological and regulatory developments to build a foundation of sustainable and effective interactive gaming programs.
• Connie Laverty O’Connor becomes senior vice president and chief customer officer. O’Connor will continue to be a liaison with GTECH customers, and during the next several months, she will transition from the role of interim CEO of GTECH Indiana and focus on significant customer and industry initiatives, and multi-jurisdictional opportunities.
In addition, the Lottery Management Services team has been created to leverage GTECH’s operational expertise and best practices drawn from its experience as a private manager/outsourced operator in Illinois, Indiana and New Jersey. Marco Tasso, senior vice president, lottery management services, will lead this new team.
“As the gaming, technological and regulatory landscape continues to evolve in the Americas, GTECH has assembled a team of experienced leaders to help our customers successfully take their critical next steps in this evolution,” said Patel. “This new management structure will ensure that our customers are armed with the knowledge and innovation they need to build sustainable operations and responsibly grow revenues.”
