Cole Kepro announced last week that Richard H. Currie has been named president of the company. Currie is a highly experienced senior executive with 30 years’ experience in the electronic entertainment sector, with 20 of those years in regulated gaming. His experience spans gaming machine design and manufacture, as well as the design and manufacture of peripheral gaming equipment. Currie was the founding president of WMS Gaming, held senior executive positions with Coin Mechanisms and Game Mechanisms, and was the president of Elite Gaming Technologies. He received his MBA in International Business from Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL; and also retired as a Major from the U.S. Army Reserve where he held command and staff positions in two Special Forces Groups.
“CKI is a company with a superior reputation, earned over many years of leadership in the design and manufacture of gaming cabinets,” said Currie. “I am excited to join such a well-established organization. There is significant growth potential for CKI in the Gaming sector, as well as other market categories. I am looking forward to the opportunity to meet the needs of our current customers and well as earning the business of new customers”
In the newly created position of President, Currie will report directly to Frederick A. Cook Jr., chief executive officer of Cole Kepro International, and will join the company’s management committee.
“Richard brings not only superior executive management skills and experience to CKI, but also leadership and mentoring ability that will complement the fine team we have assembled,” said Cook. “Richard has a proven record of achieving exponential growth with all of his previous companies and we expect that same record of successful growth to be achieved at CKI. In addition, Richard has a well-earned reputation for integrity which has earned him the respect of his peers in the gaming community.”
