Tom Mikulich
June 1, 2009
IGT
International Game
Technology has
named Craig Billings as its new vice president, corporate finance and investor relations;
and Tom Mikulich as its new vice president MegaJackpots.
Billings
joined Goldman Sachs in New York in 2004, and
most recently served as a vice president in the Investment Banking Division in London covering the
gaming and leisure industries. Prior to that, he worked in Deloitte’s audit and
assurance division. Billings has an MBA from Columbia Business
School and his undergraduate degree
from the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas.
“Craig has a
long history working with the gaming industry,” IGT CFO Pat Cavanaugh said. “I
believe his broad and global knowledge of how the constituents in our industry
think about their businesses and the future of our sector, will be important in
helping us devise effective strategic planning and assist us in communicating
with the investment community.”
Mikulich has
more than 25 years of professional experience in the gaming and hospitality
industry. He was the most recently the president of Treasure Island (TI) in Las Vegas, where he continued
the transformation of TI into an adult-focused, world-class resort. Prior to
TI, Mikulich was senior vice president of Casino Operations at Mirage.
“Tom brings
with him in-depth knowledge of player behavior, casino resort operations, player
marketing, slot analysis, and an exemplary record of building and operating large
organizations that are dominant market leaders,” IGT Executive Vice President
Product Strategy Rich Schneider said. “I believe his knowledge of our industry
from a casino operator’s perspective will be key in helping us drive growth of
our own “wide area casino” of recurring revenue slot machines.”
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