
Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies recently announced the promotion ofRamesh Srinivasanto president and chief operating officer.
Srinivasan will be responsible for all of Bally’s worldwide games, systems, and server-based solutions, as well as customer service, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Richard Haddrill. Srinivasan joined Bally in 2005 as executive vice president of Bally Systems. Under Srinivasan, Bally Systems has become the clear market leader, positioning Bally to capitalize on the convergence of the games and systems businesses.
Gavin Isaacs, the company’s chief operating officer for the past four years, will depart Bally effective March 30 to join Shuffle Master, Inc. as its chief executive officer.


Robert (Bob) J. Parente, who joined Bally in 2009, has been promoted to vice president and managing director of Canada to lead all of Bally’s activities in this growing gaming market.
Bally also announced thatJohn Connelly, who previously served as the company’s vice president of international, will rejoin as vice president of business development with responsibility for new markets, partnerships, and acquisition activities, reporting to Haddrill.