Writer: Tom Osiecki — CDC Gaming and Raving Partner

For 25 years, Wes Ehrecke has been at the helm of the Iowa Gaming Association as President and CEO. Raised on a dairy farm in Durant, Iowa,... more

If you were in the gaming industry over the last 25 years, you may have attended a training session, a convention speech, or read an... more

Noah Acres grew up with casino engineering and loyalty marketing in his blood. His father, John Acres, is renowned as the Thomas Edison of... more

Kate Chambers is known for leading the team that turned around ICE, the annual casino exhibition in Europe, and made it an international... more

Few gaming industry executives have a background that is as authentic and was as initially disruptive as Joe Asher. It could come straight... more

Paul Speirs-Hernandez, president of marketing company Steinbeck Communications and training company Red Wagon Institute, has been working... more

Deron Hunsberger was raised in Reno, Nevada, by educators. His mother taught kindergarten and his father was a school principal who later... more

Roger Gros’s path to chronicler of the gaming industry is a circuitous and fascinating tale. Gros started his young life wanting to be a... more

Debi Nutton is a trailblazing woman in gaming with a talent for stepping out of her comfort zone. During her early days as one of the first... more

Asked to describe what it was like to be a female executive at some of the largest casinos in California, Kari Stout-Smith recounts, “Early... more