STORM ANNOUNCES MIKE DREITZER AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, BMM AMERICAS
STORM ANNOUNCES MIKE DREITZER AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, BMM AMERICAS
Today I am pleased to announce Mike Dreitzer in the role of Chief Operating Officer of BMM Americas. Mike comes to BMM with broad gaming experience gained over 15 years in the U.S and internationally. Mike received his graduate degree in Applied Economics from Cornell University and his law degree from Emory University. Mike was the Deputy Attorney General for the State of Nevada, providing legal representation for the Nevada Gaming Commission and Nevada Gaming Control Board. Mike was the EVP and General Counsel for Progressive Gaming International directing all legal work and regulatory compliance for a listed public company. Mike was co-founder and COO of Global Gaming Group, one of the first international gaming content companies supplying vendors with game design and technology integration services. G3 was a client of BMM for a number of years. Over the last five months Mike has been working closely with the BMM North American executive to progress U.S. accreditations. In this time he has won the confidence of the executive team with his ability to lead key strategic activities. Mike has hit the ground running and will be announcing a series of organizational changes and additions in the Americas to improve business focus, responsiveness and performance. I wish to thank Rich Williamson and Wendy Anderson for their operational leadership service most recently. Going forward, Rich will return to deepening BMM’s regulatory impact in the U.S. through targeted thought leadership and relationships, whilst Wendy will return to the Office of the CEO to provide global Marketing and HR leadership. Also, Larry Ruhe has resigned as VP Finance for BMM North America to work with the BMM group in a new and different capacity. Please thank Rich and Wendy, and welcome...
Read MoreBMM awarded RFP by Illinois State Lottery
BMM Compliance is pleased to announce that it will be performing the functional testing of a new Internal Control System (ICS) for the Illinois State Lottery. This project was awarded to BMM as the winning bidder of the recent RFP, issued by the State of Illinois, Department of Revenue Lottery Division. The ICS has been developed to ensure that the new Lottery Central Monitoring System is working according to the operating requirements of the Illinois Lottery, as well as performing the auditing functions for all financial transactions. Drew Pawlak, SVP Business Development, Americas said, “This is an excellent win for BMM and we are very pleased to be working with the State of Illinois. BMM has been assisting Lotteries for the last 30 years and this certainly proves that we are a solid player in the global Lottery market.” Jean Corriveau, BMM’s Business Development Manager, Lotteries and Online Gaming added “Lottery markets are constantly changing and evolving with new technologies such as the iGaming space, mobile gaming and cloud gaming. BMM’s strategy is to work closely with these organizations to provide world class services to assist Lotteries with continued...
Read MoreNorthstar selects BMM Compliance
BMM is pleased to announce that it was selected by the Northstar Lottery Group, LLC to test its new Lottery product for the Illinois market. Northstar Lottery Group, a partnership of GTECH, Scientific Games Corporation and Energy BBDO, was created to operate the nation’s first outsourced state lottery. The RFP directs BMM to assist in testing efforts from a User Acceptance Testing point of view to ensure that the new Lottery CMS is working in accordance with technical documents and meets jurisdictional requirements. Drew Pawlak, BMM’s Senior Vice President of Business Development, Americas, said “Following BMM’s appointment as primary service provider to the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) for certification services for all gaming products, the Northstar Lottery is an excellent win for BMM and we are very excited to work with the Northstar Lottery Group. BMM has a very long history of working with lotteries internationally. In 2010 we won several significant RFP’s here in North America and I am glad to see it continuing into 2011 with Northstar. ” Martin Storm, Global President and CEO adds “This is yet another competitive RFP win for BMM in the US gaming market. BMM has now been in the US for over 10 years and we are very close to completing our licensing in the commercial and tribal casino markets. We have made the strategic decision to begin the same market development efforts in the lottery markets in the US. We see the lottery market as a key driver to new technologies, and these could very well lead the way in the iGaming space here in North...
Read MoreBMM Compliance works with CANIETI to create Mexican Standards
BMM is pleased to announce that it is working with CANIETI’s Section 4 as industry experts for the creation of technical standards (NOM) for class II, class III and electronic table games. BMM is very excited to be the first gaming industry independent test lab, of any kind, to be a member of this influential Chamber and we expect that other ITLs will follow BMM’s lead to request membership. CANIETI, La Cámara Nacional de la Industria Electrónica, de Telecomunicaciones y Tecnologías de la Información, is a prestigious and influential Chamber in Mexico to which over 1,000 electronic, software and IT industry companies belong. CANIETI’s Section 4 represents the gaming industry with nearly 35 companies and one Mexican Gaming Association. BMM has been working collaboratively with the members of CANIETI and, simultaneously, with the Secretaria de Gobernacion (SEGOB) on this important project creating new rules for modern gaming products. The rapidly growing Mexican Gaming industry is seeking a stable regulatory environment with integrity and accountability. Mexico has been operating under the existing 1947 law and these new rules will help promote a reliable structured environment to the world’s single largest gaming industry operating under one set of federal regulations and one federal regulatory body; i.e....
Read MoreBMM Compliance – recognised by Singapore Casino Regulatory Authority
BMM Compliance is pleased to announce that the Singapore Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) has recognised BMM’s Singapore Testing Laboratory to provide Independent Gaming Equipment and System’s Testing services for the Singapore Jurisdiction. This is the fourth of BMM’s Global Testing Laboratories to be recognised to undertake Independent Testing for the gaming industry in Singapore. BMM’s Singapore Testlab is the only Singapore Testlab to have ‘Singapore Recognised Test Lab’ (SRTL) status. BMM’s other Singapore recognised Laboratories are in Australia and North America. Martin Storm President and CEO of BMM Compliance says, “This recognition is testament to BMM’s commitment to support the gaming industry in Singapore. Gaming machine manufacturers in Asia targeting the Singapore market now have a local option to undertake the Compliance Evaluation and Testing of their products. Additionally Singapore’s Integrated Resort’s have local access to a pool of skilled gaming resources to help support their operations and compliance requirements.” BMM Compliance’s Asian Business Development Manager, Mr. Y.C. Lim, is based in Singapore. Mr Y.C. Lim invites all Asian and Global gaming manufacturers who are looking to be approved in the Singapore market to consider having their Gaming Equipment Testing and Certification performed by BMM Compliance in Singapore for Singapore (or other target jurisdictions outside of Singapore e.g. Macau and Philippines). Mr Lim says, “A number of my Asian customers are already taking advantage of the BMM Singapore Testlab now it is ISO 17025 and SRTL recognised. These customers are finding they are reducing costs and improving their quality and time to...
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