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Marzia Turrini Promoted to Executive Vice President, Europe and South America

Marzia Turrini Promoted to Executive Vice President, Europe and South America

Marzia Turrini Promoted to Executive Vice President, Europe and South America

BMM Testlabs is proud to announce that Marzia Turrini has been promoted to the key business leadership role of Executive Vice President, Europe & South America. CEO Martin Storm said, “Marzia has led a significant growth period in BMM’s European business, most notably our fast growing Italian test business in a very competitive market, putting together a strong operational group. She also led growth in the South American market for BMM in online and has supported the work of regional EVP Gene Chayevsky. She has worked incredibly hard at BMM and is another great example of our internal drive to create exceptional leadership. She is respected by customers and the industry at large. She hires great people and supports them very well. I know she will continue to grow and develop in this role and achieve great success.” Marzia came to BMM with a strong business development background both in the gaming industry as well as the banking and telecommunications industries. Marzia has learned the core BMM business from the ground up over the last 7 years including sales, regulatory, delivery, operations and administration. Reporting to Marzia will be the executives in charge of regional services and businesses including land-based and iGaming. Marzia Turrini added, “I am so pleased to take on this key global position at BMM. I enjoy being part of BMM’s global executive team, building BMM’s businesses and working with our great people. We have much to do to achieve our full potential, both as a business and a group of dedicated staff, but the journey is the most exciting...

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BMM Testlabs Introduces Melissa Sweitzer as SVP, Strategic Accounts

BMM Testlabs Introduces Melissa Sweitzer as SVP, Strategic Accounts

BMM Testlabs is pleased to introduce Melissa Sweitzer to the BMM North America team as SVP, Strategic Accounts. Travis Foley, COO and EVP North America commented, “Melissa is an accomplished, capable and respected industry leader and will assist in expanding and professionally managing BMM’s North American business. In her role, Melissa will be responsible for creating new value for key stakeholders, building on BMM’s reputation for integrity, innovation, quality and care. We are thrilled to have Melissa join the team with her reputation for excellence in customer interactions, and know that she will add to the culture BMM so proudly maintains.” For the past year, Sweitzer served as Vice President of Strategic Accounts at PDS Gaming. Prior to PDS Gaming, she spent 6+ years with Aruze Gaming America as Senior Vice President of North America, where she was responsible for all sales functions throughout North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. Sweitzer began her sales career at Bally Technologies. Before her transition into sales, she spent 8+ years with PDS Gaming in various accounting and finance related positions. Sweitzer stated, “I am very pleased that BMM Testlabs has chosen me to join their North American team. In an ever-changing gaming environment, BMM’s excellent reputation, attention to detail and customer centric approach, have made BMM the World’s Best Gaming Test Lab, and I am excited to be a part of their continued...

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BMM Sets the Bar on Testing and Service Excellence Worldwide – ICE London 2020

BMM Sets the Bar on Testing and Service Excellence Worldwide – ICE London 2020

BMM Testlabs is pleased to exhibit at one of gaming’s biggest events, ICE London 2020, from February 4-6, 2020. President and CFO, Gene Chayevsky commented, “ICE London presents an unmatched networking opportunity for attendees and exhibitors alike. There is no better place than ICE London to kick off BMM’s 2020 global event calendar.” Chayevsky continued, “BMM takes a proactive approach to keep abreast of all industry trends and challenges, such as new regulated markets, new market segments, and new tools, such as artificial intelligence and blockchain. Our talented leadership and management teams from around the world provide our partners with exceptional value through our unique consultancy methods and knowledge of these industry advancements. Our people, industry expertise and universal market awareness truly differentiate us from our competitors.” Marzia Turrini, EVP for Europe & South America added, “BMM continues to set the bar on testing and service excellence worldwide. Our top priorities are maintaining the highest level of independent quality testing in the world, working with regulators, manufacturers and operators to ensure exceptional results in every gaming sector in every regulated market. At ICE London this year, we are looking forward to meeting and consulting with attendees to discuss how we may align our world-class testing solutions with their technical compliance needs.” We invite all visitors of ICE London to visit BMM’s booth N3-420 to consult with our experts for their testing, cyber security and compliance...

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BMM PROMOTES GENE CHAYEVSKY TO PRESIDENT & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

BMM PROMOTES GENE CHAYEVSKY TO PRESIDENT & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

BMM announced today that Mr. Gene Chayevsky has been promoted to President and Chief Financial Officer for BMM International, reporting to CEO Martin Storm.  Chayevsky has led a significant growth period in BMM’s European businesses ably supported by Marzia Turrini. His regional leadership accelerated growth at BMM Spain and BMM Italy which are now market leading gaming labs across land-based and iGaming services. BMM Romania and BMM Poland are doing very well in the field compliance services sector, and BMM South America continues to grow.  Chayevsky has shown a strong understanding of the core BMM business, its development, its opportunities, and economics. Reporting to Chayevsky in his new role will be the executives of the core regional operating businesses, Group Finance and two new sector adjacencies.  Chayevsky has been with BMM for three years and prior to that was the CEO of Cadillac Jack (now part of AGS), a private equity executive, and investment banker for Morgan Stanley. He has strong financial capabilities as well as business development skills.  BMM CEO Martin Storm said, “In line with our objective of developing executive leadership internally at BMM, it is with pleasure that I announce the promotion of Gene to this key leadership role at BMM, including an Executive Director position on the board of directors of BMM International. He has worked incredibly hard at BMM over three years, transforming the European business into an emerging powerhouse within BMM and the market. I look forward to working closely with Gene, gaining his insights, and continuing our rapid growth towards market leadership in the test labs segment worldwide.”  Storm added, “Gene’s executive replacement in Europe and South America is Marzia Turrini, who provides the important leadership continuity that BMM, its clients, regulators and the markets are looking for. Marzia, like Travis Foley, Kirk White and Gene, has developed her leadership skills more fully at BMM by building new businesses successfully, and managing existing ones. I am proud of her progress and success. I am blessed to have such talent, commitment and integrity in this business leadership group.” Chayevsky concluded, “I am excited to take on this new global role at BMM and to work more closely with such an inspirational leader as Storm. The next phase of BMM’s growth is in our core testing and certification business as well as our new exciting business adjacencies, such as cybersecurity. I am very proud of the work that our European and South American teams have done over the past several years and am confident that under Marzia’s leadership, we will continue to meet the many challenges that still remain, as our European business continues its rapid growth. I look forward to working more closely with Travis and Kirk to support the next phase of our development in the North American, Asian and African...

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BMM Testlabs Named as Best Lab in Romania 2nd Year in a Row by Casino Life and Business Magazine

BMM Testlabs Named as Best Lab in Romania 2nd Year in a Row by Casino Life and Business Magazine

BMM Testlabs, the world’s original gaming test lab and product compliance consultancy, is pleased to announce that it has been named as the ‘Best Certification Laboratory’ in Romania for 2019 at the 12th Annual Casino Life and Business Magazine Gala. This marks the second year in a row that BMM has been recognized in this category. EVP, Europe and South America, Gene Chayevsky accepted the award on behalf of BMM at an evening gala held in Bucharest. Commercial Director, BMM Romania, Vlad Dicu commented, “We want to thank Casino Life and Business for this prestigious award. We are extremely honored to have won in 2018 and 2019. This means that our hard work and effort is being recognized by not only our peers but our customers who voted for BMM Romania. We’ve only been in the region for the past two years and our commitment to provide the highest quality certification, inspection, and audit services in the Romanian land-based and iGaming market is not slowing down.” Chayevsky, added, “Our Romanian team continues to prove that they are committed to providing the exceptional services that BMM customers receive around the world. I am proud to have such an amazing team that within two years have achieved such recognition two consecutive times. Our Bucharest lab and I would like to thank our customers again for your unrelenting...

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