{"id":223933,"date":"2022-07-30T20:11:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T01:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=223933"},"modified":"2022-07-31T18:16:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T23:16:04","slug":"new-gaming-hires-aruze-picks-hansen-for-igaming-wilson-joins-gli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-gaming-hires-aruze-picks-hansen-for-igaming-wilson-joins-gli\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gaming Hires: Aruze Picks Hansen for iGaming; Wilson Joins GLI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aruze Gaming America earlier this week brought on a new executive the Las Vegas-based company has tabbed to stand up its presence in the iGaming segment.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/a>
Kurt Hansen (left) has been named the new vice president of iGaming for Aruze Gaming America. Barrie Wilson is the new APAC region manager of client services for Gaming Laboratories International. (Images: Aruze and GLI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Thursday, the company announced it hired Kurt Hansen to serve as its vice president of iGaming, which President Rob Ziems said he considers to be an \u201cimportant market opportunity\u201d for the nearly 40-year-old international game developer.<\/p>\n

Hansen is tasked with introducing Aruze Gaming\u2019s titles to online gamblers. The company plans to make its titles available to social casinos and licensed real-money iGaming operators.<\/p>\n

Background in iGaming<\/h2>\n

Hansen comes to Aruze Gaming after serving as the head of digital for GameCo. Among his responsibilities there was to work with company leaders and partners to outline its digital gaming strategy.<\/p>\n

He has more than a decade of experience in the gaming realm. That includes stints at Aristocrat Technologies and GAN.<\/p>\n

As GAN\u2019s vice president of products and services, Hansen led the rollout of the company\u2019s platform to the social gaming sites.<\/p>\n

Hansen also worked with Delaware North<\/a> as its vice president of digital product and marketing, focusing on efforts to promote the New York-based company\u2019s social and online gaming products.<\/p>\n

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Kurt’s experience throughout the gaming industry will be instrumental in building our iGaming department. Kurt will be a major asset as we explore and advance our online gaming presence,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Ziems said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In a statement, Hansen said he was excited to join the company and sees a bright future of the company in online gaming.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much room for innovation in gaming, specifically online gaming, and I\u2019m excited to build off of Aruze\u2019s current momentum and bring their innovative products to the iGaming space,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Wilson to Serve GLI in Australia<\/h2>\n

Also earlier this week, Gaming Laboratories International announced Barrie Wilson had been appointed as the company\u2019s manager of client services. He will work with land-based, online, and lottery clients in the Asia-Pacific region and be based out of the company\u2019s lab in Sydney.<\/p>\n

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Wilson comes to the global gaming testing and assessment services provider after having worked as a business educator and a manager for a major retailer in Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Barrie to the\u00a0GLI\u00a0team,\u201d GLI APAC General Manager Samantha Powell said in a statement. \u201cHis diverse background of leadership and business will be extremely beneficial to\u00a0GLI\u2019s clients. In particular, his abilities to help people grow beyond their current borders and to explore new territories will be very helpful to clients who want to expand their footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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