{"id":6030,"date":"2011-03-18T10:25:02","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T18:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=6030"},"modified":"2011-03-18T12:39:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T20:39:05","slug":"new-dealer-at-shufflemaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/new-dealer-at-shufflemaster\/","title":{"rendered":"New dealer at Shufflemaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"After a long CEO search that threatened never to end, Shufflemaster<\/strong> has found its man. And it’s not just anybody rather, but Gavin Isaacs<\/strong> … most recently the president COO of Bally Technologies<\/strong> since 2006, during which time he helped turn that company around. Prior to Bally, Isaacs (left<\/em>) ran the U.S. branch of Aristocrat Technologies<\/strong> before quitting after a clash with Aristocrat Leisure<\/strong> CEO Paul Oneile<\/strong>. The latter’s tenure was a bust<\/a> and he’s not been heard from in two years. Although Isaacs takes office at Shufflemaster on April 1, this is anything but an April Fool’s joke. Interim CEO David Lopez<\/strong> resumes his “day job” as Shufflemaster’s COO.<\/p>\n

While Isaacs’ resume tilts toward the slot side of the gaming floor, particularly in the realm of game development, he’s sharp as a tack and probably won’t have much of a “learning curve” at his new post. In a strange and morbid twist of fate, Isaacs was supplanted at Aristocrat by the late Timothy Parrott<\/strong> (who fell on his sword when Oneile left), an executive who went on to become Isaacs’ predecessor<\/em> at Shufflemaster before mortal illness forced him to step down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Meanwhile back a<\/strong>t the\u00a0 Bally ranch, CEO Richard Haddrill<\/strong> lost no time filling Isaacs’ shoes, promoting executive veep and systems expert Ramesh Srinivasan<\/strong> president. A six-year Bally veteran, Srinivasan (pictured<\/em>) has been part of a very stable regime. Shufflemaster, by contrast, has been plagued by frequent changes in the executive suite, so here’s hoping Capt. Isaacs can steer it to calmer waters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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