Mr. Maples has been a director since August 2004, and was appointed Chairman of the Board in April 2006. Mr. Maples held various management positions at Microsoft Corporation from April 1988 to July 1995, including Executive Vice President of the Worldwide Products Group. As a member of the Office of the President at Microsoft, Mr. Maples reported directly to the Chairman and Chief Software Architect. Previously, he served as Director of Software Strategy for International Business Machines Corp. Mr. Maples also currently serves on the boards of Motive, Inc., a service management software company, Lexmark International, Inc., a laser and inkjet printer company, and Sonic Corp., an operator and franchisor of drive-in restaurants. He is currently a member of the Board of Visitors of the Engineering School at the University of Oklahoma and the College of Engineering Foundation Advisory Council at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Maples received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, and a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University.
Neil E. Jenkins
Director
Mr. Jenkins has been a director since October 2006. Since 2000, he has been an Executive Vice President and Secretary and the General Counsel for Lawson Products, Inc., a publicly traded industrial products company. From 1996-1999, he owned an SCH Golf Franchise that specialized in tours to Scotland and Ireland. Beginning in 1974, Mr. Jenkins began working in labor relations for Bally Manufacturing Corporation, and continued in the legal department, rising to the position of General Counsel, a capacity he served in from 1985-1992. In 1993, he became a member of Bally Gaming International's Executive Team, where he helped coordinate business development, legal, and licensing matters for Bally Manufacturing's gaming industry spin-off. Mr. Jenkins received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Brown University, a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and a Master of Science degree in Financial Markets from the Center for Law & Financial Markets at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Emanuel R. Pearlman
Director
Mr. Pearlman has been a director since October 2006, and is a member of our Strategic Review and Compensation committees. He has more than 20 years of experience in the investment community. Mr. Pearlman is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Liberation Investment Group, a New York-based investment management firm. Prior to founding Liberation, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Vornado Operating Corporation. For 14 years, Mr. Pearlman ran Gemini Partners, which specialized in strategic block investing and financial consulting. His experience in the gaming industry includes consulting to Jackpot Enterprises and to Bally Entertainment Corporation, where he advised the company on its business and financial activities. Mr. Pearlman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Duke University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
Robert D. Repass
Director
Mr. Repass has been a director since July 2002. In addition to his role as a director, Mr. Repass serves as Chairman of our Audit Committee. Mr. Repass was a managing partner in the Austin office of PricewaterhouseCoopers from December 1997 to March 2000, and from March 2000 until December 2001, Mr. Repass was a partner with TL Ventures, a Philadelphia-based venture capital firm. From January 2002 until March 2002, Mr. Repass was a private consultant. Mr. Repass has also served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Motion Computing, Inc., a mobile computing and wireless communication device company, since April 2002. From January 2003 until December, 2005, Mr. Repass served on the Board of Directors and as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Bindview Development Corporation, a software company. Mr. Repass has over twenty years of public accounting, SEC and financial reporting experience. Mr. Repass received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Anthony Sanfilippo
President, CEO and Director
Mr. Sanfilippo joined Multimedia Games as President & CEO in June 2008. A highly accomplished and well-respected veteran of the gaming industry, he brings to Multimedia Games more than 20 years' experience with Harrah's Entertainment, the world's largest casino company. While at Harrah's, he served as President of the Central and Western Divisions, overseeing the operations of more than two dozen casino and casino-hotel destinations.
Mr. Sanfilippo was also part of the senior management team that led the successful integration of numerous gaming companies acquired by Harrah's, including Jack Binion's Horseshoe Casinos, the Grand Casino & Hotel brand, Players International, and Louisiana Downs Racetrack.
In addition to his duties as divisional president, Mr. Sanfilippo was also President and Chief Operating Officer for Harrah's New Orleans and a member of the Board of Directors of Jazz Casino Corporation prior to Harrah's acquiring full ownership. He has directed tribal gaming operations in Arizona, California and Kansas, and has held gaming licenses in most states that offer legalized gambling.
John M. Winkelman
Director
Mr. Winkelman has been a director since August 2000. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Winkelman was the Chief Executive Officer of Viejas Casino and Turf Club, a casino owned and operated by the Viejas Tribe located in San Diego County, California. From 1989 to 1999, Mr. Winkelman was the Economic Development Advisor to the Viejas Tribal Council. He has worked exclusively with Native American enterprises for the past 20 years, with a primary focus on tribal gaming and related economic development. Mr. Winkelman received a Bachelor of Arts in Laws and a Juris Doctor degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, formerly Western State University.