Mr. Greathouse has been a director since April 2009 and was appointed Vice Chairman in March 2010 and appointed Chairman of the Board in March 2011. Mr. Greathouse has over 30 years of experience in the Las Vegas hotel and gaming industry, most recently as Senior Vice President of Operations for the Mandalay Resort Group from 1997 to 2005. Prior to his time at Mandalay, in 1997, Mr. Greathouse served as President of Boardwalk Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, and from 1994 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Alliance Gaming Corporation, (renamed "Bally Technologies, Inc." in 2006). Mr. Greathouse spent 16 years with Harrah's (renamed "Caesars Entertainment Corporation" in 2010), starting as a Race & Sports Book Manager in Reno and working his way up to President, Casino-Hotel Division. Mr. Greathouse is a Commissioner for the Spending and Government Efficiency Commission (SAGE Commission), a privately funded, bi-partisan panel created to review state government operations that fall under the Executive Branch and to provide the Governor of Nevada with recommendations for streamlining operations, improving customer service, and maximizing the use of taxpayer dollars. Mr. Greathouse received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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.
Mr. Maples has been a director since August 2004, and was appointed Chairman of the Board in April 2006, and served as Chairman of the Board until March 2011. 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.
Justin A. Orlando is a managing director of Dolphin Limited Partnerships, a private investment management firm focused on investing in undervalued public companies across a diverse set of industries. Previously, from 1999 to 2002, Mr. Orlando was a member of the healthcare investment banking group of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated where he was involved in advisory work, financings, and control transactions. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Orlando practiced corporate law with the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. Mr. Orlando received a B.A. in History from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor degree from the Columbia University School of Law.
Mr. Ramsey joined Multimedia Games in September 2008 and was named Chief Executive Officer in September 2010. Prior to joining the Company, he served for over six years in various executive and operational positions with Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. He served as Vice President and Executive Associate to the Vice Chairman at Harrah's corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, where he worked on domestic and international development, design and construction, and sports and entertainment. He has significant slot operation and product experience, having also served as Vice President of Slots & Security at Caesars Atlantic City, where he was responsible for maximizing the performance of over 3,000 gaming devices, which generated more than $400 million in annual revenue. In addition to Caesars Atlantic City, he served in executive positions at Harrah's Joliet (Illinois) and Harrah's East Chicago (Indiana), as well as the company's Central Division office in Memphis. Prior to entering the gaming industry, he worked in various roles within the finance industry, and also taught English in South America. He holds a BA in economics from Harvard University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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.
Timothy S. Stanley has over 20 years of business and technology leadership, and is currently the President of Tekexecs, an executive advisory and consultancy; and Founder of Innovatects, a business innovation and execution firm. Previously, from December 2006 to January 2009, Mr. Stanley served as CIO and Senior Vice President of Innovation, Gaming and Technology for Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., the largest provider of branded casino entertainment in the world. From January 2003 to December 2006, he served as Harrah's Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Information Technology; and from February 2001 to January 2003 as Vice President, Information Technology. Prior to Harrah's, Mr. Stanley was a Partner leading the Travel and Entertainment practice for USWeb; CIO & VP of Information Technology for National Airlines; and led various marketing, product and technology teams at Intel, Optima/KPMG, and Kimberly-Clark in the US and abroad. He currently serves as a board member and advisor to VIRSIX, a privately held interactive entertainment startup, and is a member of Tech Coast Angels. He received a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Washington, and a joint MBA / MOT degree in International Business & Technology Management from Arizona State University and Thunderbird Global School of Management.
