Brian Collins is as a former Walt Disney Imagineer and helped create the magic for virtually all of Disney's Florida theme parks. He wrote scripts and spiels for some of the world’s most beloved attractions. At other times in his career, Brian has produced work for a who’s-who list of…
Shelley White has been the CEO of the Responsible Gambling Council (RGC) since 2017. She leads the organization in their mission to promote responsible gambling and reduce problem gambling. The organization is a center of excellence in responsible gambling, and it accomplishes this in four ways: > conducting research to…
Stephen A. Crystal represents, advises and invests in gaming business customers around the world in casino development, online gaming and gaming technology, as well as in government affairs and lobbying, strategic planning, casino advisory services, investments, mergers and acquisitions and capital raising. He is a keynote speaker, and a regular…
Wesley Ellul is an experienced founder and digital marketing professional with a proven track record of working in the entertainment industry. He is skilled in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Ecommerce Consultant, PHP, WordPress, Theater and Event Management. Strong professional with a BA focused on Communication and Media Studies from L-Università…
Brianne Doura-Schawohl is founder and CEO of Doura-Schawohl Consulting LLC. She most recently served as Vice President of US Policy and Strategic Development for EPIC Risk Management, a global harm prevention consultancy, conducting work in over 24 countries. Prior to her role at EPIC, Brianne served as Legislative Director for…
Dustin Gouker oversees the content efforts for a network of gambling news and affiliate sites that includes Legal Sports Report, PlayUSA, TheLines, Lineups and Gaming Today. He has helped lead the growth of Catena Media's North American team as sports betting and online casino has become legal across the US and Canada.…
Edward King is the Co-Founding Partner and Co-CIO of Acies Investments, a venture capital firm focused on partnering with companies in the sports betting, iGaming, esports and sports technology industries. Edward was formerly Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming investment banking at Morgan Stanley, where he spent over 20years.…
Steve McAllister has worked for Canada’s most prominent media organizations and sports associations as a journalist and communications specialist over a span of four decades. During his career in media, McAllister was a sportswriter for The Canadian Press and covered the Toronto Blue Jays’ beat in back-to-back World Series championships…
Tomash Devenishek is a technology industry veteran focused on algorithmically curated in-game microbetting. As a CEO & Founder of Kero Sports he works with the largest names in pro sports and gaming to deliver sportsbetting experiences that match the entertainment value of mainstream apps like TikTok and Instagram. Kero Sports…
Dan Trolaro is the Vice President of Prevention for EPIC Risk Management in the United States. Previously, he served as the Assistant Executive Director for the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, also known as 800-GAMBLER. After graduating from The College of New Jersey with a Finance major and…
Seth Young is an internationally known gaming specialist with over 15 years of expertise and a proven track record of staying on the cutting edge of new online gaming technologies and methods. Young is the CEO of Fifth Street Gaming Digital and the Managing Partner of The Strategy Organization, a…
Jai Maw co-founded Betting Hero in 2018, and served as the Chief Executive Officer as the company grew from two full-time employees to over 25 and 250+ Betting Hero independent contractors in 2022. With over two million in-person interactions, and having delivered 250,000+ new depositing customers, and over $20M in…
Tom Hearne is the CEO of Tiidal Gaming Group Corp. He is a seasoned operator with extensive experience as a C level executive, having scaled publicly traded technology companies including in his roles as past CFO of theScore, and Sportech PLC. Over the course of his career, Tom has on…
Harley Redlick is a successful sports bettor and media personality with a passion for improving knowledge in the gambling space. He’s a regular contributor for The Parleh and runs his own website Sharp Edge Picks. Harley does a weekly sports betting podcast for The Parleh with Jorey Middlestadt, a legend…
Bliss is the founder of Cumberland Strategies. Over the past 27 years, he has been an innovator, practitioner and commentator in the Public Affairs arena both domestically and internationally. He has been an advisor to two Prime Ministers, Ministers, Members of Parliament and Cabinet ministers. Bliss private sector experience includes…
Fernando Antunes: "I will be a better person tomorrow than today. I truly believe that conveying in a practical and pragmatic way what I have learned can accelerate the growth of people and organizations, and transform the society. Therefore, I help people, companies and institutions to develop themselves in pursuit…
Hugo Jaques has a strong background in tech with a degree in engineering, and a master’s degree in physics and chemistry from France. He has 25 years of experience in business advisory and consulting covering digital transformation, operation management, human resources, digital marketing strategy, product positioning, business development, and fundraising.…
Grant Johnson is a B.A. Economics , Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Esports Entertainment Group. Mr. Johnson is a business development professional with extensive experience, starting his career in the financial services industry. Grant was a pioneer in the online gambling space starting in 1996. He has been an…
Vladimir Malakchi Vladimir Malakchi has grown a number of early-stage tech companies, including one of the top five blockchain developers in the world. He has been a big reason why Evoplay has done so well in the past two years and continues to expand as one of the most innovative…
Yaniv Spielberg co-founded Bragg and serves as CSO. A lawyer and tech entrepreneur, Yaniv was part of the team that completed the reverse merger that established Bragg Gaming Group in 2018. Prior to founding Bragg, Yaniv was a founding member of a private equity fund, Legacy Eight Group, that focused…
Derek Ramm currently serves as the Director of Anti-Money Laundering at the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario. He leads the agency's AML regulatory oversight initiatives in the gaming, horse racing, liquor and cannabis industries. Ramm has a lot of experience in the compliance and financial intelligence field because he…
Salah Eddine Mimouni Salah Eddine Mimouni is a serial entrepreneur, public speaker, digital marketing expert, and the founder of Richmedia Digital Agency and Massinart.ma. Salah Eddine Mimouni is from the Moroccan city of Casablanca-Settat. Salah Eddine works in "Marketing & Advertising," "Higher Education," "Information Technology & Services," "Fine Art," and…
Gavin Roth is one of North America’s top sponsorship strategists and partnership architects. He has 30 years of experience and success in Strategic Partnerships, Sports Marketing, Integrated Media Sales, Sponsorship Sales & Marketing, and Sales Training/Coaching. Currently the Managing Partner at Gavin Roth & Associates Revenue Consultants Inc. – an…
Tom Wozniak heads up marketing and communications for OPTIZMO Technologies, which delivers the industry’s most robust platform for email compliance and suppression list management to clients throughout the U.S. and around the world. Wozniak brings over 20 years of experience in the digital marketing arena, having worked for companies across…
Jonathan Doubilet is the MD & VP Business Operations at Playtech. He has strong foundation in international business development, investment strategy and company law within today's tech ecosystem. He has over 10 years of experience managing cross-continent businesses involving multiple firms and legislator. As well as helping to the development…
Ben Idowu is a professional engineer and had successfully completed mobile telecommunications networks projects within time line in more than 15 countries. Ben performed core network testing, integration, and acceptance, all with high customer satisfaction. Excellent project manager and end-to-end delivery specialist. He is able to interface with a variety…
Vincenzo Armato is the CEO & Founder of Adv Revolution, Perfomance Affiliate Network, based in Marsala (Italy) and in Barcelona (Spain). Thanks to his experience of about 10 years in the affiliate world he has brought his team to work with several companies in Europe, America, Latam and Asia. In…
Doug is the Project Director for Sports Betting at the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), an arm’s length regulatory agency overseeing the province’s gaming, alcohol and horse racing industries. In this role, Doug is responsible for developing and setting the overall strategic approach and implementation plan for the…
Ari Fox is one of the founders of Gameacon, LLC. He has been referred to by many in the gambling space as a visionary who holds the answers to what "a casino will look like in the near future". His background spans over 20 years in consulting and educating the…
Jason Hunt is the Co-founder and CMO at Merged Media. He has been monetizing online traffic since 2012, and in 2019 he formed Merged Media by merging his Social Media Agency with a prominent SEO firm. Jason first dabbled with digital marketing in 2007, when he used MySpace to build a…
Bilal Asad is a scaling expert, industry leader and serial entrepreneur in the Direct Response space. Bilal started off in the affiliate industry as a rookie affiliate - slowly developing into a "super-affiliate" and driving traffic to some of the largest offers in the space in 2011. He eventually pivoted…
Stuart Weston is Head of US Product Strategy at Sportradar, where he is applying his experience to the dynamic North American market and helping to shape future products in the region. He has been working in the betting industry in a number of high profile roles for over 20 years. Prior to…
Lindsay Slader is the Managing Director Gaming at GeoComply. She joined the company in its infancy in 2012, serving in various operational roles, most recently as VP, Regulatory Affairs. Over the last decade, Lindsay has provided expert testimony on geolocation technologies and regulatory compliance at several state and federal hearings,…
Sereena Boparai As Vice President, of Sales and Account Management, Sereena Boparai leads the acquisition and retention strategy for Paramount Commerce. Sereena holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts focusing on politics and economics. With almost a decade of experience building relationships with B2B merchants, Sereena Boparai is known for her…
Jenny Lu is the General Manager of North America for OtherLevels, a supplier of customer engagement solutions to the igaming, sports betting, sports media and lottery industries. With over a decade of experience in sales, strategic business development, partnerships, client management and marketing, she now leads the North American growth…
Vadimas Bondarenka is an experienced corporate lawyer with a master’s degree in international law. His last 3 years of experience focused on handling corporate legal and compliance matters, negotiation key agreements and ensuring that the company operates in accordance with the relevant regulations. Experience gathered in top-tier law firm allowed…
Roger Redfearn-Tyrzyk is an experienced industry expert in digital identity verification and European gambling regulations. In his role as Director UK/I and Global Gambling at IDnow, Roger enables businesses from various industries to offer their users an easy, intuitive and secure onboarding process via the IDnow identity platform. Roger Redfearn joined…
Frank Herold Frank Herold joined the EMIRAT AG Management Board in 2018, and he is responsible of Business Development. Before that, the 50-year-old salesperson worked as Managing Director and Sales Director for several global and local media companies. EMIRAT AG is an international risk management company that was founded in 2004…
Sooraj Rao has pursued his career as a skilled finance professional in organisations like United Bank of Switzerland (UBS) at London, UK and MCX-Stock Exchange at Mumbai, India - where his team developed financial instruments such as the Golden Peacock Award winning SX-40 index and Currency Derivates amongst his other…
Becky Harris recently finished her term as Chairwoman of Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB), where she was the first woman to hold the position. As Chief Regulator for what many view as the gold standard in gaming regulation, she helped guide the Board through a number of controversial matters including…
Arvin Khamseh Arvin Khamseh has always been on the forefront of new tech trends with an impressive history in biohacking, and internet marketing. Combining this with his experience in running investor relationship marketing for public companies, Arvin knows what it takes to attract investors online. Successfully selling out an Italian…
Jack Tadman is a lawyer focusing the iGaming space. Jack’s range of expertise includes iGaming and betting operators, land-based gaming operators, daily fantasy sports operators, skill-games operators, eSports website operators, advertising and marketing companies, cryptocurrency-based iGaming operators, sweepstakes providers, affiliate marketers, and bettors. Jack’s practice is heavily focused on advising clients with respect…
Geoff Zochodne is currently a sports betting journalist for Covers, a website that has for more than 25 years been providing bettors with statistics, analysis, and industry news. Covers’ sports betting matchup pages have been the industry standard for decades and its editorial team has long helped punters navigate the…
Amanda Blackford is the Director of Operations & Problem Gambling Services. Her staff provides support and assistance to all divisions of the agency as they carry out their regulatory responsibilities. Amanda Blackford also administers the Commission's responsible gambling initiatives, including as the Voluntary Exclusion Program. Which allows individuals to self-exclude…
Leander Rappmann is the creative mind and CEO behind GameChanging Marketing. Since several years it is his mission to build communities and change the online presence of gaming and esport companies, organisations and teams. Coming from a gaming background and an innovative, young thinking he worked with companies like ebattle,…
Adam Warrington is the Vice President of Responsible Gaming of FanDuel Group, the most popular gaming site in the United States. Adam is in charge of the company's responsible gaming team, whose objective is to define what it means to be a responsible operator. Integrated strategies with key internal and…
Justin Hartzman is the CEO and Co-founder of CoinSmart, a crypto asset trading platform exchange based in Toronto that simplifies cryptocurrency investing for participants of all experience levels through a simple interface, education and customer support. Justin founded CoinSmart on the basis of making cryptocurrency accessible to all. Justin strongly…
Bruce Chen is a 6-year veteran of the Toronto tech startup scene. He has years of experience solving marketing & growth problems for early-stage startups in all things marketing and growth. He is presently responsible for all things growth: business development, sales, marketing and organizational development for KochaSoft's Canadian office.…
Currently, Gabriel Cianchetto is Greentube President of Market Development, North America working as a member of the team leading Greentube’s expansion into the U.S. gaming market. As a Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley veteran, Gabriel was at the forefront of the initial Web 1.0 movement in the late 90’s to…
Mitchell Davidson is the Chief of Staff at iGaming Ontario, the new provincial entity created to conduct and manage Ontario's legalized igaming market. In this role Mitchell is responsible for developing and articulating iGaming Ontario's strategic priorities, including how to grow the legal gaming industry in Ontario, create economic activity around…
Loretta A. Tuell is the Managing Principal at Tuell Law, P.C. Tuell is an attorney, former senior government manager, and legislative advisor. She brings years of substantial experience in developing, drafting and and analyzing legislative language, statutes and reports at the tribal, state and federal levels. In the field of…
Mr. Umberto Corridori is the Senior Vice President of Sales at SafeCharge, a Nuvei company. Umberto has professional experience in both continents USA and Europe where he held senior roles with global IT companies such as Pitney Bowes, Dell and eBay. Umberto’s comprehensive knowledge of the Italian and European markets,…
Adrian Niculescu Adrian Niculescu is a successful fintech investor and estate entrepreneur, spending more than 20 years building and developing companies. Adrian is the CEO of Meta Description but above all, he is the CMO EMEA of CloudCoin Consortium, a digital currency you can store offline in a PNG or…
Jonathan Tong practices in the areas of corporate finance, securities law and corporate and commercial matters, with a particular emphasis on capital market transactions and capital market regulatory compliance. Jonathan frequently represents clients ranging from small to large enterprises on public offerings, private placement financings, listing applications, reverse takeovers, proxy…
Adam has worked in the lottery industry for the past 10 years supporting lotteries around the world. At Camelot Global, Adam managed the successful lottery operator bids for Premier Lotteries Ireland ($435m) and Camelot Illinois ($2.2bn), where he then went on to manage the resulting first of its kind private…
Bryan Blake is the founder and CEO of Hexopay which was created in 2016 to help operators expand safely into emerging markets. Bryan previously managed the gaming division for Worldpay, Wirecard and AIBMS merchant services. Prior to this Bryan was responsible for Worldpays Airline and travel division. Having also spent…
Manav Bhargava is the Legal & Regulatory Manager of FairP2P. Having analyzed the legality of monetized peer-to-peer competitive gaming in the United States, Canada, and India, Manav provides tremendous value to different stakeholders of the skill-gaming industry. Manav Bhargava is also the Director of Research of Esports Capital Corp. ("ECC")…
Marek Suchar, Managing Director at Odding.gg started his career in financial services where he held senior and managerial roles in various areas including business development and sales. His passion for esports brought him to the industry, specifically to the betting vertical. Leveraging the newest technologies at Oddin, Marek aims to…
Before Shams joined AptPay and took on the responsibility of CEO, he led Digital Partnerships in Canada for Mastercard. Working with the leading global partners in the payment space, Shams gained all-encompassing expertise about the payment ecosystem, payment facilitators, aggregators, and the six-party model. During his tenure at Mastercard, Shams…
Jeremy Kleiman is a Gaming Attorney and Member at Saiber LLC. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Administration of Justice from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick. Jeremy Kleiman is dual major in Political Science and Administration of Justice. While a full-time student, worked as…
Michael Caselli is considered one of the world’s leading experts on online gaming and has been a sought-after expert by several international news programs including CNBC, MSNBC and the BBC. Since beginning his career in iGaming in 1996, Michael has shared his expertise in the sector as the editor/publisher of…
Marilyn Tian is President of Business Link Media Group and Founder of Blockchain in Business Club. Being an entrepreneur and international marketing executive for over 15 years, Marilyn has helped businesses in pharmaceutical, land development, E-commerce and agriculture manufacturing with their international marketing and project management in North America, Asia and Africa. Since…
Gagandeep Singh, Founder of GDS Consulting. His main focus is on Investments, Web3 Marketing, and Management Consulting. Along with a couple of ventures & partnerships, he is currently working on Colexion and Hype. Colexion is a premium NFT ecosystem for licensed NFTs & Gaming and Hype is a Web3 super…
