GTECH promotes Whalen

Leading American gaming technology and services firm GTECH Corporation has announced the promotion of Matthew Whalen to the role of Senior Vice-President Of Global Technology Solutions.

Providence-based GTECH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Italy’s Lottomatica, one of the world’s largest commercial lottery operators, and stated that Whalen will now be responsible for all aspects of its software development lifecycle including requirements gathering, implementations, customer acceptance and ongoing services for its global customer base.

GTECH revealed that Whalen and his team will also be charged with delivering innovative, competitively-priced products and solutions that place customers first to ultimately strengthen its position as an industry leader.

“Matt is a seasoned lottery professional who brings over 16 years of industry expertise to our worldwide customer-facing technology organisation,” said Jaymin Patel, President and Chief Executive Officer for GTECH.

“As a result, our customers will benefit from his impressive and wide-ranging experience in technology operations, innovation and software development. Matt’s hands-on industry knowledge makes him ideally suited to tailor the company’s solutions to the uniqueness of the marketplace and our customers.”

Whalen joined GTECH in 1994 as a software engineering after earning a degree in computer information systems from the College Of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. He also holds an Applied Associate’s Degree in science with a major in computer science from the State University Of New York at Morrisville and most recently served as GTECH’s Vice-President Of Global Technology Solutions.