Cath Burns, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Bally Technologies and Managing Director Bally Macau Ltd, has received Casino Enterprise Management Magazine’s 2008 Great Women of Gaming ‘Proven Leader’ award.
Ms Burns, along with four other distinguished women in the gaming industry, received the 2008 Proven Leader award after consideration and voting by a panel of judges comprised of other notable women in the sector.
Other Bally Great Women of Gaming nominees this year were Tina Kilmer, Vice President of Product Compliance; and Laura Olson-Reyes, Director of Corporate Communications.
Ms Burns joined Bally Technologies in 2006 to establish Bally’s sales, service, and operations presence in the Asia-Pacific region, based in Macau. Along with managing the day-to-day operations of Bally’s business in the region, she is also responsible for expanding the Company’s business into new markets.
Since joining Bally, Ms Burns has built a team to develop and support both the games and systems business in Macau, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Laos. This year will see a further expansion of Bally’s business into Singapore and Australia.
Prior to joining Bally Technologies, Ms Burns held leadership positions at Video Lottery Consultants (VLC), a global gaming technology company, ending her tenure as general manager for the company’s Australia and New Zealand business.
