IGT today announced the appointment of Jon Wade as its new Executive Vice
President of Engineering, overseeing the management and deployment of the
Company’s various engineering and systems development groups. Wade is the
former President of AgilePower Systems. As a founder of that company, he was
responsible for its technology development strategy, product marketing and
finances. He also spent 10 years with Sun Microsystems, Inc., during which
time he managed the hardware development of the UltraSPARC V(TM)-based
Enterprise Server family and served as product manager for high-performance
interconnects.

Wade earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has many patents and published
articles to his credit.

International Game Technology is a global company specializing in the
design, development, manufacturing, distribution and sales of computerized
gaming machines and systems products.