BlueGenie Gaming S.A has appointed two new executives to lead its foray into
the fast growing internet gaming space. Robert Evans joins the company as
senior vice president and chief marketing officer, effective Sept 18. Mr.
Evans formerly served as president of online gaming entertainment company
Nine.com for 2+ years until its sale to Leisure & Gaming plc earlier this
year. Evans will provide strategic, hands-on direction of the company’s
overall marketing efforts, including brand stewardship, Internet marketing
and loyalty marketing programs. He will report to Robert Moran, president
and chief operating officer. Also added to the staff was Mr. Chris Calisto
as CFO. “Chris has a tremendous finance related background as a partner in
his former private equity company Golden Triangle Capital as well as his own
firm Calisto & Company.” says Moran. Mr. Calisto will handle all financial
related aspects of the company. “Mr Evans differentiated himself from the
competition with an incredible action oriented vision of our marketing
concept which was fundamental to Blue Genie’s overall branding strategy,”
said Mr. Moran His proven leadership and management experience both in and
out of the gaming industry will help us create even more compelling reasons
for gamblers to visit our new site and take advantage of our products and
services rather than those of our competitors.”
I am thrilled about joining BlueGenie” says Mr. Evans. “they have a vision
so unique to what is offered in the space right that I am simply ecstatic to
be a part of it.”
BlueGenie expects to launch in 3rd quarter of 2006 with casino and poker
products, and a bingo product in the 2nd quarter of 2007 pending completion
of funding and a favorable internet gaming prohibition vote now heading to
the Senate. ” Our analysts say that with only about seven or eight weeks
left for this newly merged House bill to wind itself through the various
Senate committees, is not enough time for the bill to progress further” says
Moran
“I am very excited about coming into the space after witnessing first hand
the growth of the industry from an investment advisor point of view” says
Calisto. We continue to believe that full passage into law is very unlikely,
and would look to continue our fund raising efforts to meet our projected
3rd quarter launch date” he concludes
