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Corporate Governance

Mark L. Yoseloff, Ph.D. - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Mark L. Yoseloff joined Shuffle Master in June 1997 as Executive Vice President and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in June 2001. A former senior executive for Coleco Industries, Yoseloff joined Shuffle Master with over 20 years experience in the design, development and manufacturing of electronic games. His work has resulted in the creation of more than 150 electronic game products and video products for leading gaming companies. The co-author of a college text on discrete mathematics and probability theory, Dr. Yoseloff received a doctorate in finite mathematics from Princeton University and taught mathematics and computer science at Princeton University and Arizona State University.

Paul C. Meyer - President and Chief Operating Officer
Paul C. Meyer joined Shuffle Master as President in October 2003 and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in February 2004. His extensive experience includes serving as President for the Integrated Solutions Division of Concurrent Computer Corporation (2000-2003) and ASM Associates (1998-2000). Meyer’s experience also includes numerous other executive positions including Executive Vice President of Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc., an entertainment software developer and publisher, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of PlayNet Technologies, in New York, New York, a developer and manufacturer of coin-operated equipment, and Executive Vice President and General Manager of Viacom New Media in New York, New York.

Jerome R. Smith - Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Jerome R. Smith joined Shuffle Master as General Counsel in 2001 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in March 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Smith served as corporate counsel for several other companies including World Communications, Inc. and Hang Ten International and represented both public and private companies through his private law practice. His expertise includes extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, corporate governance and general corporate and business transactional legal matters. Smith graduated from Duke University and received his law degree from Emory University School of Law.

R. Brooke Dunn - Senior Vice President
R. Brooke Dunn joined Shuffle Master in 1996 as Director of Marketing, bringing extensive marketing and gaming experience to the Company. Due to his substantial contributions, he was promoted to Vice President of Marketing in July 1997 and Senior Vice President in July 2001. Prior to joining Shuffle Master, Dunn was Vice President of Gaming Operations Marketing for the Hilton Gaming Corporation, as well as Vice President of Marketing for numerous companies including the Reno Hilton, Harveys in Lake Tahoe and the Flamingo Hilton Laughlin. Dunn graduated from San Diego State University with a B.S. in Marketing.

Coreen Sawdon, CPA - Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer
Coreen Sawdon, CPA joined Shuffle Master in June 2005 as Vice President of Accounting and was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer in August 2007. Effective March 1, 2008, Coreen was named the Acting Chief Financial Officer while concurrently serving as Chief Accounting Officer. A former Operations Controller and then Vice President of Finance for GES Exposition Services in Las Vegas, NV, Sawdon joined Shuffle Master with over 10 years of public accounting and auditing experience with progressively increasing responsibilities at Ernst & Young, Coopers & Lybrand and Arthur Andersen. Sawdon has extensive experience in gaming and is a member of the Nevada and American Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.

David Lopez - President, Shuffle Master Americas
David Lopez joined Shuffle Master in February 1998 as a marketing analyst and was promoted to product manager of shufflers in 1999. He headed the successful launch and rollout of the ACE® and King®product lines and oversaw the development of the Company's newest shuffler, the Deck Mate™. Based on his ongoing contributions to the Company, Lopez was promoted to Vice President of Product Management in 2002. Lopez graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a B.S. in Business Administration.

Piers Morgan - President, Stargames Limited
Piers Morgan joined Stargames in June 2007, was appointed as Chief Operating Officer in September and has been serving as Acting President since November 2007. A former entrepreneur who most recently operated his own business distributing digital voice recording products in the Asia Pacific region, Morgan’s experience includes a wide range of executive roles for Jupiter’s Limited in Australia including General Manager of Business Development, General Manager of Centrebet and Group General Manager for Jupiter’s On Line. Morgan holds a bachelors degree in economics and an MBA from Macquarie University in Sydney and is also a Chartered Accountant.

Ernst Blaha - Managing Director, CARD, A Shuffle Master International Company
Ernst Blaha joined Shuffle Master in May 2004 through the acquisition of CARD from Casinos Austria AG, where he served as Managing Director. Previously an employee of Casinos Austria AG since 1974, Blaha was appointed to Managing Director in 1992 and played an instrumental role in the creation of all CARD-developed products. A graduate of the HTL Steyr Technical School for Machine Engineering, Blaha is the inventor of CARD’s first-generation shuffler, the Shuffle Star™, and co-inventor of the one2six™ and The Easy Chipper®.




Dr. Mark L. Yoseloff
Chairman of the Board

Garry W. Saunders
EVP and COO of Melco PBL Entertainment

Louis Castle
Vice President, Electronic Arts - Los Angeles

Phillip C. Peckman
CEO of Outdoor Media

John R. Bailey
Managing Partner of Bailey Kennedy, LLP

Our Mission
Shuffle Master will, through product innovation and superior quality and service, be a leading contributor to the continued growth, professionalism and prosperity of the gaming industry.