Scientific Games has made three key appointments to its executive team this week.
Former Amazon online entertainment content COO Matt Lynch has been named as the company’s new President of Digital. In the role, Lynch will lead Scientific Games’ rapidly expanding digital business.
Lynch has more than 20 years of digital leadership experience. In eight years at Amazon early in his career, he rose to the role of COO for online entertainment content after scaling several product categories into $1 billion+ businesses. He also previously served as President & Chief Operating Officer for Samsung SmartThings and Senior VP of Global E-commerce, Consumer Pricing & Analytics at cybersecurity company Symantec.
Veteran digital and technology leader Steve Beason has been appointed Chief Innovation Officer to accelerate the firm’s technology advancements across the world, including AI and cloud innovation. Beason’s career spans four decades in the lottery and gaming industry with a particular focus on introducing technology innovations across retail and digital channels.
In his new role, he will expand the digital platform innovations he has spearheaded across the company’s full suite of products.
“Thanks to the amazing work of our existing teams, our digital business is expanding rapidly with active iLottery launches around the world,” said Scientific Games CEO Pat McHugh. “The addition of an executive with Matt’s credentials continues Scientific Games’ investment in scaling our business to meet our growth plans and innovation roadmaps.
“Matt has an impressive track record in scaling digital businesses. In addition to his strong product orientation, he has broad business acumen and a reputation for being a strategic, quant-based big thinker. He brings a vision to his work and creates strong organizational cultures. We look forward to the many talents Matt will add to our highly experienced global digital teams.”
McHugh added that Beason’s “focus on technical innovation will continue to advance our industry-leading platforms to meet lotteries’ evolving needs into the future.”
The company also announced earlier this week that Patrick Homm has been promoted and will be the new VP of Systems Engineering for the company’s international lottery systems technology.
Homm joined Scientific Games in 2022 and has spent the last two years managing multiple high-impact retail and iLottery projects. Scientific Games is now a technology partner to 80 lotteries worldwide on one or more systems solutions.
“Patrick’s appointment is a pivotal step in further strengthening our International Systems team,” said President of International Michael Conforti. “His deep expertise, visionary leadership and commitment to fostering innovation will help us achieve our strategic goals as we continue to revolutionize omnichannel lottery systems technology for the next generation of lottery retailers and players.”
