Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | December 2011 26 GPI for Melco Crown Entertainment’s City of Dreams (CoD) resort in Macau. There, he was responsible for overseeing the casino’s cash and chip flow operations and worked closely with executive management to ensure that the property’s cage and count operations were in accordance with overall business objectives and earnings targets. Mr McCarthy has more than 15 years’ experience in cage currency operations, including an extensive background in VIP junket operations. He was involved in the opening of MPEL’s VIP-focused casino hotel Altira (formerly Crown Macau) as cage manager. Prior to moving to Macau, Mr McCarthy worked for Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. “Scott’s expertise in casino currency operations and management and his depth of experience in casino RFID [radio frequency identification security tag] implementation will be a tremendous asset,” said Gregory Gronau, GPI’s President and Chief Executive Officer, on welcoming him to the company. “His experience will especially count as we leverage our Chip Inventory System (CIS) and other RFID products in new and exciting ways to support the casino currency tracking needs of our valued customers,” added Mr Gronau. Inside Asian Gaming caught up with Scott McCarthy to talk about his new role and his thoughts on developing GPI’s already strong business in Asia. IAG : Some of the best advisers on casino security are said to be ex- cons. Of course, you’re one of the good guys, but how important is your experience of casino cage operations management in Macau in helping to develop GPI’s security products business in Asia? Scott McCarthy : Having an industry- related operational background does give me a unique perspective on GPI’s core currency and its security-focused products. l am aware of the challenges facing casinos today with respect to casino currency— From Cage to the Wild Scott McCarthy is using his operational experience in Macau casino management to help develop GPI’s Asian business G aming Partners International Corporation (GPI)—one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of casino currency and table games equipment—recently appointed Scott McCarthy as Vice President of Sales, Asia. Mr McCarthy is in charge of the company’s expanding operations throughout the Asia Pacific region. He’s also responsible for the region’s sales and service functions and will oversee the company’s Asia employee base. Scott McCarthy has detailed knowledge of the casino currency and casino technology market from the viewpoint of an operator. His previous job was as Director of Cage and Count GPI’s Scott McCarthy