Inside Asian Gaming

IAG FEB 2021年2月 亞博匯 45 行業檔案 just my time. There was a big change at IGT about a year before I made the move, so I was very intrigued by what was going on, and when they made me a very respectful offer with a leadership role, I couldn’t say no. I can’t resist being able to implement a new infrastructure and new business strategy, and of course focus on the product. It was the right time and I was energized by the challenge. I started off as SVP of our Global Premium Portfolio and shortly after that became our Chief Product Officer, so I was managing our entire global studio footprint and our entire global R&D spend with a team of around 800 people. I did that for five-and- a-half years in addition to managing product market management as well; then in April 2020 I was offered the role of Chief Operating Officer for Asia-Pacific and took it with both hands. I’m a very commercially focused person. Even in my Chief Product role I managed product market management, and that’s my background, so it was great to get back to my roots and bring my wife and two children to Australia. It was a challenge getting over here in the COVID environment, but I’m incredibly excited to be back in Australia, to have my family with me, and I’m very excited about our prospects in the Asia-Pacific region. BB: How has the family adapted to life in Sydney? DO: It’sbeengreat. It tookabit of time. I think thebiggest challenge so far has been the kids not understanding why Christmas is in the middle of summer, but my two daughters (Layla, 11, and Nika, eight) are Australian citizens by descent, so they’ve got their passports and Australian citizenship and my wife is on a partnership visa. It’s great to see the kids now back in school and reconnecting with friends, taking part in activities. 本思齊（BB）：感謝您接受我們的訪問。首先可以請您先介紹一下 自己的背景嗎？ Dallas Orchard（DO）： 我是澳洲人，在這個行業裡長大。我的父 親Ken Orchard也是從澳洲起步，從事這個行業多年。他在1988 年為盛世·貴族（Aristocrat）在新西蘭設立了辦公室，並將盛世· 貴族的視頻角子機帶入北美落地。我的哥哥也在這個行業工 作——他是IGT的首席合規官，所以我們為同一間公司工作。 我曾經發誓永遠不會進入這個行業，但還是這樣做了！當然 只是開玩笑。當父親和哥哥都在同一個行業的時候，你總是想嘗 試些不一樣的事情。但我很高興抓住了這次的機會。再來一次也 是一樣。 BB：是什麼改變了您的想法？ DO: 我覺得住在拉斯維加斯，即使你不去刻意保持聯繫，但還是處 處都有行業相關人士。我在拉斯維加斯的時候喜歡玩橄欖球，而 玩橄欖球的那些人都和博彩行業有關。那裡還有許多澳洲外派人 士，所以我其實已經對這個行業的每個人都有所了解。 我實際上是美國營運商這邊入行的。我自1993年就開始在拉 斯維加斯的Hard Rock Hotel＆Casino從事市場營銷工作，那份 工作很棒。之後我就被招進了製造商這邊。 BB：在加入I GT之前，您曾先後為澳洲兩大著名的製造商 Ainsworth和盛世·貴族工作過。請問是什麼吸引了您加入IGT？ DO： 我從2007年到2015年，一共在盛世·貴族工作了8年。我在那 裡度過了非常棒的職業生涯，離開那裡是因為我個人的原因。剛 好在我跳槽的前一年，IGT發生了很大的變化，他們正在發生的 事情吸引了我。所以當他們禮貌地向我提供了一個管理職位的時 候，我無法拒絕。我無法抗拒實施新的基礎架構和新的業務策略， 以及專注於產品！那是正確的時間，而我也被挑戰所激勵。 我再剛開始的時候擔任全球高端產品組合（Global Premium