Gaming and Hospitality Industry
Gaming and Hospitality Financial Leadership That Comes From Inside the Industry — Not From Reading About It.
Your gaming or hospitality business runs on cash, operates under regulatory reporting obligations most CFOs have never seen, and carries the financial complexity of multi-entity structures, high-volume cash management, and liquidity cycles tied directly to occupancy and table performance. A generalist CFO who hasn't run the numbers in this environment will spend your time and money getting up to speed.
My background in gaming and hospitality is not peripheral — it is where my career began and where some of my most consequential work has happened. I wrote the Minimum Internal Control Standards for the U.S. tribal gaming industry at Arthur Andersen. I led gaming internal audit at Hilton Hotels. I covered Boyd Gaming, Las Vegas Sands, MGM Mirage, Pinnacle, and Station Casinos as a senior equity analyst. I served as finance lead on the bankruptcy reorganization of the Four Queens Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. And I have managed eight-figure liquidity for casino and hotel operating businesses in Nevada.
That depth of industry experience — audit, analysis, operations, transactions, and restructuring — is what I bring to gaming and hospitality operators who need CFO-level leadership without a full-time cost.
At Arthur Andersen, as part of the firm's dedicated gaming practice, I wrote the Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS) for the U.S. tribal gaming industry and managed the outsourced internal audit function for Caesars Palace, Desert Inn Hotel and Casino, and properties for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, among others. This work required a granular understanding of gaming regulatory compliance, cash handling controls, and the operational financial infrastructure of large-scale casino and hotel businesses.
As Head of the Gaming Internal Audit Function at Hilton Hotels, I led internal audit across Hilton's gaming operations — overseeing controls, compliance, and financial reporting integrity across a major hospitality and gaming portfolio.
As a Senior Equity Analyst for an eight-figure gaming-focused family office hedge fund, I provided institutional-quality financial analysis across publicly traded gaming companies — valuation modeling, earnings analysis, and capital allocation research applied directly to gaming sector investments.
I also provided public company gaming industry research to major institutional investors, covering gaming, lodging, and real estate companies with market caps generally exceeding $1B — work that required deep familiarity with the financial metrics, competitive dynamics, and regulatory environment that drive value in this sector. My coverage universe included Boyd Gaming, Las Vegas Sands Corp., MGM Mirage Resorts, Pinnacle Entertainment, and Station Casinos, among other names.
I served as the finance lead on the bankruptcy reorganization process of the Four Queens Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas — one of the most operationally and financially complex situations a gaming CFO can navigate, requiring simultaneous management of creditor relationships, regulatory reporting, cash management under distress, and operational continuity.
I have also managed eight-figure liquidity for casino and hotel operating businesses in Nevada and served as finance lead on a $17M business sale — transaction experience that reflects the full range of financial complexity gaming and hospitality operators face across their lifecycle.
Nevada's gaming and hospitality sector has its own financial complexity — regulatory reporting requirements, seasonal cash flow dynamics, high fixed-cost operating structures, and the constant pressure of capital allocation decisions in a competitive market. I understand these dynamics at an operational, analytical, and regulatory level that comes only from years of direct industry engagement. I bring CFO-level leadership without the full-time cost.
What I provide for gaming and hospitality operators:
Cash and liquidity management for complex operating businesses
Financial reporting and regulatory compliance — including gaming-specific requirements
Internal audit and internal control development
M&A due diligence and transaction support
Bankruptcy and financial restructuring
Budgeting, forecasting, and operational finance
Exit readiness and business sale preparation
Interim, project, and fractional CFO and Controller engagements