Well-known gaming and hospitality technology expert Claudia R. Winkler has joined NEWave as Senior Vice President of Professional Services. Just last month the company announced Bart A. Lewin had assumed leadership as CEO and CTO, and now Winkler’s joining the NEWave leadership team sends another signal that the company is positioning itself for revitalized growth.

In her new role, Winkler will expand NEWave’s services to include enterprise information technology strategy, IT and operational business process assessments, IT planning and comprehensive budget development, system implementation project management, requirements gap analysis and system selection, new start up and change of control IT project management, and system integration.

Lewin said, “NEWave is quickly becoming the company to watch in the gaming, hospitality and retail technology services field. We are absolutely thrilled to have Claudia leading our new professional services team. Her years of experience—both in-house on the operations side and as a consultant—will be an invaluable asset to NEWave’s clients and staff as we augment our popular software products with world-class services offerings.”

Named one of the “Great Women in Gaming” by Casino Enterprise Management magazine, Winkler is one of the industry’s most recognized and respected information technology experts. She has held key marketing and technology positions with the industry’s top names including Boyd Gaming, Caesars Entertainment and Stations Casinos. Among her many accomplishments was the launch of the original Harrah’s Gold Card (now Harrah’s Total Rewards), development of the requirements for corporate-wide source systems for Boyd Gaming, IT leadership role in the change of control of the Las Vegas Hiltons from Caesar’s Entertainment to Colony Capital, the opening of several new casinos in emerging markets and the successful run of her consulting business, G.H.I. Solutions, Inc. Prior to joining the NEWave team, the company had been a client of her consulting firm.

“NEWave has an absolutely incredible future ahead, and I want to be an essential part of taking the company to the next level,” Winkler said. “I will be in a position where I can ‘download’ my 25 years of knowledge to the next generation, and NEWave is the perfect place for this, because I believe in the people, the culture and the products. Now, as we build a professional services team and implement a new structure, our processes and project management will be an integral component in creating an exciting new company.”

NEWave and its clients are creating innovative solutions together. Founded in 1993, NEWave has more than 200 years of combined professional experience in the gaming and hospitality industry; indentifying, developing and deploying tools and strategies required to successfully manage information technology projects and organization. In addition, NEWave leads the industry in the development and implementation of gaming and hospitality software application and services that provide complete solutions for auditing functions, regulatory compliance and casino cage operations. For more information, please visit www.mynewave.com.