Light & Wonder Promotes Nathan Drane as Chief Product Officer
Written by: Jonathan Rodriguez
Last Updated: Thu Feb 13, 2025, 01:36 AM
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Light & Wonder, a prominent online casino games provider, has recently bolstered its internal leadership ranks by promoting Nathan Drane as their Chief Product Officer. Matt Wilson, President and CEO of Light & Wonder has expressed why the decision to give the CPO position to Drane as an easy choice,
“I’ve personally worked with Nathan for many years, and I couldn’t be happier for him to share his leadership and vision with the entire enterprise. He has already been working with many across the business on our cross-platform strategy and has a clear and aggressive content roadmap that will ensure our continued success, positioning us for growth in the near and long term,” Wilson added.
In response, Drane noted that he is focused on taking on the CPO role,
“This new centralized content organization formalizes our global strategy of building the world’s best games in every market on every intended platform. It provides us an opportunity to make data-driven development and roadmap decisions, gives us new opportunities to grow talent, and drives efficiencies throughout the game-creation process,” Drane added.
That said, Rich Schneider, Light & Wonder’s former Chief Product Officer, will continue to contribute to the Company’s product innovation and strategy as Senior Advisor for real money online casino campaigns.
Light & Wonder Continues Changes in Higher Ups
Drane’s promotion is the latest one that Light & Wonder’s top brass has done as part of their internal shuffling of high-ranking officers. Their most recent one was promoting Simon Johnson as iGaming CEO.
Johnson has been tapped to take on the role of iGaming CEO after several years with the company, having originally joined in 2017 as Scientific Games Group Commercial Director and later Light & Wonder SVP & Managing Director, EMEA.
Apart from shuffling their high-ranking officers, Light & Wonder has also been busy establishing their presence in various US states. This is part of their goal to have their portfolio available in the best US online casinos.
Their most recent partnership was with Red Desert Games. The deal includes exclusive distribution rights to Red Desert Games across US and Canada markets. Their other partnership was with Playson, with their portfolio being available in the Canadian, UK, and Latin America markets through the Light & Wonder platform.
Jonathan Rodriguez
Jonathan Rodriguez is an avid basketball fan, and is often looking forward to the next upcoming NBA season when not checking out players' stats during games. He also likes to keep his ears on the ground for the latest rumblings in the online casino industry.
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