John van Waard

John van Waard
  • Senior Manager System Sales APAC at IGT
  • Company: IGT

John has over 20 years’ experience in the gaming systems solution space, focusing on driving success for customers with forward thinking strategies.

John joined IGT in 2009 – from Progressive Gaming International – as Systems Sales Executive and then moved to become IGT Systems Product Manager Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). After this, he returned to sales where he oversaw the significant growth of IGT’s systems business in ANZ, taking IGT past the milestone of 20,000 EGMs managed via IGT’s ADVANTAGE CLUB.

John now leads IGT’s strategic systems sales team in Asia Pacific – bringing his wealth of knowledge in gaming and innovation to deliver IGT’s frictionless, and now contactless, solutions to casinos, pubs and clubs across the whole region.

John is based in Sydney, Australia.