Chris Strano

President Christopher Strano, 37, was appointed President of Lightning Gaming™, Inc. in December of 2009, and served as Chief Marketing Officer since June 2009. Prior to joining Lightning, Mr. Strano was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AC Coin & Slot, overseeing the company's overall sales and marketing endeavors, managing its North American Sales Staff and heading its Product Strategy Committee. In just over 5 years he had steered that company through its largest growth in their company's 31 year history. Before coming into gaming, Mr. Strano served as Director of Marketing for Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., where he was responsible for all North American products, retail merchandising programs and education sales. He has also served as Director of Marketing for Universal Studios, Inc., entertainment retail division, where he designed and implemented both national and grass-roots marketing programs to support and drive retail store sales. Prior to Universal, Mr. Strano worked for Contemporary Marketing, Inc., a division of Clear Channel, Inc., where he led brand activation and product launch campaigns on both a national and grass-roots level for major consumer package good companies such as Coca-Cola and Kraft Foods. Chris holds an MBA from Drexel University's LeBow School of Business and a BS in Communications from Trenton State College.