Keynote Speakers

Randy Fine
Managing Director, The Fine Point Group

Randy Fine was named one of Global Gaming Business Magazine’s People to Watch in 2010, and no wonder – in just eight years in the casino business, he launched the gaming industry’s leading loyalty program, managed 40,000 slot machines, helped Carl Icahn turn around and sell his gaming company for a $1 billion profit, and built The Fine Point Group into the casino industry’s largest full-service gaming consulting and management company. Named to In Business Las Vegas’s 2009 “40 Under 40,” he has an equal mix of casino operations and marketing experience – at Harrah’s Entertainment, he was the corporate vice president of the 40,000 machine slot operations group; at the $350M Greektown Casino in Detroit, he served as Chief Executive Officer.

On the marketing side, he served as Chief Marketing Officer for Carl Icahn’s gaming company, and as corporate Vice President of Total Rewards for Harrah’s, where he is the sole inventor named in pending U.S. Patent Application 10/462,018 which secures its intellectual property. Before entering the gaming industry, Randy worked at McKinsey & Company, Lehman Brothers, and for the U.S. House of Representatives, and taught Economics at Harvard College. He holds both his undergraduate degree magna cum laude, and his MBA degree, with high honors, from Harvard University.

Doug Melville
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Red Carpet Runway

Doug Melville is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Red Carpet Runway, America’s premiere brand of red carpet and custom designed entrances. He developed a line of patent pending products, which allow anyone to create a custom red carpet experience, any time and any place. Over 1000 clients, including Clarins, Swarovski, MTV and Vh1, have tied into red carpet themed strategies, spearheading the company as the fastest growing red carpet brand in the U.S.

Melville worked alongside Earvin 'Magic' Johnson from 2005 until 2009, first as President of Magic Johnson and Jordan Zimmerman's marketing and advertising agency, ZMagic, and then as the Vice President-Business Development and Marketing for Magic Johnson Enterprises - developing online, non-traditional and branding strategies for the Magic Johnson Brand, his New York Times Best selling book and for a portfolio of partners.

Melville was the founder of his own marketing and branding agency, Off The Bench Marketing in 1999. In 2005, Melville developed strategies for the two largest U.S. network re-launches, MTV2 and the USA Network. He has worked to develop branding opportunities for Usher, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Maxim Magazine, Tommy Hilfiger and Elizabeth Arden; as well as MTV's Punk'd, Newlyweds, Pimp My Ride, and USA Network’s Emmy Award-winning Monk, helping them become more in touch with their audiences.

Melville has been recognized by Advertising Age Magazine, which in 2003 voted him one of the industry’s "Top Twentysomethings in America" and in 2005 featured him in its 75th Anniversary Issue's "Next Generation Redefines the Ad Model." Melville graduated from Syracuse University and is currently a guest professor at his alma mater.

Philip G. (Phil) Satre
Chairman of the Board, IGT

Phil Satre retired January 1, 2005 as Chairman of the Board of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., after 25 years with the company. He joined the company in 1980 as vice president, general counsel and secretary of Harrah's, at a time when the company had just two Nevada casinos and a casino under development in Atlantic City. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Harrah's gaming division in 1984 and to the company's board of directors in 1988. In 1994, Satre became CEO of Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. and in 1997, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. In January 2003, Satre stepped down as CEO, and on January 1, 2005, he retired as Chairman of the Board.

Since retiring from Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Satre has divided his time between service on not-for-profit and for-profit boards. He is Chairman of the Board of NV Energy (NVE), the investor owned electric utility for Nevada; a director of Rite Aid Corporation (RAD), the third largest drugstore chain in the U.S.; a director of fashion retailer Nordstrom, Inc. (JWN); and Chairman of the Board of International Game Technology (IGT), a global gaming company specializing in the design, manufacture and marketing of electronic gaming equipment & systems products. On the not-for-profit side he is a director of the National Center for Responsible Gaming; Chairman of The National World War II Museum Board of Trustees; and a member of the Stanford University Board of Trustees.

In July 2003, Satre was elected to the American Gaming Association Hall of Fame. In May 2005, the East Coast Gaming Congress awarded Satre its “Lifetime Achievement Award” and in January 2003, The American Gaming Summit awarded Satre its “Lifetime Achievement Award.” In May 2002, Chief Executive Magazine named Satre one of the nations top 100 Chief Executives. In December 1998, Casino Journal named Satre “Gaming Executive of the Year.” In 1995, he was selected best chief executive in the casino and hotel industries by The Wall Street Transcript. 

In 1989, Satre was named a "Distinguished Nevadan" by the University of  Nevada Board of Regents and in December 1990, Satre was awarded the first annual Robert L. Custer Award from the National Council on Problem Gambling for his leadership role in addressing problem gambling.

A native of Martinez, California, Satre graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology in 1971. He earned a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 1975, and has attended the Senior Executive Development program at MIT's Sloan School of Management in 1982. Prior to joining Harrah's, Satre was an attorney with a Reno law firm for five years.