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August 29,
2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact BMI Gaming
PHIL VIRGILIO APPOINTED TO NEW MANAGEMENT POSITION AT BMI GAMING
Brings years of sales management and development experience to this rapidly growing firm
Aug 29, 2007 (Boca Raton, FL) - BMI Gaming, Inc. announced today the appointment of Phil Virgilio to the newly created position of Commercial / Government Sales Manager. Mr. Virgilio will immediately take charge of all aspects of commercial, government and non-profit sales for BMI Gaming worldwide, and assume the day-to-day management of their global business to-business (B2B) sales unit.
Mr. Virgilio brings an extensive resume to the company, with a long and varied business career in both the private security and investigation fields, as well as the amusement industry, with his most recent position being Corporate Director of Business Development for TLC Industries.
“The addition of Phil Virgilio to the BMI Gaming executive staff is another major step forward in opening up new market opportunities for the firm” stated Paul C. Jacobs, Executive Vice President of BMI Gaming. “Phil will be very instrumental in moving us into existing gaming markets as well as many emerging markets like health care, education, hospitality, the US Government and other global markets currently un-penetrated by most US based distributors - and we expect Phil to play a major part in the continued rapid growth and success of BMI Gaming in the future”
Mr. Virgilio attended both Purdue University and the Xerox School of Business, with studies in Business Management and Business Development. Phil enjoyed a long tenure as Director of Food and Beverage for Playboy Enterprises, in addition to being a former professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinal's Triple A team, as well as a former PGA Golf Teaching Professional.
"Working with BMI Gaming is a great opportunity for me to utilize my sales development and management skills in the exciting field of internet commerce, and offline by assisting new arcades and FEC’s with both their business marketing and game floor planning needs. BMI's growth over the last five years has been nothing short of fantastic, and I look forward to adding to that success from this day forward," stated Virgilio.
Mr. Jacobs also noted that BMI Gaming and Founder and CEO David L. Young will be awarded a spot next month on the prestigious Inc. Magazine Top 500 List Of America’s Fastest Growing Private Firms with President Bill Clinton, Nobel Economics Prize winner Edmund Phelps, CEO of Morningstar Joe Mansueto and CEO Scott Cook of Intuit, plus former Motorola CEO Robert J. Gavin all scheduled to address this year’s Inc. 500 inductees next week at a private awards ceremony in Chicago, IL.
BMI Gaming was also recognized by Internet Retailer Magazine as one of the Top 500 Internet Retailers In America in 2007, for the second year in a row, and by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Entrepreneur Magazine on their annual Hot 100 Fastest Growing Private Firms list in 2006.
BMI Gaming’s website (www.bmigaming.com) is the most popular coin-operated arcade game website in the world today, according to recent statistics published by Quantcast (www.quantcast.com).
Phil Virgilio can be contacted at 1-561-391-7200 or via email at phil@bmigaming.com
About BMI Gaming :
BMI Gaming, The World's Largest Gaming Superstore TM owns the largest website of its kind, containing one gigabyte of content spanning over 800 pages, and is ranked as the most-visited commercial arcade gaming site in the world by Quantcast.com, and operates one of the largest coin-operated game showroom the world, with over 150 games on display.
BMI Gaming currently offers over 1300 different types of video games, pool tables, photo booths, pinball machines, shuffleboards, jukeboxes, air hockey, foosball tables, redemption games, kiddie rides, vending machines and many other game-related products. Its customer base ranges from students, families, baby boomers, C-level executives, Wall Street traders, world-famous sports, movie, music and media stars, to entertainment facilities like arcades, bowling alleys, theaters, and various non-profit organizations like colleges, charities and youth centers, as well as various local, state and federal government entities, plus many Fortune 1000 firms throughout the world.
BMI Gaming’s growth and company story has been covered by various national publications, television and radio shows, and the company currently counts over five thousand residential and commercial customers in all 50 states and fourteen different countries abroad.
For more information about BMI Gaming, visit their website at http://www.bmigaming.com or call 1-561-391-7200.
See more from BMI Gaming at the Amusementequipmentdirectory.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact BMI Gaming
PHIL VIRGILIO APPOINTED TO NEW MANAGEMENT POSITION AT BMI GAMING
Brings years of sales management and development experience to this rapidly growing firm
Aug 29, 2007 (Boca Raton, FL) - BMI Gaming, Inc. announced today the appointment of Phil Virgilio to the newly created position of Commercial / Government Sales Manager. Mr. Virgilio will immediately take charge of all aspects of commercial, government and non-profit sales for BMI Gaming worldwide, and assume the day-to-day management of their global business to-business (B2B) sales unit.
Mr. Virgilio brings an extensive resume to the company, with a long and varied business career in both the private security and investigation fields, as well as the amusement industry, with his most recent position being Corporate Director of Business Development for TLC Industries.
“The addition of Phil Virgilio to the BMI Gaming executive staff is another major step forward in opening up new market opportunities for the firm” stated Paul C. Jacobs, Executive Vice President of BMI Gaming. “Phil will be very instrumental in moving us into existing gaming markets as well as many emerging markets like health care, education, hospitality, the US Government and other global markets currently un-penetrated by most US based distributors - and we expect Phil to play a major part in the continued rapid growth and success of BMI Gaming in the future”
Mr. Virgilio attended both Purdue University and the Xerox School of Business, with studies in Business Management and Business Development. Phil enjoyed a long tenure as Director of Food and Beverage for Playboy Enterprises, in addition to being a former professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinal's Triple A team, as well as a former PGA Golf Teaching Professional.
"Working with BMI Gaming is a great opportunity for me to utilize my sales development and management skills in the exciting field of internet commerce, and offline by assisting new arcades and FEC’s with both their business marketing and game floor planning needs. BMI's growth over the last five years has been nothing short of fantastic, and I look forward to adding to that success from this day forward," stated Virgilio.
Mr. Jacobs also noted that BMI Gaming and Founder and CEO David L. Young will be awarded a spot next month on the prestigious Inc. Magazine Top 500 List Of America’s Fastest Growing Private Firms with President Bill Clinton, Nobel Economics Prize winner Edmund Phelps, CEO of Morningstar Joe Mansueto and CEO Scott Cook of Intuit, plus former Motorola CEO Robert J. Gavin all scheduled to address this year’s Inc. 500 inductees next week at a private awards ceremony in Chicago, IL.
BMI Gaming was also recognized by Internet Retailer Magazine as one of the Top 500 Internet Retailers In America in 2007, for the second year in a row, and by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Entrepreneur Magazine on their annual Hot 100 Fastest Growing Private Firms list in 2006.
BMI Gaming’s website (www.bmigaming.com) is the most popular coin-operated arcade game website in the world today, according to recent statistics published by Quantcast (www.quantcast.com).
Phil Virgilio can be contacted at 1-561-391-7200 or via email at phil@bmigaming.com
About BMI Gaming :
BMI Gaming, The World's Largest Gaming Superstore TM owns the largest website of its kind, containing one gigabyte of content spanning over 800 pages, and is ranked as the most-visited commercial arcade gaming site in the world by Quantcast.com, and operates one of the largest coin-operated game showroom the world, with over 150 games on display.
BMI Gaming currently offers over 1300 different types of video games, pool tables, photo booths, pinball machines, shuffleboards, jukeboxes, air hockey, foosball tables, redemption games, kiddie rides, vending machines and many other game-related products. Its customer base ranges from students, families, baby boomers, C-level executives, Wall Street traders, world-famous sports, movie, music and media stars, to entertainment facilities like arcades, bowling alleys, theaters, and various non-profit organizations like colleges, charities and youth centers, as well as various local, state and federal government entities, plus many Fortune 1000 firms throughout the world.
BMI Gaming’s growth and company story has been covered by various national publications, television and radio shows, and the company currently counts over five thousand residential and commercial customers in all 50 states and fourteen different countries abroad.
For more information about BMI Gaming, visit their website at http://www.bmigaming.com or call 1-561-391-7200.
See more from BMI Gaming at the Amusementequipmentdirectory.com