Paul Barnes

Country Manager, and International Business Development, online and retail solutions.

Expert consultancy services in eCommerce and Gaming (regulated markets), internationally. Expert adviser for M&A transactions in gaming space. Interim Management Services in General Management, Online Operations, Online Marketing, Software Development and Product Management.

General Management covering the functions of IT Operations, QA, eGaming Operations, Trading & Risk Management, Finance, Legal and HR. for the supply of products and operational services to regulated betting market in Germany.

Responsible for the analysis, conception, launch and management of the Betdaq Games business. Global Betting Exchange (GBE) is one of the world's leading suppliers of technology to the online gaming industry. GBE's xBroker and iBroker products supply revolutionary solutions for the Exchange and Sports Betting markets. GBE is the operator of Betdaq.com, a leading Betting Exchange. GBE is owned by International Investments and Underwriting (IIU), Dublin, Ireland.

Retained by investors to head up Devilfish Gaming, a blue sky start up business. Successfully floated on the Plus Market in London in March 2008. Achieved 2nd round funding June 2009. Set up Online Poker, Casino, Bingo, and Poker Forum sites, under the Devilfish brand.

Management Consultant at Groupe Lucien Barrière (Hotels, Casinos, Internet) in Paris, France, providing expert advice on the development and marketing of lecroupier.com launched by Barrière Interactive Games "BIG". BIG was a joint venture between MKO Games, a developer of massive multi-player online games, and Lucien Barrière, a leading French casino group.

Design, develop, plan and launch of online poker site with special marketing twist.CEO of startup online poker site. Wrote the business plan, secured funding and successfully set up the business based on a unique poker marketing concept. Entered into MBO and subsequent sale in 2007.

VP Sales & Marketing, COO of Access Gaming Systems, a developer of internet gaming software for the land-based regulated market. Responsible for European operations, B2B sales & marketing of sophisticated online gaming system tailored for the online lottery and casino market, operated by government regulated licensed organisations. Achieved major €M+ sales at the French Lottery (La Française des Jeux), Westlotto (Germany), Austrian Lotteries, Holland Casino and other major licensed operators in Europe.

Senior Consultant in the IT, Retail and Logistics market

Software Developer on TARIS Time-and-Attendance time management system

Project consultant on the Amsterdam and Frankfurt projects, to process charge card transactions on fault-tolerant (Stratus) computer systems

Analyst Programmer on fault-tolerant software systems for the banking industry

Marketing, International Business

Mathematics, Physics, Electronics