Senior Vice President and General Manager of Harrah's Philadelphia

Chris has been Senior Vice President and General Manager at Harrah’s Philadelphia’s since September 2016.  Chris joined Caesars Entertainment in 2005 as a President’s Associate in Slot Operations in Lake Tahoe. He also previously held the role of Director of Compensation & HR Effectiveness in the corporate office, overseeing the development of the HR People Effectiveness Scorecard and administering the company’s Long-Term Compensation Program and Annual Management Bonus Program. In 2010, Chris was promoted to Vice President and Executive Associate to the Central Division President, where he worked on a variety of high-profile projects.  He returned to the property side in 2012 as Assistant General Manager at Horseshoe Cincinnati, where he assisted with hiring 1,700 employees and managed the successful grand opening in 2013.  Chris joined Horseshoe Hammond outside Chicago in 2014, also as an Assistant General Manager.  Under his leadership, the property achieved strong financial and service results.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.