MGM Resorts International aso nei faʻalauiloa Jonathan Halkyard o le a avea ma Ofisa Sili o Tupe mo le lalolagi taʻaloga, talimalo ma faʻafiafiaga faʻalapotopotoga.
O Halkyard ose ofisa sinia sa faʻatonuina le 13 tausaga i taʻitaʻi i Caesars Faʻafiafiaga ma talu ai nei na avea ai le Peresetene ma Ofisa Sili o le Extended Stay America, Inc. ma le ESH Hospitality, o lana REIT faʻasoa. O le a ia lipoti ia Bill Hornbuckle, le Peresetene ma le Pule Sili, ma sui ia Corey Sanders, o le na tofia talu ai nei o le Ofisa Sili o Pulega o le Kamupani.
"Na aumaia e Jonathan le paluga saʻo o le faʻatonutonu tautupe, poto faʻafaigaluega a le aufaʻatau, poto masani faʻataʻitaʻi ma le poto masani i taʻitaʻiga i le MGM Resorts i se taimi taua i lo tatou atinaeina," o le tala lea a Hornbuckle. "O lona naunautaiga mo talimalo, tele poto masani i taʻaloga, muamua tausimea o malosi paleni paleni ma tagata faʻatupeina talitonuina faia ia o se filifiliga sili ona lelei e faʻaopoopoina a matou malosi ma tuuto taʻitaʻi au."
I le avea ai ma Ofisa Sili o Tupe, o Halkyard o le a avea ma totino o le vaega sinia a le pulega, ma o le a nafa ma gaioiga uma i mea tau tupe i totonu o le MGM Resorts 'tele i totonu o le atunuʻu ma faʻavaomalo faila, faʻapea ai ma Investor Relations, Accounting, Treasury, Procurement ma Tax.
"I le avea ai ma sui o le Komiti Faʻatonu a le MGM, ua ou fiafia lava e talia Jonathan i le MGM Resorts," o le tala lea a Paul Salem, o le Taitaifono o le Komiti. "O loʻo matou vaʻavaʻai pea e galulue faʻatasi ma Jonathan e unaʻi pea le faʻatauaina o le faʻatinoina o le matou fuafuaga faʻataʻatitia pisinisi, le matou toe maua mo se taimi umi mai le faʻamaʻi o le COVID-19 ma le tuputupu aʻe ma atinaʻe i le lumanaʻi."
"Ina ua maeʻa se matata tele na faʻaaluina i talimalo ma taʻaloga, ua ou fiafia ma mitamita e avea ma vaega o le au matutua taʻitaʻi 'au i se tasi o le sili ona lauiloa taʻaloga a le lalolagi, talimalo ma faʻafiafiaga taunuʻu faʻailoga," fai mai Halkyard. "Matou te feagai ma luitau sili i pulega faʻalapotopotoga i le tala talu ai nei ma ou te naunau e alu e galue ma faaauau pea le lelei talatuu o pulega faʻatautaia i le MGM Resorts."
I le taimi atoa o lana galuega o se faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitoa ma le poto masani kamupani kamupani, Halkyard na umia tofiga o CFO, COO ma talu ai nei CEO, i le taʻaloga, talimalo ma malosiaga vaega. Na auai Halkyard i Caesars Faʻafiafiaga (muamua Harrah's Faʻafiafiaga) i se tulaga tautupe i Harrah's Lake Tahoe. Na ia umia tulaga tau tupe ma faʻagaioiga tulaga i le taimi o lana nofoaʻiga ma Caesars, e aofia ai le tele o meatotino lautele pule ma faʻalapotopotoga matafaioi, pei o le Sui Peresetene, Teutupe, Senior Sui Peresitene ma Pulega Pule. Na avea o ia ma Ofisa Sili o Tupe i le 2006 ma mulimuli ane taʻitaʻia le M&A totogi mo Horseshoe Gaming, WSOP, Caesars Entertainment ma London Clubs International. Na avea o ia ma vaega o le vaega faʻataʻitaʻi na vaʻaia le $ 30 piliona faʻatau atu o Caesars Faʻafiafiaga i TPG ma Apollo ma aveina ai le $ 200 miliona o teugatupe pe a uma le tapunia.
I le 2013, na auai Halkyard i le Extended Stay America o le Chief Operating Officer, lea na ia muaʻi taulaʻi i ai i le faʻatautaia o galuega i totonu o fale e 680. I le 2014, na faʻaigoa ai ia CFO le tumau ma i le 2015 na avea ma CFO. Na tofia o ia e avea ma Ofisa Sili o Pulega i le 2017. Mai le 2012 i le 2013, na avea Halkyard ma EVP ma CFO o le NV Energy, o se kamupani umiaina o loʻo tuʻuina atu le malosiʻaga ma oloa i Nevada, ma ana kamupani totino, Nevada Power Company ma le Sierra Pacific Power Company.
O Halkyard o le Faʻatonu o le Dave & Buster's Entertainment, o le Faʻatonu o le Shift4 Payments, Inc. ma o se Trustee o le International Center for Responsible Gaming. Na ia uuina lana MBA mai le Harvard University ma lana BA mai le Colgate University.
