Executive Biographies

VEGAS.com's websites now reach 2.7 million unique visitors each month, more than 65 percent of the online audience seeking travel information about and reservations for Las Vegas.

The sites provide thorough, up-to-date information and products from the entire city so that visitors can research and book hotel reservations, air-hotel packages, show tickets, tours, restaurant reservations, car rentals, golf tee times and nightclub front-of-line passes. A 108-seat, 24-7-365 contact center staffed with travel specialists provides offline sales and support.

Along the way, Lefkowitz and his team have been instrumental in guiding VEGAS.com down a customer-centric path to success. Steps have included: creating a website with technology tools, infrastructure, staffing, and extensive marketing programs specifically geared toward the Vegas market, while implementing a rigorous expert-training program for the company and creating programs to monitor and continually improve customer satisfaction.

Lefkowitz led the acquisition of Casino Travel & Tours in 2005, and the division provides staffing and systems for concierge and retail desks at more than 70 locations, including Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Bally's, Paris, the Palms and more. The company also provides land tours to destinations including the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon.

VEGAS.com's Box Office ticketing solution and staffing power some of the largest showrooms on the Strip, including the Wynn and Encore, the Las Vegas Hilton, the Rio, Flamingo, Harrah's and others.

Cyllenius, the technology and solutions division of VEGAS.com, enables hospitality, travel, and entertainment companies to increase profitability and improve guest visibility by deploying advanced cashless payment technology, online sales solutions, and onsite ticketing tools. Clients range from individual hotels and attractions to major hospitality groups, and solutions are installed nationwide and internationally.

Lefkowitz brought 25 years of visionary business leadership to the company, including executive roles at Home Shopping Network and EarthLink, where he was responsible for the relationships with eBay, Amazon, Disney, Sprint and scores of other internet stalwarts. Lefkowitz spent many years in the entertainment business working with NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Universal, Paramount, Turner and many others.

His department is responsible for providing extensive metrics and market research to the organization, and manages customer experience and merchandising. He also oversees the team responsible for producing VEGAS.com's extensive and award-winning content.

Allison was not only a member of VEGAS.com's original management staff, but he was the original member -- VEGAS.com employee No. 1. He previously worked as graphics editor and assistant managing editor of the Las Vegas Sun. He also worked as managing editor of the Sparks (Nev.) Tribune and the Moscow-Pullman Daily News in Moscow, Idaho.

He also oversees the company’s award-winning contact center, which provides sales and customer support services for VEGAS.com, as well as many of its hospitality and entertainment business partners.

Brown previously led VEGAS.com’s Internet Marketing and Product Management efforts, and before joining the company in 2003, held roles as the Director of Business Development and the Director of Consumer Communications at EarthLink.

Bingham’s business development team is responsible for developing and strengthening those business relationships with all Vegas travel partners, including hotels, shows, nightclubs, tours and golf courses.

Bingham also oversees Casino Travel & Tours - which has retail locations throughout the city, a tour company and a transportation company -- and VEGAS.com's box office operations.

Bingham got her first taste of the business arena at the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper, advancing to the position of supervisor of classified advertising. Following a stint at kentucky.com she moved to Advance Internet, a start-up Internet media site for the three largest newspapers in Alabama, as advertising sales director. She joined VEGAS.com in January 2002.

When Painter joined VEGAS.com in 2004, he brought a bevy of project management leadership with him. He was a business development manager at a dot-com and held executive positions overseeing business systems and project management for several large government contractors. The core of his experience included nine years with the Mason Chamberlain Corp, working on the first automated ammunition complex built by the US Army, as well as seven years providing direct support to NASA. Immediately prior to joining VEGAS.com, he served as Director of the Project Management Office at the Bechtel Corporation, providing support to the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Coad brings to VEGAS.com a broad technology background of over 25 years of technology-related career experience. He was co-founder at several high-tech software and application service provider startups. He has extensive hands-on experience and has held senior executive-level positions within software development, service delivery and IT operations. He has provided IT services to some notable organizations such as Visa, BP, AMAT and AutoDesk.