Executive Biographies

Jim Gibson
President of VEGAS.com
A former three-term Mayor of Henderson and a practicing attorney in business and commercial law for more than 35 years, Jim Gibson brings his extensive experience in Nevada's tourism, hospitality, entertainment and business industries to his position as President of VEGAS.com.

While mayor of Henderson, Gibson guided the city through a period of unprecedented growth as it became the second largest city in Nevada. He was instrumental in updating the city's comprehensive plan, creating the Boulder Highway Investment Corridor strategy, establishing direction for the Henderson Redevelopment Agency, and creating Henderson's nationally award-winning Development Services Center.

A native Nevadan, born in Las Vegas and a resident of Henderson for nearly 55 years, Gibson has served on numerous boards and commissions, including the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Board of Directors, the Nevada Development Authority Board of Directors, the Las Vegas Events Board of Directors and the Regional Transportation Commission while mayor.

Gibson leads a VEGAS.com team of more than 500 employees that support four e-commerce sites, box office and show ticket operations, tour operations, concierge desks, retail operations, mobile applications, syndicated television, newspaper editorial supplements and an integration and technology division for the hospitality industry worldwide called Cyllenius.

VEGAS.com is the world's largest city travel website, serving more than 65 percent of the entire online audience seeking travel information about and reservations for Las Vegas. It is the most up-to-date and technologically enhanced Vegas tourism portal, with more information and Vegas product than any other site on earth. Customers are supported pre- and post-sale by a 108-seat, 24-7-365 contact center. Once in Vegas, customers come in contact with VEGAS.com through various touch points including more than 70 concierge and tour desks at resorts including Mandalay Bay, Paris, Bally's, the Palms and others; a mobile concierge and mobile ticketing platform; and Vegas Arrow merchandise stores in partnership with Marshall Retail Group. A private-labeled box office solution is installed at resorts including the Wynn and Encore, the Las Vegas Hilton, the Rio, Harrah's and many others.

Cyllenius, the technology and solutions division of VEGAS.com, enables hospitality, travel and entertainment companies to increase profitability and improve guest visibility by connecting disparate point-of-sales services and by deploying advanced token-based payment solutions, online sales solutions and onsite ticketing tools. Cyllenius also provides payment gateway and payment processing.

Gibson has also has been recognized for his many contributions by local, state and national organizations. Among the many awards he has received are the Henderson Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Member Award and the 2002 Humanitarian Award from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Gibson was recognized by the Henderson Community Foundation as a 2005 Outstanding Citizen, and the Lili Claire Foundation recognized him with its Spirit of Leadership Award in the same year. In 2007, Gibson received the Nevada State College President's Medal and the Clark County School District Crystal Apple Award. He was recognized by the Henderson Development Association and the City of Henderson as the 2008 O'Callaghan Public Sector Person of the Year for economic development, and the Commercial Managers Group awarded Gibson with its Vision 2009 award.

Debbie Bingham
Vice President, Business Development
The interpersonal skills Bingham has developed over her career in sales and advertising leadership positions have proven especially effective in Vegas -- a town built on strong, long-lasting relationships.

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.

John Painter
Vice President, Project Management
Painter leads an innovative project management team that develops and defines business procedures, manages project schedules and ensures deadlines are met for the rapidly-growing travel company.

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.

Tim Coad
Vice President, Information Technology
Coad oversees the Information Technology team at VEGAS.com. The IT team is responsible for a vast array of IT-related services including desktop and help desk services, quality assurance, monitoring, application and OS management, database management, network management and data center services. In addition to these core IT services, the IT team provides VEGAS.com with technology leadership and direction in the fast-paced world of high technology.

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.

Dan Hippler
Vice President, Marketing
Hippler leads the Marketing team responsible for maintaining VEGAS.com's brand and image the world over, through multimillion-dollar marketing programs, as well as smaller, but equally important, endeavors like paid search, SEO and online presence.

Throughout his more than 10 years at the company, Hippler has proven his ability to know what the company -- and the consumer -- need out of Las Vegas. From his start at VEGAS.com as a Marketing Analyst to his current position as an executive, Hippler has demonstrated strong instincts and a knack for weaving together the tangible -- web analytics, CRM, merchandising -- with the intangible -- presence and consumer loyalty. Hippler graduated from UNLV in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing.