SkyWire® Media Board of Directors
Shawn D. Harris
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Harris has more than 15 years experience in software sales management, bringing with him skills acquired in the course of front-line leadership with companies at the leading edge of the software industry. This experience and a demonstrated track record of success gives Shawn a unique understanding of market conditions of meeting customers' product development needs that enhance business-to-business and business-to-consumer mobile marketing initiatives. Mr. Harris has experience in today’s e-business environments along with the understanding of e-business tools, models and best practices for internet-based businesses. Shawn has made technology a way of life and has an in-depth understanding of information systems. He is known by friends and family as "the geek with social skills".
Prior to joining SkyWire Media, Shawn was the Director of Business Development for InfoGenesis, a leader in the hospitality technology industry. Shawn assembled the number one sales team for InfoGenesis as well as led the company in highest revenue and lowest cost of sales for 8 years. Shawn honed his skills in leadership by understanding customer expectations, buyer behavior and gained expertise in understanding the importance of customer service. This experience includes structuring software systems to predict consumer buying behavior and patterns. Shawn was instrumental in the launch of eRevelation, the industry’s first ASP-managed POS solution. Shawn was instrumental in building relationships with premier hospitality companies worldwide, some of which included MGM Mirage, Vail Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, Station Casinos, PGA-TPC, Mandalay Bay Resort Group, and Four Seasons Hotels.
Prior to InfoGenesis Shawn was the Major Accounts Manager for Kronos where he gained his appreciation of software and services that enable organizations to reduce costs, increase productivity and improve employee satisfaction. Prior to Kronos, he was the National Sales Manager for MegaWest Systems, a leader in the medical billing and clinical software business.
Shawn currently sits on the board of the Technology Business Alliance of Nevada (TBAN), a not-for-profit organization that is proactively fostering high-tech growth in Nevada. TBAN is dedicated to assisting high-tech start-ups in finding the talent, customers and financing needed to be successful. Shawn is very active in his community, including volunteering his time at various positions at his church and with the Boy Scouts of America. Shawn is continuing his education by working on achieving a Master of Business Administration/E-Business.
Captain William (Bill) G Goff, Jr.
Board Director
Captain Goff began his forty-two year career in aviation at Auburn University in 1959. He earned a bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1963 and was commissioned as a Naval Officer upon graduation. Goff flew fighter aircraft in the Navy, on active duty and in the Navy reserve forces, retiring after 26 years of service with the rank of Captain. Hired by Delta Air Lines in 1969, after serving in the Navy on active duty for six years, Captain Goff flew as a commercial pilot for 32 years. He completed his career at Delta Airlines in October 2001 while holding the position of Lead Line Check Captain on MD-11 aircraft at the airline's Los Angeles base.
During his tenure with Delta, Captain Goff was active in the trading of vacant land in the Las Vegas Valley. Goff began acquiring strategic holdings in Las Vegas and Pahrump, Nevada in the early 1990's. During this same period he developed Whitney Mesa Business Park, a forty five acre office/industrial park. He currently controls 135 acres of master planned residential and commercial sites.
Captain Goff is the Broker/Manager of Goff Properties, LLC, a licensed commercial real estate brokerage and President of Anchor Development, Inc., a real estate development company. At present, Anchor Development has ten projects in various stages of development. Seven of the ten projects are approved Tavern sites with gaming devices to be built over the next two years. The Taverns will be managed by Boulevard Gaming Group, a newly formed company in which Goff functions as Chief Executive Officer.
Since his retirement from Delta in 2001, Captain Goff and his wife Karen have been active investors in private equity opportunities, acquiring ownership interestes in ten early stage companies. Goff currently serves as a Director of three of the portfolio companies and is an active member of the following business groups; Las Vegas Southwest Rotary, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas Business Forum, Nevada Development Authority, National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP) and Vegas Valley Angels.
Glenn Bonner
Board Director
Glenn Bonner was the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of MGM MIRAGE from 1997 to 2006. He has more than 25 years of experience in management and business technology. Bonner lead MGM MIRAGE's corporate Management Information Systems group, which encompasses all MGM MIRAGE technology and systems, supporting over 70,000 employees in 24 locations.
As CIO, he was responsible for alignment and execution of the information technology function with the company’s longer-term business strategy. Under Bonner’s leadership, MGM MIRAGE has gained industry-wide recognition for their technology achievements and innovations. CIO Magazine recognized Bonner as one of the top 100 Chief Information Officers in 1999. MGM Mirage was also ranked as high as 68th by Information Week Magazine in the "Information Week 500" annual ranking of IS organizations in America.
Before his appointment as the company's first CIO, Bonner led the hospitality industry consulting initiative for Microsoft Corporation. As the Managing Consultant, Bonner headed up the development of Hilton Hotels’ "System 21", the core technology used to manage the guest experience at Hilton hotels worldwide. Previously, Bonner was employed at Intergraph Corporation as a product manager where he was responsible for all computer-aided manufacturing applications.
Bonner is the Chairman of the UNLV MIS Department Executive Advisory Board, a board member of Auburn University's College of Business Advisory Board and a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Hotel Technology Next Generation organization. He holds both MCSD and MCP certifications from Microsoft.
Marshall Andrew
Advisory Board
Marshall Andrew joined Station Casinos in 1994 and as CIO guided their technology development in support of business strategies and company growth from 2 to their current 15 casino/hotels. Station’s technology helped them earn “Best Slot Club” in the Las Vegas Review-Journal Readers Poll 5 years in a row. Marshall has over 25 years experience in information technology having served as Director of MIS for INGRES, a relational database software company in San Francisco, Vice President of Engineering at Hotel Information Systems, a hospitality application provider and Vice President of IT for Esprit de Corp – Europe, a clothing manufacturer and retail distributor. Marshall holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Purdue University and serves on advisory boards for the UNLV School of Informatics and School of MIS, Microsoft Customer Advisory Board for Hospitality as well as the advisory board for Casino Enterprise Management and Gaming & Leisure Technology magazines.
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