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David J. Paster

David J. Paster

19 West Brentmoor Park Clayton, MO 63105

[email protected] (702) 813-‐5062

LinkedIn ™ David Paster; http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-‐paster/48/234/190

EDUCATION 2016 Masters in Hospitality, Oklahoma State University School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration (HRAD) (Stillwater, OK)

2008 Quality Enhancement Program Education Certification, University of

Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)

2004 Database Management Certification, St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO)

2004 Masters of Business Administration, Webster University (Webster Groves, MO)

1998 Casino Management Certification, Community College of Southern

Nevada Hospitality Institute / Casino Management Association (Las Vegas, NV)

1997 Masters of Urban Planning, McGill University

(Montreal, PQ)

1994 B.A. & Secondary Education Certification in Geography and Social Studies, Clark University

(Worcester, MA)

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EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT

• Oklahoma State University (OSU) Hotel Restaurant Administration (HRAD) (2010-2016). Instructor of Record: HRAD 4833 – Casino and Gaming Management; Instructor of Record - HRAD 3353 – Purchasing for Hospitality Organizations; Instructor of Record - HRAD 4293 – Hospitality Small Business Development - Independently constructed curriculums and taught courses

• Invited hospitality academic lecturer (2010 – 2016)

- University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV); University of Northern Arizona (UNA); University of Florida (UF); University of Southern Florida (USF); University of Houston (UoH)

• Academic Liaison for the Association of Casino Enterprise

Managers and Executives (ACEME) (2009 to 2015) - Assisted higher education institutions with the development of gaming education

curriculum

! Reviewer for the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, UNLV Gaming Research and Review Journal and CHRIE Conference Presentation Submissions (2009-Present)

• Professor of Practice with the University of Southern

Mississippi (2007- 2009) - Served on full-time faculty developing and teaching various casino gaming and

hospitality management business courses including operations, accounting, finance, marketing, and e-commerce

INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT

• Principal for Yarborough Planning (1996 to Present)

- Continue to serve select, private clients primarily with hospitality consultative endeavors

• Strategic Database Manager for National-Hirschfeld, LLC (2006) - Worked as a hospitality industry service supplier primarily with direct marketing and research

• Marketing Research Analyst for Bally Gaming + Systems (2005)

- Analyzed both competitive and internal markets for a gaming supplier • Database Marketing Manager for the Bossier, LA Isle of Capri Casino

Hotel (2001 - 2002) - Headed a division responsible for all customer relationship

management (CRM) efforts (including electronic media transmission and call centers) for a regional gaming property

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• Database Marketing Manager for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (2000- 2001) - Led innovative customer relationship management (CRM) department for a premier niche

-marketing casino hotel enterprise • Marketing Services Supervisor for the Laughlin Harrah’s Hotel and Casino (1999-2000)

- Served as an extension researcher for Harrah’s corporate office and the regional locale to best determine efficiencies and economies of operations

• Operations Generalist for the Nevada Landing Hotel and Casino (1998-1999)

- Served multiple capacities within the hotel and casino under the direct tutelage of the general manager

• Staff Consultant for Marquette Advisors (1997-1998)

Acted as an in-house consultant/researcher primarily involved with the development of hospitality feasibility studies, primarily focusing on Indian and Limited Stakes gaming.

CURRENT AND COMPLETED WRITINGS

" Paster, D. 2016. Contracted Entertainment Locale Evaluation within Tijuana, BC;

Moscow, RF, MD; PA; FL; IL; TX; LA; MD; NV; VA; NC, USA

" Paster, D. 2015. An Application of the Hedonic Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) – A Case of Online Gaming (Under) Adoption in New Jersey

" Paster, D. 2015. DE-POOFING: Why the Hospitality Industry Should Reduce

Targeting the Frasier Set and Start Servicing Al Bundy’s Desires

" Paster, D. 2015. Did Trump Taj Mahal (A.C.) Score with Scores™?

" Paster, D. 2015. Reeling in an Evil Elmo – Legal Precedent for the Mitigation of Codified Harassment by Rogue Street Entertainers

" Paster, D. 2015. The Tale of Problem Gambler Pat – A Scenario of Cognizant Casino Systemic Exploitation of a Vulnerable Patron

" Paster, D. 2014. Revel Casino’s Unorthodox Operational Management Construct of “Defined Service Cycle” Employment

" Paster, D. 2014. Libertarian Hospitality Business Management Optimization

Via the Integration of Behavioral Economic Theory Derivative Philosophies and Practices (BEPP)

" Paster, D. 2014. aDding the “D” Variable to Build a More Parsimonious RFM + D(uration) Model

" Paster, D. 2013. Financial Evaluation Commonalities and Distinctions Expressed by 10-Ks

with Two Libertarian Hospitality Segments

" Paster, D. 2013. The Appreciable Benefit of Recognizing a Gaming Hospitality Business Educated Work Force

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" Paster, D. 2013. Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) – The Secret (Legal) Ingredient of “Bevertainers” and Other Front-of-the-House “Model” Employees

" Paster, D. 2012. Retrieving Money from the Table –Entertainment Hospitality Operational

Maximization as Adopted from Markowitz ‘s Modern Portfolio Economic Theory

" Paster, D. 2011. Laughlin, NV – The “Drank” of Gaming Resort Destinations " Paster, D. 2011. Drop It Like It’s Trop – Post Management Change Continuance of

Non-Desirable Policies and Practices

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Paster, D. (February, 2014). Downtown Las Vegas Grand Creates Refreshing

Addition to Area Mix. Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 14, Issue 2 Paster, D. (January, 2014). The New Urbanism Movement and the Downtown

Las Vegas Grand. Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 14, Issue1

Paster, D. (September, 2013). The Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association (OIGA) Conference - Thirty-Three (33) Compacted Tribes, one hundred fourteen (114) Gaming Operations and One (1) Overarching Goal. Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 13, Issue 9

Paster, D. (August, 2013). Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort – Manifestation of Supererogation Hospitality. Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 13, Issue 8

Paster, D. (July, 2013). (Report on) The 15th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking. Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 13, Issue 7

Paster, D. (September, 2011) Renaissance on the Strasses of Henderson and the

Proving of First, Out First In (FOFI). Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 9, Issue 9

Paster, D. (January, 2008). It Costs How Much?! Price Points and Your Patrons

Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 6, Issue 1

Paster, D. (September, 2011) Gamblers Book Club, Volume II; Chapter 1- The Second First Year.


Paster, D. 2009, 2008, 2007 Gaming Trends. (G.A. Wright Commissioned Analysis Publication)

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Paster, D. (August, 2008). Marketing Analysis Case Study: The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino. Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 6, Issue 8

Paster, D. (February, 2008). Capturing the Midweek Conventioneer.


Paster, D. (January, 2008). It Costs How Much?! Price Points and Your Patrons. Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 6, Issue 1

Paster, D. (November, 2007). It Costs How Much?! Price Points and Your Patrons. Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 6, Issue 1

Paster, D. (September, 2007). Popping the Bubble of the Doubler Promotion.


Paster, D. (August, 2007). Vacation, All They Ever Wanted – The Economics of Air Junkets and Charters.


Paster, D. (March, 2007). The Electronic Table Game Considered as a Slot Device. Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 5, Issue 3 Paster, D. (February, 2007). A Red Flag for Calibration -Examining Variance of

Actual and Theoretical Win. Casino Enterprise Management. Volume 5, Issue 2

Paster, D. (May, 1997). Master’s Thesis: The Effects of Casino Gaming on the

Tourism/Cultural/Entertainment Industries within Urban Host Areas in Contemporary North America

Paster, D. (May, 1995). Commissioned Research by the Israeli Ministry of Economy

and Planning: The Jordan Rift Valley – The Feasibility of Cooperative Projects

Paster, D. (May, 1993). Completed Research in the Field of Urban Geography: Atrophy – The Potential Effect of a Mega Mall on its Host Region

Paster, D. (May, 1992). International Internship Thesis: The Phenomena of Immigrant

Entrepreneurs in Israel

Paster, D. (May, 1992). International Internship Publication: The Development of Urban Israel – The Socialized Fort

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NOTABLE PRESENTATIONS

o Operational Intelligence Summit 2017. Operational Intelligence and the New Bally Table

Kings – Skill Based Gaming Evaluation (Las Vegas, NV)

o Operational Intelligence Summit 2016. Leveraging Operational Intelligence Via Application of BEPP (Las Vegas, NV)

o Gaming Technology Forum 2013. Continuance of Casino Gaming Hospitality Marketing’s

Emulation of Intimacy: Usage of On-Line Behavioral Based Marketing Techniques and the Integration of Incentive-Based Couponing. (Las Vegas, NV)

o The 15th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking. Casino Enterprise

Management 2013. Financial Evaluation Commonalities and Distinctions Expressed by 10-Ks with Two Libertarian Hospitality Segments: Casino Gaming and Gentlemen’s Clubs. (Las Vegas, NV)

o CasinoFest OK 2011. Revisiting the Operation of a Slot Tournament. (Tulsa, OK)

o CasinoFest CA 2008. How to Read an Annual Report Like a Skeptic.

(San Diego, CA)

o Southern Gaming Summit 2008. Making the Most of Your Amenity Mix. (Biloxi, MS)

o Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) meeting 2008.

Revenue (Yield) Management - Perish(able) the Thought. (Biloxi, MS)

o CasinoFest MN 2008. Continuance of Permission Based Marketing with Legacy

Data. (Minneapolis, MN)

o UNLV Las Vegas International Hospitality and Convention Summit 2007. Experiential Learning as a Tool of Gaming Education. (Las Vegas, NV)

o Global Gaming Exposition 2007. Capturing the (Midweek) Conventioneer

(Las Vegas, NV) o CasinoFest CA 2007. Price Point Sensitivity and its Affect on Marginal Ancillary Revenue.

(San Diego, CA)

o Aristocrat / Oasis Users Group 2007. The Devaluation of Loyalty Club Rewards. (Las Vegas, NV)

o CasinoFest MN 2007. CRM Driven Causal Marketing.

(Minneapolis, MN)

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PROFILE

David Paster serves as the Principal of Yarborough Planning, LLC, a hospitality consulting concern that provides comprehensive commercial philosophical and operational guidance to developing and functioning businesses while assuring measurable enhancement(s). Mr. Paster has been recognized as a leading university-level instructor on the topic of behavioral economics as it correlates with the libertarian based industries, and functioned as the Academic Liaison for the Association of Casino Enterprise Managers and Executives (ACEME).

With over twenty years of academic and applied commercial hospitality experience and the garnering of a honed, transferable skill set via immersion within assorted other behavioral economic theory structured hospitality engagements, a B.A. in Geography complemented by a certification in secondary education later enhanced by a Quality Enhancement Program Education certification, respective endorsement with both casino and database management, separate masters degrees in engineering (Urban Planning), business administration, and hospitality, Mr. Paster’s domestic and international education accreditations, juxtaposed with multi-jurisdictional bona fide professional practice, establish a foundation upon which his contributive competence is built.

Having affiliated with marquee brands and personalities in the trade as an employee and / or in confidential,

select consultation efforts, Mr. Paster brings authentic, professional experience to the proverbial table. Presentations hosted by institutes of higher learning and respected industry conferences have dovetailed with diverse publications, allowing Mr. Paster to genuinely add to a progressive development within respective academic and applied industry domains.

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