Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine February 2020 | Page 256

RACING & WAGERING WA

“ We are a business that has be always be on the right side of regulators . It keeps us accountable both in a financial and an ethical sense ”

— Sam McCready , CIO / CDO , Racing & Wagering WA
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Between 18 months ago when the bulk of the change began and now , RWWA looks like a different company . The approach for change has been top down , but execution has been at every level of the business . RWWA has created a new product owner role , part of a team of leaders that execute all delivery functions . Teams now combine developers , marketing specialists , analysts , and product experts . “ I suppose one of the challenges with any transformation is it ’ s never really done ,” McCready says , “ there is a continual drive for improvement across all teams ; it ’ s a part of our required outcomes .”
Change remains on the horizon for RWWA . Over the next six to 12 months , it is going to be moving
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