Kirk Sanford, former CEO, President, and Founder of Global Cash Access Inc., has more than 15 years of executive experience directing as many as 1,000 employees in various companies with total revenues in excess of $700 million. Kirk has led these companies through many different facets of start-up, growth modes, leverage buyouts and public offerings.Kirk has spent most his of 15 years as a chief executive officer and chairman of the boards in a variety of businesses, including consumer payments, consumer credit, and financial services. He understands both US domestic and international markets with succesful business development in Canada, UK, Europe, and Asia.Among his significant previous positions, he was Chief Executive Officer, President and Owner of Central Credit, the leading provider of gaming patron credit information services . From 1994-98 he was general manager and Executive Vice President of a joint venture between Bank of America (BA) Merchant Services, Inc. and USA Processing, Inc. a start-up merchant payments company. Additional news about Kirk Sanford can be found at http://www.kirksanfordnews.com or http://www.kirksanford.us. Business Week named him one of the 100 most influential CEOs under 40.