Jean Venneman

Jean Venneman is Chief Studios Officer at IGT. She is responsible for nearly 20 teams and more than 1,000 game designers worldwide, who design and develop games for land-based and online distribution in global markets. Games from these studios include several versions of Wheel of Fortune, Megabucks, Prosperity Link, Tiger & Dragon and Wolf Run.

She has more than 30 years of experience in game development and product leadership. Her career began at IGT in the early 1990s as an account executive based in Europe. She then moved to Reno, where she spent the next 13 years in several positions, the last being Senior Vice President of Product Development.

She later worked at Bally Technologies in licensing and product management, where she brought in a number of well-known global brands and helped shape the product management team. In 2018 she joined Gaming Arts as Chief Operating Officer. Her team there developed the company's first slot games and grew its installed base from zero to several thousand machines. She rejoined IGT in late 2024.

Venneman graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.