ʻO MGM Resorts International i kēia lā ua hoʻolaha ʻo Jonathan Halkyard e lilo i Luna Hoʻokele Kālā no ka pāʻani honua, hoʻokipa a me ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa.
He luna ʻoihana ʻo Halkyard i lilo i 13 mau makahiki ma ke ʻano alakaʻi ma Caesars Entertainment a ʻo ka Pelekikena a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o Extended Stay America, Inc. a me ESH Hospitality, kāna REIT ʻāpana like. E hōʻike ʻo ia iā Bill Hornbuckle, ka Pelekikena a me CEO, a ua kūleʻa ʻo ia iā Corey Sanders, ka mea i koho ʻia i Luna Hoʻokele Nui no ka Hui.
"Lawe mai ʻo Jonathan i ka hui pono o ke aʻo kālā, ke akahele o nā mea hoʻopukapuka, ka ʻike hana a me ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana i MGM Resorts i kahi manawa koʻikoʻi i kā mākou ulu ʻana," wahi a Hornbuckle. "ʻO kona kuko no ka hoʻokipa, he ʻike nui i ka pāʻani ʻana, ka mālama mua ʻana o nā pale kaulike ikaika a me ka hilinaʻi o nā mea hoʻopukapuka e hoʻolilo iā ia i koho maikaʻi loa e kākoʻo i kā mākou hui alakaʻi ikaika a kūpaʻa hoʻi."
Ma ke ʻano he luna waiwai nui, he lālā ʻo Halkyard o ka kime hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe a kuleana ʻo ia no nā hana kālā āpau ma waena o ka waihona nui kūloko a kūwaho hoʻi o ka MGM Resorts, a me nā pilina hoʻopukapuka, waihona kālā, waihona kālā, loaʻa kālā a me ka ʻauhau.
"Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka MGM, hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā Jonathan i nā MGM Resorts," wahi a Paul Salem, ka luna o ka papa. "Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hana pū ʻana me Jonathan e hoʻokele i ka nānā nui ʻana i ka hoʻokō hoʻopaʻi ʻia o kā mākou hoʻolālā ʻoihana hoʻolālā, ko mākou ola lōʻihi mai ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 a me ka ulu a me ka ulu ʻana o ka wā e hiki mai ana."
"Ma hope o kahi hana i hoʻohana nui ʻia i ka hoʻokipa a me ka pāʻani ʻana, hauʻoli wau a haʻaheo hoʻi e lilo i ʻāpana o ke kime alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa ma kekahi o nā pāʻani keu a ka hoʻokipa, hoʻokipa a hoʻokipa hoʻokipa nui loa o ka honua," wahi a Halkyard. "Kū mākou i nā luʻi nui loa i ka hoʻokele ʻoihana i ka mōʻaukala hou a makemake nui wau e hana a hoʻomau i ka hoʻoilina maikaʻi o ka hoʻokele hoʻokele ma MGM Resorts."
I loko o kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he luna ʻoihana me ka ʻike o ka ʻoihana lehulehu, ua paʻa ʻo Halkyard i mau kūlana ma ke ʻano he CFO, COO a me CEO hou aku nei, i nā ʻoihana pāʻani, hoʻokipa a me ka ikehu. Ua hui ʻo Halkyard iā Caesars Entertainment (ma mua ʻo Harrah's Entertainment) i kahi kuleana kālā ma Harrah's Lake Tahoe. Ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā kūlana kālā a me nā hana i ka wā o kona noho ʻana me Caesars, e like me nā luna nui a me nā kuleana ʻoihana hui, e like me Hope Pelekikena, Puʻukū, Hope Pelekikena Hope a me Pelekikena Hope Pelekikena. Ua lilo ʻo ia i Luna Hoʻokele Kālā ma 2006 a alakaʻi hou i ka uku M&A no Horseshoe Gaming, WSOP, Caesars Entertainment a me London Clubs International. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hui alakaʻi i kiaʻi i ke kūʻai aku ʻana o Caesars Entertainment he $ 30 biliona iā TPG a me Apollo a ua kalaiwa aku ma kahi o $ 200 miliona o nā mālama mālama ma hope o ka panina.
I ka 2013, ua hui ʻo Halkyard i Extended Stay America ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu nui, kahi i kia mua ai i ka streamlining ʻana i nā hana ma o 680 mau waiwai. I ka makahiki 2014, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i CFO kūloko a ma 2015 i CFO. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i CEO ma 2017. Mai 2012 a 2013, ua lawelawe ʻo Halkyard ma ke ʻano he EVP a me CFO o NV Energy, kahi ʻoihana paʻa e hoʻolako ana i nā lawelawe ikehu a me nā huahana ma Nevada, a me nā lālā nona ponoʻī, ʻo Nevada Power Company a me Sierra Pacific Power Company.
He Luna ʻo Halkyard o Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Luna Hoʻokele o Shift4 Payments, Inc. a he kahu o ka International Center for Responsible Gaming. Mālama ʻo ia i kāna MBA mai ke Kulanui ʻo Harvard a me kāna BA mai ke Kulanui ʻo Colgate.
