Derek Harmer serves as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary for Accel, a role he has held since 2012. In this role, Mr. Harmer is responsible for overseeing Accel’s legal and regulatory compliance across the organization. Mr. Harmer also currently serves as Secretary of the Illinois Gaming Machine Operators Association.
Prior to his time with Accel, Mr. Harmer served as President of Stadium Technology Group, a software and systems company dedicated to creating race and sports book management systems for kiosk and mobile platforms. Before launching Stadium Technology, Mr. Harmer was the Senior Vice President of Progressive Gaming International Corporation, where he led a strategic business unit created to commercialize emerging gaming technologies.
Mr. Harmer also held numerous management positions at WMS Gaming Inc. including Director of Regulatory Affairs, Director of Native American Business Development, and Director of Sales. He began his career in the gaming industry by serving as Deputy Attorney General, where he was in-house counsel to the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission.
Mr. Harmer received a B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Illinois-Chicago and a J.D from Drake University.