MGM Resorts International announced the appointment of Daniel Yang as Chief Customer Innovation Officer. In this newly constituted role, Yang will lead and advance the company's global consumer success strategy, with a focus on maximizing growth and profitability at the intersection of digital technology and the guest experience. Dan is a progressive, strategic thinker with a wealth of industry experience leveraging technology and digital strategies to enhance the guest experience in a truly meaningful and differentiating way.

Dan's leadership will be instrumental as the company continue to drive organic growth through sales, marketing, loyalty, and product development. Yang joins MGM Resorts from Aristocrat Leisure Limited where he served as the company's Chief Strategy Officer responsible for driving corporate strategy, long-range planning, and corporate development. Prior to that, Yang held various strategy, general management and operating roles at Viacom (now Paramount).

He was also CEO and cofounder of a mobile gaming startup and a strategy consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton. Yang received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.