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CDI Appoints Nate Simon as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

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February 18, 2022

Niji Narayan

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Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) has appointed Nate Simon as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the Company. In this role, he will be responsible for providing strategic technology leadership and services. Simon replaces Ben Murr who was promoted to President of TwinSpires and Online Gaming in January.

Simon brings 20 years of technology and organisational leadership experience to the position. He joined CDI in 2011 as Vice President of Operations for the Company’s United Tote division before his promotion to President of United Tote in 2012. During that time, Simon was accountable for over 200 employees across the US and Canada and over $25 million in global revenue.

“I am very proud of the results Nate has delivered in modernizing United Tote over the past 10 years. We look forward to him building on these contributions by delivering further innovation and growth to the Company as the Chief Technology Officer,” Bill Carstanjen, Chief Executive Officer of CDI. “

Prior to joining CDI, Simon was the Global Head of IT Operations for Clariant. He started his career with General Electric Co. where he completed the GE Information Management Leadership Programme and worked as an Enterprise Resource Planning Project Leader. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Indiana University.

Simon’s promotion is effective immediately. CDI will move quickly to fill the role of President of United Tote.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.