August 12, 2015 | Nick Montano
TAGS: coin machine, arcade games, jukebox, American Amusement Machine Association, AAMA, Chris Felix, MEI Group, Pete Gustafson, Holly Hampton, Frank Cosentino, Rich Babich, George Smith, Allen Weisberg |
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Chris Felix |
Chosen as vice-president is Holly Hampton, Bay Tek (Pulaski, WI). Bandai Namco Amusement America's Frank Cosentino (Elk Grove Village, IL) serves as secretary, and Game Exchange of Colorado's Rich Babich (Denver) is treasurer. George Smith, Family Entertainment Group (Barrington, IL) is chosen as assistant secretary and Apple Industries' Allen Weisberg (Greenvale, NY) is assistant treasurer.
Felix is the national amusement OEM sales manager of Crane Payment Innovations, a Crane Co. company. He was with MEI prior to Crane's acquisition of the MEI Group in 2003. MEI is now a brand in the CPI portfolio, which also includes CashCode, Conlux, NRI, Money Controls and Telequip.
Felix, who began his service with AAMA as an alternate board member, is the 2014 recipient of AAMA's Joe Robbins Award, the highest honor bestowed by the association | READ MORE.
A U.S. Navy veteran, Felix served as a nuclear reactor operator aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (SSN 708) and the USS Greeneville (SSN 772).