Robert L. (Bob) Boughner advises clients in the hotel, hospitality, tourism and casino gaming sectors, helping them to define and exceed their business goals. He brings more than 30 years’ experience in executive and board-level management, operations and development to a range of U.S.-based and international clients in the resort and travel sectors.

Bob specializes in valuations; mergers and acquisitions; feasibility analysis; operations; and compensation/benefits analysis.

As a private investor, he brings a depth of knowledge and experience to existing and new ventures.

Bob’s expertise reflects an extensive history of delivering successful projects and initiatives for highly regulated public and private companies. His specialties include corporate leadership; negotiations; expansions and acquisitions; business integration; regulatory and compliance; and brand creation and identity.

From 1990-2001, Bob served as Chief Operating Officer of Boyd Gaming Corp. (NYSE: BYD), a highly successful company with significant family ownership that owns, develops and operates gaming resorts across the country. Bob had a leading role in Boyd’s new-market expansion that transitioned Boyd from local Las Vegas company to a national presence. He oversaw operations at Boyd’s destination resorts and hotels nationwide, and was responsible for their performance as Boyd completed its IPO in 2003.

As CEO of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. from 1998 to 2012, Bob led and managed the development, opening and operations of the property, which became one of North America’s most successful casino destination resorts. He was responsible for master planning and launching a major expansion in 2008 that added the Water Club, a “resort within a resort” with 800 new guestrooms, five restaurants, a large spa, pools and a 100-table poker room.