Samantha Powell

General Manager, APAC, Gaming Laboratories International (GLI)

Samantha Powell

As General Manager of APAC Samantha Powell directs day-to-day operations of GLI’s business and ensures client satisfaction on delivered services in the region.

Powell has more than 18 years of experience with GLI Australia. Previously, she was Senior Manager Engineering, responsible for providing strategic and day-to-day leadership for the engineering department in GLI’s Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne laboratories; managing workload and project assigns, ensuring quality, efficiency and the highest level of customer satisfaction; coordinating work distribution as needed; and identifying the development of new testing methodologies and tools to support the engineering process.

She began her career with GLI Australia in 2001 as a test engineer, and was appointed Regulatory Compliance Manager in 2007, overseeing the compliance policy and licensing requirements. In 2010, she was appointed Manager of Compliance & Quality Assurance, taking on the additional responsibility of managing production of certification reports through GLI Australia’s QA department.

Powell was named to GGB Magazine’s “2019-2020 Class of Emerging Leaders of Gaming 40 Under 40.” She holds a Bachelors Degree in Physics and Computer Science from Flinders University, located in Adelaide, South Australia.