Mike Morris
COO
Mike Morris is Miller Companies’ Chief Operating Officer. Mike began his career as a cavalry officer in the U.S. Army in multiple combat arms leadership, planning, and logistics roles before moving to the civilian work force for BOC Gases. BOC is a UK based global manufacturing company where Mr. Morris continued to work in operations management, crisis management, and national staff roles. He focused on lean manufacturing principles implementation, cost control, and optimization. He joined a startup project to create a national commercial contracting service that developed into an entity with consistent annual sales of $5 million that continues to successfully service a niche franchise need. Mike served as the founding COO for Prairie State Gaming, a large Illinois VGT terminal operator recognized as a leader in the Illinois VGT market eventually acquired by Penn National Gaming in 2015. Mike brings his decades of experience in operational & logistics management and his unique expertise in distributed gaming from the Illinois market to Commonwealth Gaming. A Desert Storm combat veteran, Mr. Morris is in his 30th year of service in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel. He is a graduate of Southern Connecticut State University and the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College graduate program.