Kasra Ghaharian and Clayton Peister

Kasra Ghaharian and Clayton Peister

Kasra Ghaharian is the Director of Research at the UNLV International Gaming Institute. He completed his Ph.D. and M.S. at UNLV’s College of Hospitality. Kasra’s research interests include data science, consumer protection and payments modernization, and his scholarly work has been published in leading academic journals in technology, psychology, hospitality and gambling.

Clayton Peister is the Managing Director of Differential, a management consultancy advising casino companies on the adoption of analytics and AI. He has managed analytics and marketing departments at major integrated resorts across the globe. At Differential, the team has developed AI driven solutions addressing marketing strategy, reinvestment efficiency, fraud detection and operational optimization. Clayton holds a degree from UNLV.