Aaron Schurman

Aaron is our Founder and Chief Gamer at SciPlay. Mr. Schurman is the founder of Phantom EFX where he spent over 15 years as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Schurman led Phantom to become #1 publisher of Family Entertainment games in North America as well as having early titles on the Apple App Store. The early success in mobile led to the acquisition of Phantom EFX by WMS and subsequently Scientific Games in 2012.

From June 2012 – March 2019 Mr. Schurman was the Managing Director of the Social unit. During this time, Mr. Schurman has been key in helping grow the division grow to over 400 passionate individuals and seven successful franchise apps.

Aaron has designed over 500 slots with many patents in the gaming space. He has designed over 50 individual game titles with an impressive rate of successes. Today, Mr. Schurman continues to lead SciPlay’s design efforts captivating players through many aspects. ‘Shurm’ as colleagues often call him, is our rocket fuel behind our unmatched culture and self-authored leadership programs.

Mr. Schurman has a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Northern Iowa.