Rudy is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of CEC Entertainment, Inc. in Irving, Texas. CEC Entertainment has almost 19,000 employees at more than 700 owned or franchised Chuck E. Cheese’s and Peter Piper Pizza restaurants in 47 states and 11 foreign countries or territories. Rudy manages a staff of three attorneys and one paralegal in providing strategic legal business advice to the Company’s Board of Directors, officers, and managers, and his organization also includes the Company’s Risk Management and Internal Audit groups.

Rudy is also responsible for Board governance and planning, regulatory compliance, aspects of SEC reporting, and the design and implementation of Company’s compliance program, and he oversees the Company’s enterprise risk assessments and business impact analyses. A graduate of Texas A&M University and Harvard Law School, during his 26-year career Rudy has practiced commercial and employment litigation at several Dallas law firms, as well as for the legal departments of American Airlines and J.C. Penney Corporation. He was Vice President and General Counsel of American Eagle Airlines from 2000 to 2003. Rudy lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife (who is an attorney with the City of Dallas) and their two teenaged children.