Arqiva has appointed Caroline Cardozo as Director of Product, and James Lelyveld as Director of Software Engineering.
Caroline joins Arqiva from Disguise, where she served as VP of Product. Prior to this, Caroline was Director of Group Product, Discovery & AI at Sky where she led the product functions responsible for Sky's Voice, Content Discovery and Personalisation capabilities and services across Sky's Entertainment products, including Sky Q, Sky Glass and Now.
Before joining Arqiva, James was SVP of engineering at DAZN, the live and on demand global sports streaming platform. During his tenure, James oversaw the engineering division responsible for all the back-end process as well as the wider product architecture. Prior to DAZN, James held a number of roles within various sectors including at a fast-growing home energy services company and BT, involving a collaboration with Credit Suisse.
Underscored by years of experience, both appointments will strengthen Arqiva’s commitment to delivering innovative cloud-ready infrastructure and data-first solutions, to accelerate the roadmap towards a digital-first future within the utilities and broadcast industries.
Together, Caroline and James’ appointments will help to drive innovation across Arqiva’s business units.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Caroline and James to Arqiva. Together they will be invaluable assets as we strengthen our technology function. The broader technology landscape is changing and data is now at the forefront of boardroom decision making. At Arqiva we recognise and welcome this shift, and both Caroline and James will be critical in driving Arqiva’s market and product agility. They join Arqiva at a time when the broadcast and utilities sectors are going through transformative periods. Their wealth of knowledge and breadth of experience will be critical in helping our customers to navigate this transition and drive tangible and sustainable business value.” said Dom Wedgwood, Chief Technology Officer, Arqiva.