Jon Raidel will lead Vizrt's cloud production area

The former director of technical operations of the NFL Network, Jon Raidel, will help Vizrt improve and optimize your cloud production solutions.

With almost two decades of experience as a technical director in the broadcast deportivo, Raidel will leverage its deep knowledge of customer challenges and needs to continue enhancing all solutions cloud of Vizrt.

Before joining the Norwegian company, Raidel worked as director of technical operations at the National Football League (NFL) to NFL Network y NFL Digital, and as technical director of the NBA. In both positions, Raidel advocated for Vizrt y NewTek using the solutions in hundreds of productions of different sizes, both on-premises like in the cloud. In Vizrt, Raidel will collaborate with the product development and customer success teams on several initiatives during 2022: enhance Vizrt's capabilities in the field of sports, create a Vizrt Technical Director Academy, promote a Vizrt Center of Excellence to train and certify the firm's clients and more.

Jon Raidel considers that the technology of Vizrt y Newtek will mark tomorrow's broadcast: “Working with the technology of the future made me want to be part of driving change directly – that's why I joined Vizrt.” On the other hand, Vanessa Walmsley, global director of customer success, wanted to welcome Raidel, highlighting that “his direct experience of the requirements and challenges that our customers face every day” will help consolidate the company's position “in the live production market in the cloud.”