Sam Hill
Head of Software Engineering
BBC
Sam Hill has over 25 years’ experience in all aspects of software creation and is the Head of Software Engineering at the BBC – to primarily empower others to succeed in theirs. He leads a team of over 300 engineers that are creating the BBC Platform of the future ready for the next generation – spanning five core areas – Editorial (News/Sport), Distribution, Media (iPlayer/Sounds), Audience (accounts) and Archive – which together enables the entire lifecycle of the BBC’s output reaching 92% of the UK Adult population each week, streams over 300 million programmes every month; allows 40 million people to have a personalised experience, whilst preserving all of the BBC’s output for future generations into one of the world’s largest Digital Archives. Before joining the BBC, Sam spent 9 years in retail – Tesco as Head of Solution Architecture and Marks and Spencer, as Head of Platform Technologies.