Sotiris Salamouris

Since 2008, Sotiris Salamouris has been leading OBS’s engineering and technical operations, overseeing the planning group responsible for the design and delivery of the technical facilities and services of the host broadcasting operations for the Olympic Games, as well as other select broadcast activities. In the lead-up to and during the Games, Sotiris manages an international team of engineers and operational personnel that install and operate the broadcast technical facilities at the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and all competition venues.
Sotiris is also responsible for defining the technological roadmap and mid- to long-term strategy for OBS, in particular the adoption of new technology to improve the host broadcasting operation.
Prior to joining OBS in Madrid, Sotiris was the Director of Broadcast Telecommunications for the host broadcasting of the Olympic Games Athens 2004 and the Head of Engineering at Beijing Olympic Broadcasting, the host broadcaster of the 2008 Olympic Games, a joint venture between OBS and the Chinese Organising Committee.
Sotiris has accumulated work and leadership experience from 11 Olympic Games. In 2015, Sotiris was named CTO of Olympic Channel Service (OCS), overseeing the Olympic Channel’s technical plans for content creation and digital delivery across all platforms and future developments.