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Dirk-Willem van Gulik appointed Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Future Media & Technology Chief Technical Architect
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Erik Huggers, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Future Media and Technology Group Controller, has appointed Dirk-Willem van Gulik as the division's Chief Technical Architect.
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Dirk-Willem, who takes up his post in early February, will be responsible for the design and construction of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's next generation back-end infrastructure to support all interactive services including bbc.co.uk, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵi and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Mobile.
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Dirk-Willem joins the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ from the online video service Joost, where he was Chief Technology Officer and played an integral role in building the company's platforms and technologies.
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Dirk-Willem is a recognised contributor to the Open Source Community and has been a board member of the Apache Software Foundation since its inception.
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Prior to this, Dirk-Willem was Vice-President of Engineering and Research for Cavalant Technologies and has worked for the European Commission and the United Nations.
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Erik Huggers said: "The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ recognises that IP-connectivity is quickly moving beyond the personal computer. This appointment signals our commitment to providing licence-fee payers access to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ content however they want it.
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"Dirk-Willem has made significant contributions to the development of the internet. His knowledge and expertise will be of great advantage to the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ and the industry. It is a pleasure to welcome him to our division and I look forward to working with him."
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Dirk-Willem added: "I am excited to join the world's largest broadcasting corporation and hope to play a significant role in influencing how consumers find, play and share our world-class content."
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Zavisa Bjelogrlic has joined the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's Future Media and Technology division as Head of Technology for the Internet Group.
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Zavisa was CEO of Asemantics and will be responsible for product roadmaps and delivery and will report to Tony Ageh, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Controller of Internet.
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Prior to setting up Asemantics in 2003 (whose clients include Skype, Joost and the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ), Zavisa set up Web Bridges and spent seven years in Rome developing web support systems for telecom operators, network monitoring and analysis software.
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