Full Name
Gordon Castle
Job Title
SVP Technology and Operations EMEA Eurosport/Discovery
Company
Discovery Inc
Speaker Bio
Gordon's experience is in technology, business operations, strategy, and consulting in the media & entertainment and communications industries. I have held a wide range of leadership roles at CNN, Turner Entertainment, The Meadowdale Group, PwC, Ericsson, and now Eurosport / Discovery Communications.
As SVP Technology for Eurosport, I develop, define and implement the long-term technology strategy. Eurosport is part of Discovery Communications and is across 55 countries in 20+ languages. He joined Ericsson in 2013 as Head of Industry Area Mediacom reporting to the CTO of Group Functions Technology. I then moved on to become head of Strategy Development, Portfolio and Capital & Resource Allocation. In 2010 he joined the Entertainment, Media and Communication’s practice at PwC where I focused on Digital Transformation. Key clients included TimeWarner, Comcast/NBCU, Cox Communications and National Geographic Society. Prior to PwC, Gordon launched The Meadowdale Group, a technology-consulting firm that worked with new (media) and traditional media companies, prior to which he held a number of leadership roles at CNN and Turner Broadcasting including Senior Vice President of Technology for the CNN News Group and Senior Technology Fellow for Turner Entertainment.
As SVP Technology for Eurosport, I develop, define and implement the long-term technology strategy. Eurosport is part of Discovery Communications and is across 55 countries in 20+ languages. He joined Ericsson in 2013 as Head of Industry Area Mediacom reporting to the CTO of Group Functions Technology. I then moved on to become head of Strategy Development, Portfolio and Capital & Resource Allocation. In 2010 he joined the Entertainment, Media and Communication’s practice at PwC where I focused on Digital Transformation. Key clients included TimeWarner, Comcast/NBCU, Cox Communications and National Geographic Society. Prior to PwC, Gordon launched The Meadowdale Group, a technology-consulting firm that worked with new (media) and traditional media companies, prior to which he held a number of leadership roles at CNN and Turner Broadcasting including Senior Vice President of Technology for the CNN News Group and Senior Technology Fellow for Turner Entertainment.
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