Qvest Media expands its UK-based team of 17 employees to strengthen its position in the region with Simon Rich joining as Enterprise Account Manager.

As the primary contact for UK broadcasters and media organisations, Rich leads Qvest Media’s business in the UK and helps new and existing clients find suitable technology solutions to enable their tomorrow’s business. He works in close collaboration with Qvest Media’s experts across the world. With more than 20 years of broadcast experience, he will also contribute a high level of experience in the distribution business, with prior positions including Head of Sales at Arqiva.

Rich is specifically working closely with Andy Newton, who works as Solutions Architect at Qvest Media in London. Newton has more than 17 years of experience in the media sector with a focus on the design of cloud-based playout and automation solutions.

Qvest Media is a world-leading systems architect, consultant, ICT integrator and developer of software products in the innovation-driven media industry. The company’s range of services is aligned to the opportunities emerging from an increasingly digital media value chain such as multi-platform content delivery, artificial intelligence, big data analysis, multicloud management, IP infrastructures and cyber security.

Qvest Media’s clients include numerous renowned media networks, telecommunication providers, broadcasters as well as companies and organizations from the industrial and public sector. In addition to the headquarters in Cologne and Dubai, Qvest Media operates eleven further locations in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.