Governing board
Our governing board is comprised of experienced industry leaders from around the world. DTVKit is led by knowledgeable members who advise and steer, bringing their own experiences from the market to keep DTVKit current, relevant and most importantly to the benefits of the member community. If you would like to become a DTVKit member and be part of the governing board, please speak to the DTVKit membership team.
Amy Cleary, Managing Director
Amy began her career in the Digital TV and set-top box industry in 2010 as Marketing Manager at OBS (oceanbluesoftware.com.) In 2014, she assumed the role of Marketing Director at start-up organisation DTVKit and later being additionally responsible for Operations. Amy became Managing Director in 2024 with a keen interest in the development of open standards and software. Her primary role is to grow the membership community, to continue to develop DTVKit by expanding its offering to members, ensuring up to date solutions and building an ecosystem of partners delivering services and additional functionality based around DTVKit software.
Paul Martin, Board Member
Paul has spent the majority of his career in the semiconductor industry, specialising in Digital TV (STB and TV) for the past twenty years. He held a number of senior management positions, including roles in marketing, corporate strategy and R&D management. Paul Martin joined OBS as CEO in 2012 to expand the executive team and drive the business forward into its next growth phase, which included the founding of DTVKit.
Paul Cox, Board Member
Paul has worked in the semiconductor industry for twenty years, driving transport and demultiplexing technologies at STMicroelectronics, before setting up the European development team for Broadcom in 2005. Paul has been instrumental in the architecting and delivery of almost all major new Set Top Box projects in EMEA during the past decade, and understands the difficult solutions required to bring a complex system together. Paul was a founding member of the DTVKit governing board, identifying early on a need for a more open broadcast stack solution that would help with integration into the next generation of hybrid app-driven platforms.
Richard Smith, Board Member
Richard is CEO of EKT and a veteran of the industry, known for his extensive knowledge and bringing together partners, customers and ideas. With his passion for product innovation, manufacturing, commercial modelling and finding the right people, Richard is committed to DTVKit’s roadmap and technology partnerships to create a DTVKit product that is; exciting, fresh, relevant and cost effective.
Rob Suero, Board Member
Rob is a 30-year telecommunications industry veteran and Head of Strategic Engineering at Beegol, delivering AI/ML based data analytics and self-healing platform for broadband networks. Prior to Beegol, Rob was VP of Broadband Connectivity at T-Mobile, where he led the team building a world class High-Speed Internet platform for broadband devices. Rob previously served as Head of Technology at RDK, driving the industry’s first standardized software that provides a common framework for powering customer-premises equipment for broadband and video devices. Rob holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science from the University of Central Florida and is an outdoor enthusiast enjoying biking and hiking.
Glee Abraham, Board Member
With a background of over 25 years in the Consumer Electronics/Telco industry spanning leaders such as Samsung Electronics, Tata Elxsi & Comcast, Glee brings rich experience from his work on Digital TV, Set-Top Box and Broadband CPE software development and partner engagement. As Head of Technology at RDK, Glee helps drive standardized software that provides a common framework to power over 100 million customer premises equipment for multichannel video programming distributors and broadband service providers.
Raj Patel, Board Member
Raj is the CEO and co-founder of broadcast TV technology company, Yotta Media. An industry leader and innovator, Raj has over 25 years' experience unlocking commercial value for businesses and creating cutting edge products for global audiences. He’s a creative thinker and energetic operator with a highly technical understanding of new media technologies. Joining the DTVKit board, Raj will bring his expertise in DVB, ATSC 3.0 and HbbTV software standards to accelerate innovation within the future vision of DTVKit.