In episode #58 of The Tech That Connects Us, we were thrilled to be joined by Andy Hooper, who is the VP of Platform and Product management at Agile Content. Andy started his career in Accenture on their graduate programme later moving into the video space with Motorola.
We touched on his career so far, as well as his views and aspirations for the future both professionally and personally.
We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did recording it.
High quality content: What’s the reality of it? And, what’s the future of it?
“The reality is that for a huge number of operators, there is space in the market for well delivered, well constructive high-quality TV and video viewing experiences, and that’s going to remain for a very long time.
I’m going to stick my neck out and say, a segment of people’s time will always be spent doing that and consuming it passively on a bigger screen, that’s and that’s not going to go away in the next 50 years.
So admittedly, a lot of the attention will go away from that, but that’s fundamentally going to stay there.
We tend to sometimes over-focus on the selling side of the technology in this industry on particular capabilities. But for a lot of customers, it’s still very important to have partners that are reliable and, and can execute and be trustworthy.”
On a more personal level, in your career, are there any big goals or targets you have that you’d still like to achieve?
“Most of my life, I spent a lot of time removing stuff from my life, whether it’s clutter, or gadgets that I don’t need, and I resist buying gadgets that I’m unlikely to use very much anymore. That was something that I’ve learned. So, my ambitions don’t need to be driven by material possessions as much as they perhaps used to.
I want to be able to say that I’ve created something from scratch. That’s the one thing that I think I’ve always been quite successful in.
One thing that I’d like to achieve would be to find a moment that’s right, from a family and personal perspective, to start from scratch and take something from zero to something; and provide some honest employment for some good people on the way.”
You can catch the full episode here.
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