Andy Rayner is the CTO at Appear. He is responsible for overseeing the company’s technology strategy and its implementation.

Andy is a regular contributor to many key global broadcast technology events & conferences. He is a SMPTE fellow, sits on the VSF board of directors and is part of the AIMS TWG. He is an active participant in many standards forums including the recently formed EBU/AMWA JT-DMF. He is a passionate technology evangelist who dedicates time to helping the industry evolve its media production architectures.

Prior to joining Appear in 2023, Andy was Chief Technologist at Nevion, a Sony Group company, where he oversaw the technical strategy for the evolution of the company’s media solutions,

Prior to joining Nevion in 2010, Andy was head of the Broadcast Technology at BT. In this role he was responsible for the design of the BT Global IP Media Network and oversaw the development of key video interfacing, monitoring and protection technology.

Andy has filed many patents and during his time with BT he was awarded the prestigious Martlesham Gold Medal for technical innovation.