Cristina Gomila joined Sky in 2019 as Managing Director of Content Technology and Innovation. With a large multi-disciplinary team of engineers and operators, she is responsible for all of Sky’s Content Supply Chain and Broadcast services.
Under her leadership, Sky delivers hundreds of channels, produces live sports and news, and manages a vast library of on-demand content using the most modern cloud-based content platforms. Cristina is also a member of the Board of Directors at SDVI, where she contributes her strategic oversight to a pioneering cloud-native media supply chain platform.
Prior to her role at Sky, Cristina built a successful career for over 17 years at Technicolor, where she held several pivotal positions, including SVP Research and Innovation and Group CTO. Her career split between USA and France, managing one of the world’s leading research team at the origin of significant advances in media production, visual effects, and distribution.
Cristina holds an MS degree in Telecom Engineering from the UPC (Spain) and a PhD in Mathematics from Mines ParisTech (France). She has authored more than 70 granted patents, contributed to video coding standards, and published numerous articles.
In 2019, she was honoured as the first women to receive the prestigious Progress Medal from SMPTE, recognizing her outstanding technical contributions to motion picture and television. Cristina is not only a visionary leader and technologist but a trusted partner in the industry. Through her career, she has been a beacon of achievement for women in STEM.
