NEW DELHI: DEN Networks has appointed Sanjay Jain as group chief technology officer (CTO) and will lead the company’s technical verticals of both cable and broadband.

Jain brings about 25 years of experience in cable, satellite communications, broadband and telecom companies.

 Jain joins DEN from Bharti Airtel where he was working as the CTO for Upper North handling technical operation of wireless and wireline telecom network of four yelecom circles. At Bharti Airtel, he also worked as CTO for the DTH business and propelled Airtel DTH into leadership position by focusing on technological innovation while in parallel, keeping an equal thrust on the quality of customer experience and driving execution excellence.

He has previously held senior leadership positions with HFCL group, IBM, Reliance Infocomm, Spectranet and Shyam Antenna in senior leadership roles with a focus on building long-term strategies, driving technological innovation and sustaining process excellence.    

 DEN CEO Pradeep Parameswaran said, “It is our pleasure to welcome a veteran professional like Sanjay to our fold .His immense experience will help us build technology platforms that will further strengthen our leadership position, I look forward to his contribution in the critical sphere of technology and customer experience as we embark on a trajectory of rapid growth in digital cable and broadband internet and transform ourselves into a B2C brand.”