Noida: VZY, Dish TV Group’s connected digital entertainment platform, has strengthened its technology and product leadership team with the appointment of Uttam Tiwari as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Edwin Charles Albert as Senior Vice President – Product.
The appointments come as VZY accelerates its focus on AI-powered content discovery, personalization and connected entertainment experiences across mobile and large-screen devices. The two executives will work closely with Varun Jha, Chief Business Officer, to shape the platform’s technology, product and consumer roadmap.
VZY brings together streaming, live television and connected viewing experiences as Dish TV Group seeks to expand its presence in the digital entertainment ecosystem. With consumers increasingly accessing content across multiple apps, subscriptions and devices, the platform is focusing on using AI to simplify content discovery and improve personalization.
As CTO, Tiwari will oversee VZY’s engineering, platform architecture, AI infrastructure and technology strategy. He joins from BharatPe, where he served as Head of Engineering – Consumer Business, leading engineering teams and technology initiatives across consumer-facing businesses.
Before BharatPe, Tiwari held leadership positions at CARS24, Airtel Payments Bank, Microsoft, Tesco, GE Healthcare and IBM. His experience spans cloud platforms, distributed systems, platform modernization, AI strategy and consumer technology. He holds an M.Tech in Computational Linguistics from IIIT Hyderabad.
In his new role as SVP – Product, Edwin Charles Albert will lead VZY’s product strategy, content experience and consumer engagement initiatives.
Albert most recently led Content, Product, Marketing and Partnerships at Airtel Digital, where he worked across Airtel Xstream, Wynk Music, DTH and IPTV initiatives. Previously, he held leadership roles at TikTok (ByteDance) and Times Internet, focusing on content, product innovation and user engagement.
Across his career, Albert has worked on consumer experiences that have collectively served more than 130 million monthly active users across entertainment platforms.
On the appointments, Manoj Dobhal, CEO & Executive Director, Dish TV India Ltd., said, “As VZY evolves into a next-generation connected entertainment platform, technology and product innovation will be central to our growth strategy. Uttam and Edwin bring deep experience from some of the most successful consumer technology companies in India and globally. Their expertise in building large-scale digital products, engineering platforms and consumer experiences will be invaluable as we continue to strengthen VZY’s position in India’s rapidly evolving entertainment landscape.”
Varun Jha, Chief Business Officer – VZY, said, “The future of entertainment will be shaped as much by technology and intelligence as by content itself. Consumers today face an unprecedented abundance of content across platforms, making discovery and personalization increasingly important challenges.
As we build VZY into an AI-led connected entertainment platform, it is critical that we bring together leaders who have solved complex consumer problems across some of the world’s most innovative digital businesses.
Uttam and Edwin have both operated across startup environments as well as large-scale consumer ecosystems. Between them, they bring deep expertise spanning fintech, commerce, content, streaming and platform businesses. More importantly, they bring a builder mindset and a strong track record of creating products and technology platforms that consumers love.
We are delighted to welcome them to the VZY leadership team and are excited about the role they will play in helping us build the next generation of entertainment experiences for India.”
