Speaker: Ian Arundale

Lead Architect for the @BBC's Digital Products, 20+ Years in Software Engineering

Ian Arundale is a Lead Architect shaping the future of the BBC's digital products. With 20+ years of experience in software development - from building the first iPlayer for TVs to migrating broadcast-critical systems to the cloud and driving large-scale digital transformation he has played a pivotal role in transformative projects - all while delivering major international events to an audience of 100M+.

As a senior technical leader, Ian is passionate about simplifying complex systems and evolving technical architecture through collaboration, shared understanding, and a people-centric approach. He champions developer experience and testability, ensuring teams can innovate at scale while maintaining resilience and adaptability.

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Session

Architecture in the Lead: Scaling Today, Shaping Tomorrow

The BBC’s websites and apps handled well over 100 million visitors in 2024, with 40 million people arriving on UK Election night alone. That’s a lot of scale for an architecture to handle, but it’s just the beginning.

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Date

Monday Apr 7 / 10:35AM BST ( 50 minutes )

Location

Fleming (3rd Fl.)

Topics

architecture scale leadership communication AWS

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