Sandeep Tiku

Sandeep Tiku is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at DAZN Group, a role he assumed in April 2022. In this position, he is responsible for leading the global technology and product teams, driving the next phase of development for the company's core sports streaming media platform. His work focuses on integrating new experiences to evolve DAZN into an interactive sports entertainment ecosystem and support its expansion into new markets, including the development of a proprietary sportsbook platform.

Prior to joining DAZN, Tiku held significant leadership roles at Entain Plc, a global sports betting and gaming company (formerly GVC Holdings). He served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Entain, overseeing the technology and operations across a portfolio of brands in over 30 markets. Before becoming COO, he was the Chief Technology Officer at Entain from 2016.

Throughout his eight-year tenure at Entain, Tiku was instrumental in developing the company's industry-leading global platform, ensuring its robustness and scalability. He played a pivotal role in the technical migration and successful integration of major acquisitions, including bwin.party Entertainment and Ladbrokes Coral, onto Entain's proprietary technology platform.

Earlier in his career, Tiku spent 14 years at Valtech, a global digital agency, where he was a global SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud) practice head, working with large enterprises in e-commerce and digital spaces. He also has experience at betting firm bwin as an IT Director. Tiku possesses over 20 years of experience in designing and developing transformational technology and complex platforms for B2C digital products, earning recognition as a global technology leader and innovator with a customer-centric approach. He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Mysore, completed in 2001.