Venue Readiness
Ensuring infrastructure, workflows, technical teams and support systems are ready before critical production windows.
Profile
Senior broadcast leadership built for complex live environments.
Javier Hidalgo brings together broadcast operations, technical coordination and venue delivery across some of the most demanding international live environments.
His work has been developed in Olympic Games, FIFA, UEFA and other large-scale events where reliability, timing, cross-functional alignment and operational control are critical.
The value is not only experience, but the ability to lead under pressure, reduce technical risk and keep delivery stable when complexity, visibility and consequence are all high.
What I Bring
Operational credibility backed by technical depth
The value is not just technical knowledge. It is the ability to translate technical complexity into reliable delivery inside real venue and broadcast conditions.
Cross-Team Coordination
Working across engineering, operations, production, rights holders and host broadcaster stakeholders in high-pressure settings.
Delivery Under Pressure
Maintaining control, prioritising fast and making sound technical decisions when timelines are tight and visibility is high.
Timeline
Key phases across international sports broadcast
A simplified timeline designed to read more like a senior profile page than a traditional CV.
Venue IT Manager · Broadcast Engineer Lead
Olympic and Paralympic venue technology delivery in Paris, followed by engineering leadership for World Games broadcast systems in Chengdu.
Venue Technical Manager · TV Venue Operations Manager
Venue-level technical leadership for Tokyo Olympic delivery and operational coordination for FIFA World Cup broadcast environments in Qatar.
Olympic and World Cup Delivery Roles
OBS venue and IBC coordination in Rio, followed by technical leadership roles in Russia for global football coverage.
Technical Coordination and Venue Broadcast Roles
Foundational years across major international events, developing depth in live operations, broadcast engineering and venue support systems.
Contact
Open to international projects and senior technical operations roles
Broadcast technical management, venue operations, engineering integration and complex live event delivery.