Lindsay Ryan has joined Ideal Systems Group to lead the subscriber-management and billing-solutions business across the Asia-Pacific region.
As ISG's new Head of Asia-Pacific Business Development for Subscription, Billing, and CRM Solutions, he'll work closely with U.K.-based company Paywizard to launch its Agile platform in Asia.
Paywizard's platform already manages over 10 million subscribers, and the company recently expanded the scope of its partnership with Ideal Systems to accelerate growth in the APAC region.
The partnership comes on the heels of Agile's 'Best of Show' award at this year's NAB show in Vegas.
The companies will together showcase the cloud-based Agile platform at BroadcastAsia2016 next week.
"We are delighted to have somebody of Lindsay's caliber join our growing team as we expand our broadcast systems integration business into solutions for subscriber management, CRM, and billing," said Ideal Systems' CEO for Southeast Asia Fintan McKiernan.
"We have repeatedly heard from our customers that new platforms and evolving viewer habits necessitate more flexibility from billing systems, and the legacy systems deployed in Asia are struggling to keep pace with massive changes. The timing for the introduction of Paywizard into the Asian market is perfect, as operators strive to reduce churn and operating costs."