Microsoft’s Austin Scott joins Bedrock Platform as chief commercial officer
Adtech startup, Bedrock Platform, has appointed commercial leader Austin Scott as chief commercial officer and co-founding partner as it fuels its growth and development plans. The media curation and trading platform delivers composable infrastructure, a modular approach that gives users the flexibility to solve the complex issues that are specific to their business.
Scott has over 15 years of experience and a proven track record for delivering growth and development for digital media and software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms in the US and international markets. With expertise in buy and sell-side operations, she drives revenue growth, fosters strategic partnerships, and leverages emerging trends to position organizations for long-term success.
Scott joins Bedrock Platform from Microsoft, where she was director of partner sales for the programmatic advertising platform Monetize, following Microsoft’s acquisition of Xandr, AT&T’s trading platform. At Xandr, she headed up video market development across EMEA, driving significant growth and partnerships for the region. Prior to that Scott played a pivotal role in shaping the success and demand partner strategy at video ad start up Stickyads.tv; the company was acquired by Comcast, a move which saw her take on the role of senior director at Comcast’s video ad server company, Freewheel, where she advanced automated demand partner revenue.
As chief commercial officer at Bedrock Scott will develop new and existing revenue streams for the newly launched platform, which has been set up by Shane Shevlin, formerly of adtech infrastructure specialist IPONWEB (acquired by Criteo). Co-founding partner responsibilities will see her also play a key part in defining and delivering a future-looking strategy for the company, as well as ensuring that clients are able to realise returns quickly and scale their operations.
CEO Shevlin says:
“Austin’s appointment is a huge win for our business – and that of our clients. Throughout her career she has demonstrated she has the attributes to move the needle, both in terms of top line growth and long-term success. We look forward to drawing on her wealth of experience, gained through working with an impressive range of adtech companies – all of which thrived because of her passion and expertise.”
Scott says:
“Joining Bedrock is a natural fit for my passion and expertise in scaling innovative digital ad solutions. The company’s commitment to redefining how industries operate through scalable infrastructure with a focus on aligning and collaborating within the digital ecosystem resonates deeply. As well as the technology it’s about working with a sharp, value driven team that shares a vision for meaningful, measurable business impacts as consumer habits, publisher strategies, advertiser innovation and marketplace curation evolve.”
Bedrock Platform provides media buyers and their partners with a flexible media trading and curation platform to counter the increasing interoperability challenges faced by the programmatic advertising industry. The company takes a modular approach to deliver composable infrastructure that offers clients the flexibility to solve the complex issues that are specific to their business.
Bedrock Platform was founded by Shane Shevlin, formerly of adtech infrastructure specialist IPONWEB (acquired by Criteo), and launched in early 2024 with seed investment from First Party Capital, the adtech, martech and digital media funding company.