Scott oversees the Platform Business for the company which includes advertising and content services. Scott joined Roku in 2012 to develop the company’s advertising business. In just a few short years, Scott and his team have built the OTT industry’s leading advertising platform for publishers and brands. Today the company’s ad efforts are focused in three areas: helping Roku publishers acquire and grow their Roku audience, providing advanced ad capabilities to Roku publishers, and selling access to Roku’s highly engaged audience directly to agencies and brand advertisers.
Prior to Roku, Scott was CEO of Umami, a VC-backed companion TV startup. Before that, he held senior product and engineering roles at Rovi, BlackArrow, ReplayTV and Intel. He holds computer science degrees from Princeton and MIT, and an MBA from MIT/Sloan.
Scott has spoken at many industry conferences including VideoNuze, IAB Leadership Forum and other key events.