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Bruce Buchanan

CEO

Bruce Buchanan is the co-founder, CEO and Chairperson of Rokt.

Prior to Rokt, Bruce held the role of Group CEO, Jetstar. Jetstar is the leading low fares airline in Asia with international and domestic operations in 16 countries across Asia-Pacific. During his time at Jetstar, Bruce was responsible for growing the team to more than 7000+, with revenue in excess of $3 billion. Bruce was instrumental in Jetstar’s Australian and global success, writing the original business case through to designing the world’s first long-haul low cost model, Jetstar international. He was also the chief architect of Jetstar’s APAC pan-Asian strategy, building a successful business across Australia, New Zealand, China, Singapore, Vietnam and Japan.

The seed idea for Rokt grew from Bruce’s time working as CEO for Jetstar. Bruce identified that taking a consumer on a purchase journey with a personally relevant checkout experience presented a significant opportunity being underserved by the technology community, and so he set about building the solution. Prior to joining Jetstar, Bruce worked for The Boston Consulting Group for five years where he was regarded as one of the global leaders in their consumer practice area.

Bruce has a Civil Engineering Degree from The University of New South Wales, and a Master of Business Administration from The Australian Graduate School of Management and the Anderson School at UCLA.

Bruce currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and children and their border collie dog, Izzy.

As SVP, Customer Success, Holly leads and executes the strategy for Rokt’s global account management teams.

Holly started her career at Rokt as a Commercial Director, based in the Los Angeles office. The incredible growth of the business has brought Holly, along with her husband, Adam, and their black lab, Layla, to the Big Apple. Holly subsequently led the account team for Rokt’s global Ticketing clients before moving into her current role.

Prior to joining Rokt, Holly spent her career in the fast-paced startup world of early-stage tech businesses in Los Angeles. Don’t let the American accent fool you, Holly was actually born in Sydney and has dual Australian-American citizenship. She holds degrees from the Marshall School of Business and Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Southern California.

Stuart FitzRoy

Chief Product & Engineering Officer

As the company’s Chief Product & Engineering Officer, Stuart directs all product and engineering-related activities at Rokt in collaboration with strategic partners. He joined Rokt in 2015.

He came to Rokt from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he was a Principal in the firm’s Sydney office. While there, Stuart worked with clients on technology projects across a range of sectors including travel and tourism, infrastructure and mining. He has expertise in digital technology, commercial strategy, distribution, sourcing and procurement.

In the middle of his tenure at BCG Stuart left to join Jetstar, the low fares airline serving the Asia-Pacific region. He was responsible for distribution and product management of the airline’s technology platform for booking, payment and check-in. He returned to BCG after helping to grow the Jetstar Group from concept to $1 billion in revenue.

Stuart holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics & Finance as well as a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney.

Vladi Kuschnerov

SVP of Corporate Development

As SVP of Corporate Development, Vladi Kuschnerov handles investor relations, M&A, and partner evaluations for Rokt. He also is in charge of managing and training Rokt’s analytics team.

Prior to joining Rokt, he was Vice President, Corporate Development & Sales Operations for Amobee, a global marketing technology company. Vladi is also the founder and managing director of VK&Co – Strategy Consulting, where he led corporate development and strategy consulting initiatives for ad tech and digital media companies. He previously held management level positions at Adconion Media Group.

Vladi holds an MBA from the Technical University of Munich in Business Administration and Electrical Engineering. In his spare time, he loves playing guitar. Vladi also has a passion for making his own hot sauce and pasta, and hanging out with his dog, Barry, a Boston Terrier.

Bryan Seastead

SVP, B2B & GM

As SVP of B2B, Bryan leads the strategy & execution for Rokt’s B2B business. Bryan also serves as the general manager for the Boston Office, Rokt’s North-American R&D technology hub.

Bryan joined the Rokt team through the acquisition of OfferLogic, a tech-enabled B2B marketplace business that he co-founded and served as CEO. Bryan has been working in the B2B space for over 20 years and has built several multi-million-dollar businesses inside various companies, including Vistaprint and Intuit. Bryan holds a marketing and communications degree from Castleton University in VT. When he’s not working, you’ll find him with his family – on the lake in the summer and in the mountains during the winter.

James Wilson

Chief Technology Officer

As Rokt’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), James Wilson leads the technical direction for Rokt’s world-class engineering team. In this role James, a member of Rokt’s Executive Team, focuses on positioning Rokt as an engineering force that rises to the challenges of scaling a rapidly growing and innovative business.

James has 20 years of experience in software and network engineering in Australia and the US. Prior to Rokt, James was at Apple in Cupertino where he was responsible for the software engineering teams that developed productivity apps, the device setup experience and data privacy systems. He has also spent time at Amazon working on applying machine learning to network monitoring at a massive, global scale.

James is a proven leader of engineering teams and projects on a global scale. He is delighted to be back home, in Sydney, and outside of work his passions include music and astrophotography.