The Trade Desk Staff, Not Clients, Endorse Kokai Updates in Leaked Deck

A leaked deck despatched to The Commerce Desk’s shoppers this week and seen by ADWEEK options testimonials from “merchants” praising its revamped ad-buying platform. Nonetheless, LinkedIn profiles point out that the images and names of the individuals behind these testimonials belong to The Commerce Desk staff.ADWEEKAmong these featured within the deck have been Samantha Muhlstock, Evan Centofanti, Brinda G. (whose full title couldn’t be verified by ADWEEK), Brennan Bahr, Anthony Kuykendall, Karen Chen, Evan Kornblatt, and Cindy Gotama—all staffers in buying and selling or account roles at The Commerce Desk. “On this specific case, as a result of we’ve had it in inside testing mode for just a few weeks, it provides us a chance to highlight a few of our inside specialists and present their suggestions,” a spokesperson for The Commerce Desk informed ADWEEK.