Open Road Hires Chief Technology Officer, Joel Scotkin

Random Walk Founder Joel Scotkin to join Open Road

Joel Scotkin recently joined Open Road Integrated Media as its first Chief Technology Officer.

Scotkin joins Open Road’s Executive Team and will oversee Open Road’s management and enhancement of its technology platform which drives the company’s marketing and business development efforts.

He reports to Jane Friedman, CEO and co-founder of Open Road who said: “As we scale our technology platform and create new business opportunities, now is the perfect time to bring in a CTO with Joel’s remarkable skill, background and expertise.”

Joel brings years of experience building proprietary technology systems to Open Road. Prior to joining Open Road Joel was CEO and founder of Random Walk, a technology consulting firm that specializes in trading systems applications, risk management systems and other technologies for banks, assets managers and financial services institutions. After he sold this business to Accenture, he became CEO and the lead investor in Masten Space Systems, a start-up focused on reusable space travel.