A leaked deck sent to The Trade Desk’s clients this week and viewed by ADWEEK features testimonials from “traders” praising its revamped ad-buying platform.

However, LinkedIn profiles indicate that the photos and names of the people behind these testimonials belong to The Trade Desk employees.

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Among those featured in the deck were Samantha Muhlstock, Evan Centofanti, Brinda G. (whose full name could not be verified by ADWEEK), Brennan Bahr, Anthony Kuykendall, Karen Chen, Evan Kornblatt, and Cindy Gotama—all staffers in trading or account roles at The Trade Desk.

“In this particular case, because we’ve had it in internal testing mode for a few weeks, it gives us an opportunity to spotlight some of our internal experts and show their feedback,” a spokesperson for The Trade Desk

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