Austin Harrison

Austin Harrison is the CEO of Northbeam. Austin has previously held positions at Luminar Technologies, Sweetfin, Structure Capital, Imbellus, Noble Transmission, and Dentsu America. Austin has also been a partner at Harrison Brooks, LLC, and the CEO of MediaTrip.

Austin Harrison has over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry. Austin got their start in 1999 as the CEO of MediaTrip, an online animation channel. MediaTrip was nominated for an HBO comedy award and achieved critical acclaim, including the Entertainment Weekly #4 ranking “Internet Phenom of the Year,” Fortune Magazine Best Entertainment sites of the Year, and an A+ rating from Entertainment Weekly.

In 2005, Austin Harrison co-founded Harrison Brooks, LLC, an animation development and production company hired by Hasbro to develop "The Transformers" animated TV series. Harrison Brooks also created and developed other projects for Disney, NBC Universal, and Kelsey Grammer.

In 2008, Austin Harrison joined Dentsu America as the head of their digital media team. Austin managed the team until 2011 when they left to join Northbeam as CEO.

Austin Harrison graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the University of Southern California. Austin then went on to earn their MBA from Emory University.