Bright Mountain Media Inc. Appoints Ethan Rudin as CFO
October 18, 2023 at 12:20 pm
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Bright Mountain Media, Inc. announced that Ethan Rudin has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 18, 2023. Mr. Rudin is an agile and dynamic financial executive with over 20 years of experience as both a CFO and as an investment banker, where he led, managed, and participated in several billion dollars worth of transactions, including IPOs, follow-ons, and debt securities. Mr. Rudin also brings financial, strategic, and operational leadership spanning numerous industries, including retail, distribution, CPG, digital media, and technology. Most recently, Mr. Rudin served as Chief Financial Officer of Boundless Network, a top promotional products distributor. Prior to Boundless Network, Mr. Rudin was the Chief Financial Officer at BuildDirect Technologies where he led an initial public offering in Canada in November 2021, actively marketing the transaction remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Rudin also previously served as the Chief Financial Officer at Greenlane Holdings Inc., a leading specialty distributor, where he led a successful initial public offering on the Nasdaq in April 2019. Additional roles include his tenure as Chief Financial Officer of Napster (formerly Rhapsody International) and as a Strategy and Corporate Development executive for Starbucks Corporation (SBUX).
Mr. Rudin?s early career began in public accounting at KPMG LLP and then later in global investment banking at Citi, JPMorgan and Banc of America Securities, advising on large capital raising mandates and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Rudin received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Tufts University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School.
Bright Mountain Media, Inc. focuses on digital publishing, advertising technology, consumer insights, creative and media services. The Company has an end-to-end digital media and advertising services platform that connects brands with targeted consumer demographics. Its digital publishing division focuses on developing content that attracts an audience and monetizes that audience through advertising. Its portfolio of owned and operated Websites is focused on moms, parenting, families, and more broadly, women. The portfolio consists of Websites, including Mom.com, Cafemom.com, LittleThings.com, and MamasLatinas.com. Its advertising technology division focuses on delivering targeted ads to audiences on owned and operated sites as well as third-party publishers through the deployment of technologies. Its consumer insights division focuses on providing primary and secondary research, competitive intelligence, and insight to address customers' strategic issues.