Corporate Governance

Board of Directors


W. Kip Speyer

Chairman of the Board

W. Kip Speyer has been our CEO, President and Chairman of the Board since May 2010. From 2005 to 2009 Mr. Speyer served as a director, the president and chief executive officer of Speyer Door and Window, LLC, which was sold to Haddon Windows, LLC (SecuraSeal, LLC, AccuWeld Corporation) in December 2009. From October 2002 to May 2005 Mr. Speyer had been a private investor. Mr. Speyer was president and chief executive officer of Intelligent Systems Software, Inc. (ISSI) from October 2000 through June 2002, whereby Mr. Speyer became chief executive officer of ICAD, Inc. (ICAD: Nasdaq) which was a combination of ISSI and Howtek, Inc. (HOWT:Nasdaq). Mr. Speyer was the president and chief executive officer of Galileo Corporation (GAEO: Nasdaq) from 1998 to 1999. Galileo Corporation changed its name to NetOptix (OPTX: Nasdaq) and was merged with Corning Corporation (GLW: NYSE) in a stock purchase in May 2000. From 1996 to 1998 Mr. Speyer was the president of Leisegang Medical Group, three medical device companies owned by Galileo Corporation. Prior to joining Galileo Corporation, Mr. Speyer founded Leisegang Medical, Inc. and served as its president and chief executive officer from 1986 to 1996. Leisegang Medical, Inc. was a company specializing in medical devices for women’s health. From 1982 to 1985 Mr. Speyer served as president of Hays Medical Companies, a six-company multi-national and part of the Hays Group. Mr. Speyer is a graduate of Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration in 1972.

 


Matt Drinkwater

Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bright Mountain Media, Inc.

Matt Drinkwater is a digital media executive with extensive leadership experience at iconic high-tech brands Buzzfeed, Twitter, Groupon, Yahoo, AOL, and Lycos. He consistently demonstrated his agility in working across publishing, platform, format, and AdTech mediums, collaborating with diverse domestic and international stakeholders to deliver on and surpass goals.

Prior to joining Bright Mountain Media, Matt served as Senior Vice President, International, of BuzzFeed. Matt joined BuzzFeed from Twitter, where he led Agency Development and Global Accounts for Latin America from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Miami.

Before joining Twitter, Matt’s influential roles included VP of Groupon Inc.; Senior Director, New England and Canada, at Yahoo; and Regional Director, New England. His leadership talents were evident early on in his career when he earned promotions to management at Lycos and AOL.

 


Harry D. Schulman

Director, Chairman of Acquisition Committee, Member of Audit Committee, Member of Compensation Committee.

Harry D. Schulman has been a member of our Board of Directors since November 2019. For more than 20 years he has served on multiple boards including Baird Capital, a private equity firm managing over $3 billion, Hancock Fabrics, Inc., O2 Media, Inc., QEP and HeZhong International Holdings. He holds a Master’s degree in International Business from the University of Miami and a Bachelor’s degree in Business from the University of Dayton.

 


Jeff Hirsch

Director

Jeff Hirsch is a seasoned business executive with a results-driven record of driving growth for both private and public companies. His experience includes executive leadership, domestic and international growth management, business and sales organization development, product strategy/go to market planning and execution, operations management and process development, marketing communications and brand strategy, business development and investor relations. Jeff is driven by working with high performing teams to meet and exceed their goals, both professionally and personally.

In his last role as Chief Commercial Officer of PubMatic (NASDAQ: PUBM) he spent six and a half years helping the company operate profitably and grow faster than market rates. The company IPO’d in December 2020. Prior to PubMatic, Jeff served in several different roles such as President of CPXi (now Digital Remedy), and CEO of AudienceScience, arguably the first data driven technology offering in AdTech. He has also served as CMO of SundaySky, SVP of ValueClick, and was a founder and CRO of Fastclick (NASDAQ: FSTC). Prior to his 25+ years of experience in ad tech, Jeff founded a 1993 INC 500 software company and a regional advertising agency in Central California. He graduated with high honors with a BA in Experimental Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.