TORONTO – Blue Ant Media has appointed Cynthia Schyff as Chief Financial Officer.
With over 20 years of finance experience in the technology industry, Schyff was most recently World Wide Head of Operational Risk & GRC at IBM. Prior to that, she spent five years as Chief Financial Officer at Algorithmics where she oversaw finance and legal for all corporate and contractual transactions, grew revenue, and expanded the company’s global reach culminating in the sale of that company to IBM.
Starting November 4, Schyff will oversee all finance initiatives for Blue Ant Media and its eight channels that include Cottage Life, Travel+Escape, Bite TV, AUX TV, Smithsonian Channel, Oasis HD, HIFI, and radX.
“Having Cynthia join our executive team is another step towards our vision of building an innovative and unique media company,” said COO Robb Chase, in the announcement. “Her diverse breadth of operational experience and strategic planning will be a huge asset to our company and we welcome her to the Blue Ant Media team.”
