Alex Underwood Joins Vurbl as Chief Revenue Officer

RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, October 12, 2021 | 5:21pm CT

Alex Underwood

Alex Underwood has joined Vurbl, an audio content company, as the Chief Revenue Officer. Underwood has proven experience in building businesses in addition to developing and leading high-performance teams at Google and Spotify. At Spotify he built and scaled the Global Strategic Partnerships team, orchestrating and executing Spotify's first Global Agency and Global Brand Partnerships.

"We are thrilled to welcome Alex to the team," said Co-Founder and CEO Audra Gold. "He brings years of audio industry experience and ad agency relationships to Vurbl. He'll be leading the charge in building and growing our revenue foundation as we continue on our path to become the largest and most diverse audio streaming platform in the world."

Underwood will be responsible for developing Vurbl's monetization strategy. This will include building and overseeing Vurbl's advertising business, and the development of their strategy and content partnership's function. The ultimate goal is for Vurbl to continue to build partnerships that grow and benefit Vurbl's listener and creator communities.

"I am thrilled to join Audra and her team on their mission to build a mutually beneficial ecosystem for listeners, creators and brands," said Underwood. "We are definitely still in the formative years as it relates to the creative power of audio as a brand communication tool, and Vurbl is well positioned to help shape its future."