Bridgeline Digital, Inc. announced that Ari Kahn has joined Bridgeline as Chief Operating Officer. Kahn will lead Bridgeline's operations including sales, marketing and service delivery. Kahn was the co-founder of FatWire.

As the General Manager and Chief Technology Officer of FatWire, Kahn built FatWire to a global corporation with offices in 13 countries, top industry analyst rating, and after winning many of the Global-2000 as customers, FatWire had annual revenues of over $40 Million and was acquired by Oracle for $160 Million.