Mr. Ruden is an experienced financial professional providing private banking services to entrepreneurs and their companies, private equity firms, RIA and wealth advisors and their clients, family offices, and their other trusted advisors, all with a superior relationship experience. His 30-plus years in commercial and personal banking include financial analysis, loan structuring and underwriting, asset/risk management, asset disposition, and depository management.

He joined Fieldpoint Private following more than a dozen years with Connecticut-based Bankwell and its predecessor firms, The Bank of New Canaan and The Bank of Fairfield. At Bankwell he was instrumental in the establishment and growth of the bank’s commercial lending and deposits, and improvements in its operations, portfolio management, and underwriting. Prior to that, Mr. Ruden served as a senior underwriter, hedge fund real estate professional, and franchise specialty lender, and is formally credit trained through Marine Midland Bank (now HSBC).

He is actively involved with CaringKind (Chair of their inaugural 2026 CT Gala) which provides care to those suffering from Dementia/Alzheimer’s as well as to their care givers. He is a former member of the board of the Connecticut chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and Operation Hope (Fairfield, CT), and a graduate of Union College. He lives with his wife Kelle in Westport, Connecticut.