Following a business career in the printing industry, Rudge was CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, and also chaired the successful Canadian program 'Own The Podium'.
[2] Canadian athletes produced a Games-leading 14 gold medals, the country's best-ever total in a Winter Olympics.
Rudge was hired in 2011 to run the 100th Grey Cup game and festival, scheduled for November 2012 in Toronto.
On January 30, 2012, the Argonauts hired Rudge to take over from Bob Nicholson, as team president and CEO as well, on a contract which will extend past the Grey Cup game in 2012.
[3] In May 2015, the Toronto Argonauts were bought by Kilmer Sports and Bell Canada from David Braley, and Michael Copeland replaced Rudge as President and CEO of the Argonauts at the beginning of 2016, when Rudge's contract came to an end in December 2015.