Kyle White Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Canton, MA, US

Dawson-Forté is a wholesaler and distributor of KINROSS and &Isla branded luxury cashmere & apparel.KINROSS Cashmere is a luxury apparel brand with a heritage of excellence in cashmere and other fine natural fibers spanning over 150 years. KINROSS products offer effortless elegance, timeless style, and are hand-crafted to endure. &Isla is a UK-inspired.

Tempus Partners invests in profitable small businesses in the consumer products and consumer manufacturing spaces. We want to help businesses with a strong foundation unlock their next phase of growth. We focus on long-term economics, disciplined capital allocation, and proven growth strategies that generate sustained performance and maximize free cash.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• https://mysterytacklebox.com/Manage the strategy, operations, and growth of the Mystery Tackle Box fishing tackle subscription (D2C) and retail fishing kit (B2B) business
• Responsible for the businesses’ P&L, including determining sales/growth goals, inventory planning and management across 30+ SKUs, and planning performance marketing budgets
• Dictate the product strategy and assortment for the brand’s offerings across all channels, including launching new products both in retail and online, driving incremental revenue growth and capturing greater market share
• Manage a direct team of 8 employees and numerous others indirectly across various functions including: Merchandising, Growth, Marketing, Operations, Design, Digital Product, Customer Service, and Finance
• Provide strategic guidance and oversight over Postfly, a fly fishing tackle subscription brand, as it expands its subscriber base, product offerings, and retail (B2B) sales

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Established initiatives & strategies to maintain and accelerate the growth of Catch Co.’s key D2C channels, the Mystery Tackle Box subscription business and the Karl’s Bait & Tackle eCommerce store
• Provided data insight and analysis around key subscriber and customer economics and determined new ways to increase subscriber LTV, customer AOV, and time spent on site
• Developed a new strategy around customer experience, providing complementary content to subscribers in box and online, resulting in increased retention, greater web traffic, and higher customer satisfaction
• Oversaw and managed the company’s first in-person retail sales initiative at the 2020 Bassmaster Classic, gaining valuable insight and data to support the company’s 2022 expansion into brick-and-mortar retail

• Creator and Executive Producer of 'Farming the Wild' on the Outdoor Channel & MyOutdoorTV.
• Founded a US/UK production company aimed at building brands and creating content aligned with a production thesis: producing elevated, prestige content about conservation, sustainability, and the outdoors
• Executive Producer and Manager of 'Farming the Wild', an international TV cooking show about harvesting and preparing wild game; currently available on The Outdoor Channel and MyOutdoorTV
• Built 'Farming the Wild' brand from a simple concept into a TV program currently on the air around the globe; conducted all deal negotiations with networks, sponsors, and vendors; oversaw all production and.

New York, NY, US

• Led the corporate strategy and business development efforts for a leading international distributor, financier, and producer of independent film and television
• Identified, evaluated, and conducted deal negotiations for all strategic investments and acquisitions to empower company’s growth, including start-up capital investments, VC investments, and other strategic opportunities
• Managed the internal team tasked with developing the company’s long-term strategic plan for the Board of Directors; focused both on improving company performance and on expanding into new businesses / verticals.
• Built the business case to expand into Theatre vertical, resulting in the company winning its first Tony Award
• Negotiated and sourced new strategic partnerships with third parties to improve corporate financial performance and monetize assets in new ways (e.g., monetizing music publishing rights)

Burbank, CA, US

• Developed and presented on the business case for the adoption of a new technology to be implemented at the studio level and across the company, driving new revenue opportunities, enhanced product offerings, operational.
• Led a design and engineering team in the production of a prototype product utilized to showcase a use-case of the technology and to be integrated into one of the company’s existing products
• Engaged with and evaluated potential technology vendors
• Conducted meetings with various stakeholders across the company to socialize the new technology, align efforts, and explore ways for all teams to benefit from its adoption

New York, NY, US

• Promoted to Associate and asked to lead the department as the sole member of the Corporate Development team, organizing and managing deal teams across multiple departments, geographies, and functions
• Led internal approval meetings with Time Inc. senior management and Time Warner (parent company) executives, presenting company / transaction analysis and recommendations for all deals
• Directed deal negotiations including deal terms and structure for the acquisition of American Express Publishing

New York, NY, US

• Evaluated domestic and international M&A / investment opportunities for various divisions and brands across the Time Inc. magazine and digital media portfolio
• Conducted detailed financial and operational due diligence, financial and valuation modeling using Excel, for a variety of buy-side and sell-side projects
• Worked with senior management to evaluate an underperforming asset; included market research, financial modeling, and ultimately recommending termination of an existing partnership and forming a new content strategy

New York, NY, US

• Developed analyses and client presentation materials for corporate finance and transaction execution across a variety of sub-sectors: advertising, cable, cable networks, character licensing, digital media, market.
• Performed extensive financial modeling using Excel including: accretion / dilution, LBO, credit / liquidity, sponsor recapitalizations, discounted cash flow, sum-of-the-parts, comparable company, and precedent.

Chicago, IL, US

• Worked directly with a Managing Director in the Valuations group researching macroeconomic factors that could affect the subject company’s historical valuation
• Created a presentation for MBA and undergraduate students about the proper methods used to value companies, specifically those in the pharmaceutical industry

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance | Management & Organizations | Marketing | Media Management

Ba, Economics