Jeffrey H. White
Vice President, Business Development
Mr. Jeffrey White established and oversees all of Skyview's business development
efforts and department of associates. He is responsible for driving growth
through acquisitions, identifying and assessing all transaction opportunities
within the M&A and business development team, to manage the initial through
late stages of the transaction/acquisition process. His diverse background
encompasses finance, debt finance, mergers & acquisitions, strategic
consulting, sales & marketing, commercial banking, and management. He
has held critical positions at many distinguished firms such as Merrill Lynch,
Edward Jones, First Federal Bank of California, Invision Group, Inuum and
Platinum Equity Holdings.
At Platinum, Mr. White was an integral part of the global multi-billion
dollar business development/ mergers & acquisitions group. His responsibility
was to interface with the executive management of global Fortune 500 companies
and top tier investment banks to find and acquire synergistic opportunities
for the Platinum portfolio. Mr. White also acted as Platinum's point person
in building and maintaining relationships with the executive management and
senior principals of Fortune 500 firms and senior principles of the worlds
leading investment banks. His other duties included initiating and facilitating
the ongoing acquisition transaction process for Platinum Equity.
Mr. White's experience as a VP commercial Banking officer at First Federal
Bank allowed him to leverage his extensive business rolodex to help build
the banks commercial presence in Southern California . His responsibility
included structuring financing for middle market companies, performing extensive
due diligence on business prospects, commercial real estate structuring/funding
for the banks business clients and staying actively involved in business
networking groups to increase the banks visibility in the marketplace and
facilitate a stronger pipeline.
At Inuum, Mr. White was involved with the creation and implementation of
Inuum's turnkey global e-learning business solution. As VP of Business Development,
he was responsible for spearheading business development, IR/PR and financial
marketing. He worked with senior management to approach and penetrate defined
markets, establish long-term investor relationships and develop a pipeline
of revenue generating business for the company.
As a corporate finance consultant in a privately held boutique investment
bank , Mr. White worked directly with international and domestic corporations
to finance companies in the $10 million to $100 million range. His responsibilities
included: financial analysis and evaluation, development of a large international/domestic
customer base, capital raising, initiating, negotiating and executing equity
and debt financing . His prior work with restructuring troubled companies
gives him a working knowledge that he utilizes at Skyview today.
Mr. White received his BA with a concentration in organizational business
behavior from Southern Methodist University in Dallas Texas . He is also
a NASD Registered Principal holding Series 7 & 63 Licenses.