DIRECTOR
Kyle, CFA, is a partner at Thermo Companies, a private holding company based in Denver, Colorado, where he directs the investment activities in public, venture and fixed income portfolios. Thermo is an active investor across a range of sectors.
Mr. Pickens serves on the Boards of several Thermo companies including Pivotal Commware (Telecom), ARES North America (Renewables), SeQure (Cybersecurity), Global Telecom (Telecom), Recon Dynamics (loT) and Western Investments of Canada (Insurance). In an operational capacity, he serves as Vice President of Strategy at Thermo controlled Globalstar, with the responsibility of driving the company’s growth initiatives, most notably commercialization efforts for its global terrestrial spectrum assets.
Kyle joined Globalstar from Steelhead Partners, a Seattle based Hedge Fund. Mr. Pickens joined Steelhead as an analyst at the end of 2009 and was promoted to Partner of the Navigator funds in 2015. At Steelhead, his responsibilities included coverage of the Telecom, Media and Technology space. Previously, Mr. Pickens was with New York based Cadogan Management LLC, where he was a Director and an investment committee member. He interned at Cadogan while an undergraduate student, then joined full time as an analyst upon graduating in 2002.
Kyle holds a B.S. in Finance and Information Systems from New York University’s Stern School of Business.