Ed White

Productizing Strategic Finance & Ops @ Inference

About

I am a finance, operations and analytics leader with over 15 years experience in the tech sector. I have closed every stage of funding from Seed to IPO across my experience in tech and investment banking. I have also overseen and managed talent across finance, accounting, business operations, legal and analytics. I enjoy solving challenging technical problems and collaborating with leaders of other functions.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Social Media, Public Speaking, Marketing Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Fundraising, Business Strategy, Digital Marketing, Energy, Cost Management, Market Analysis, Digital Media, Political Science, Start-ups, Strategic Partnerships, Strategy, Analytics, Strategic Communications, Video, Market Research

Experience

Productizing Strategic Finance & Ops

Inference

2026 - Present

San Francisco Bay Area

VP Finance & Ops

InvestNext

2022 - Present · 4 yrs

CFO level plus ops, report to CEO, raised Series A + B, own + support a number of ops and analytics functions across product, GTM/revops, fintech legal and compliance.

Co-Founder / COO

Hamlet

2019 - 2022 · 3 yrs

San Francisco Bay Area

SaaS + Marketplace for resale

Head of Finance & Strategy

Podcast App

2020 - 2021 · 1 yr

The #1 app to discover, organize and listen to podcasts available on iOS, Android or the web.

Director of Finance and Business Operations

Ampush - A Tinuiti Company

2017 - 2019 · 2 yrs

San Francisco Bay Area

Martech company served enterprise technology and DTC clientele like Uber, Stitch Fix, Esurance, Starz and more

Investment Banking - Technology Coverage Group

Deutsche Bank

2015 - 2017 · 2 yrs

San Francisco

Worked on equity (Series C, D, IPOs), M&A and leveraged finance deals ($1BN+). Technology coverage included hardware, software and Internet teams with exposure to emerging areas like AI/ML and autotech.

Investment Analyst

Goudy Park Capital LP

2015 - 2015

Chicago, Illinois

Software coverage for long/short equity hedge fund (MBA part-time)

Private Equity Analyst

Fifield Companies

2013 - 2014 · 1 yr

Chicago

Real estate private equity

Head of Business Operations, Co-Founder

TLD-A (acquired by Donuts Inc.)

2009 - 2013 · 4 yrs

NYC

Early employee at SaaS company in the domain name and hosting space; raised to Series A, developed operations, launched a product, generated revenue and ultimately sold to Donuts Inc.