Board of Directors

• Michael J. White President & Chief Executive Officer
• Gordon Buchanan Partner, Sciens Capital Partners
• John Rigas Managing Partner, Sciens Capital Partners

 

Michael J. White

President & Chief Executive Officer

Mike brings more than twenty years of senior management experience in consumer goods and the entertainment industry to his new position at B3. He has a proven track record of formulating and executing successful business operations plans for leading companies—generating significant returns for investors.

Most recently, Mike was executive vice president of WEA, the second largest music distribution, manufacturing and packaging company in the US—with shipments of more than $3 billion annually. Among his accomplishments, Mike led a successful re-engineering of Time Warner's CD/DVD manufacturing facilities, which dramatically reduced headcount and costs, and improved turnaround time. He also helped create WEA as the first major label to offer digital music downloads, in the process positioning the company as the industry's leader in the segment.

Prior to WEA, Mike was executive vice president and a board member of LIVE Entertainment, a diversified entertainment and consumer products company. He was also corporate counsel at PACE Membership Warehouse, where he directed real estate and securities activities.

Mike received his bachelor's degree in economics from William and Mary, and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. 

 

Gordon Buchanan

Partner, Sciens Capital Partners

Sciens works with a number of the latest generation of technology companies, which helps provide a valuable perspective for the direction of B3.

Prior to joining Sciens, Gordon was a founding partner of the strategy consulting firm, the Mitchell Madison Group. Gordon led both the Internet Strategy Practice and the Corporate Partnerships Practice at MMG as well as at USWeb/CKS (after the sale of MMG to USWeb/CKS). During this period, Gordon also worked with several large financial institutions to successfully create and spin-off Internet-based businesses. Of note is Gordon's work for Prudential plc in creating the business strategy and financing plan for Egg, Europe's most successful Internet bank.

Gordon also developed for his client First Union Bank, a business strategy and financing plan for Adhesion Technologies, which is now a Sciens Capital Partners portfolio company. Gordon has served on several boards of early-stage ventures including Netfolio and Trucost. Prior to being a co-founder of MMG, Gordon spent ten years with McKinsey & Co.

 

John Rigas

Managing Partner, Sciens Capital Partners

As a managing partner of Sciens Capital Partners, John was responsible for transforming Sciens Capital Partners into a private equity firm by making controlling investments in late stage and pre-IPO companies. Sciens focuses on late stage and pre-IPO investments in Internet, media, telecom, and financial services sectors.

Prior to joining Sciens, John was a member of the EF Hutton Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring Group in New York. John earned his bachelor's degree from Colorado College, and subsequently studied at New York University as a Fellow.