Kyle Pickens, CFA, is currently a Partner at Thermo Companies, and serves as Vice President of Strategy at Globalstar, Inc. a Thermo Companies investment. Mr. Pickens joined Thermo from Steelhead Partners, a long time Globalstar investor. Mr. Pickens also currently serves on the boards of Pivotal Commware and Recon Dynamics both Seattle-based technology companies and is a board observer in Lost Hills Thermal, LLC, a California based oil producer. Mr. Pickens joined Steelhead Partners 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 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. In 2005, the firm launched a fund of funds/hedge fund hybrid vehicle for which Kyle had day-to-day responsibility. Mr. Pickens holds a B.S. in Finance and Information Systems from New York University's Stern School of Business.