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- Name
- RD Whitney
- Job Title
- Partner
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- Greenhaven Partners
- Which best describes your profession?
- Other/Outside Industry
- How many years have you been in the business?
- 10-14 years
- Which industries do you work in now?
- Other
- How many employees in your company?
- >50
- College/University
- Bentley University
- Are you interested in split placements?
- No
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- Open networking
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- RD Whitney is a partner at Greenhaven Partners, a private equity firm with a highly successful track record acquiring and innovating specialty information businesses.
In his prior role as CEO of Tarsus Online Media, RD was responsible for expanding the online media division of the Tarsus Group plc (a b2b media company with exhibitions, conferences, publishing and online media properties across global industries). From practically a standing start, RD created a $2 million business in 36 months.
Through his 20-year career, RD has become an expert developing communities that bring buyer and seller together through media sponsorship models. He has deep knowledge in creating paid content and subscription businesses, and he has developed media assets in 12 different industries. RD has an impressive track record building and growing media assets to maximize value for investors.
RD served 9 years in leadership roles at Kennedy Information. As VP and General Manager, Whitney was a key player in helping investors transform the company into a rapidly growing, diverse media platform that resulted in a sale to BNA for $47 million (a 30x ROI for investors in 4 years) .
RD held positions at large and small specialty business publishing firms including Kluwer Law International (a division of Wolters Kluwer), the Thompson Publishing Group, Yankee Publishing, Vicon Publishing and Connell Communications (a division of IDG).
RD has launched online communities, business portals, magazines, journals, databases, newsletters, exhibitions, conferences, business forums, online directories, research, advisory services, online learning platforms and other specialty information and advertising-based products across a broad range of industries.
RD holds a BS in Business Communications from Bentley College and an MBA from Fitchburg State College (Massachusetts). RD served as the co-chair of the 25th annual marketing conference for the Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA).
RD Whitney’s Specialties:
Building, and growing media assets to maximize value for investors.
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