Kyle J. Kane

Kyle Kane is a founding principal of Sussman - Kane, LLC and oversees the multimodal marketing and production efforts. Kyle has budgeted, coordinated, and executed strategic branding and positioning campaigns for clients such as Universal Music Group, the largest distributor of CD's and DVD's in the world, and Town Sports International, the 3rd largest fitness organization in the world. Kyle is a highly motivated, personable, cooperative team player, who is comfortable across all facets of entertainment. His enthusiasm for learning and development exemplifies the core values of the management team, and his ability to benchmark and multitask in fast-paced environments will prove instrumental to the rapid growth Sussman - Kane is poised to experience.

Kyle spent four years at the Academy for Business and Computer Technology, followed by three years of undergraduate studies at the University of Maryland - College Park where he cultivated his own major focused on Marketing and Consumer Psychology, with a minor in Ethnomusicology. His studies at Maryland were followed by a brief stint at the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business, where he achieved a certificate of completion and became registered as a TAAB Business Development Consultant. In conjunction with New York University and the Institute of Audio Research, Kyle also completed courses for Auditory Excellence, focusing on musical engineering and arrangement. He has over twelve years of experience in musical performance, and nine years of progressive experience in management positions.

Kyle's passion for the entertainment business led him to engage with TVT Records, which was the largest independent record label in the world. Working alongside Les Dixon, now VP of Marketing at Virgin Records, Kyle learned the inner workings of the industry through day to day operations, including the deliverance of market research to key decision makers, communication of weekly team meetings regarding BDS, Media Base, and Nielsen reports, and assisting projects totaling over 30 million units, grossing roughly $400 million US dollars.

Capitalizing off of the knowledge acquired through the experience working side by side with a CEO and entertainment mogul, Kyle decided to embrace his own entrepreneurial spirit by incorporating SSC Records with cousin and co-CEO George Metaxotos. Kyle performed on a 21 city international