Kyle Beaird

Kyle Beaird (’97 mgmt information systems) has been named chief operating officer/chief financial officer for Hillerich & Bradsby Co., a sporting goods manufacturer in Louisville, Ky. Beaird joined H&B in 2012 as director of financial planning and analysis. He was promoted to VP for finance in September 2014 and now becomes COO/CFO in the newly reorganized H&B structure after the company’s sale of the Louisville Slugger brand to Wilson Sporting Goods in April. Beaird is a die-hard baseball fan. He’s also an avid mountaineer, having summited Mount Everest in Tibetan China, Denali in Alaska, and a number of other significant peaks in the U.S., South America, and Europe. Beaird is also a distance runner and triathlete.