Overview
Kyle Kopecky is currently a member of Santander Consumer USA Inc.’s Capital Markets
team based in Dallas, TX. Prior to joining Santander, he worked at Deloitte Tax LLP
as a consultant in the firm’s Subchapter C Tax Advisory Services group based in San
Diego, CA where he served over 35 clients on a variety of engagements mainly pertaining
to tax research and section 382 calculations for corporate transactions as well as
tax research for bankruptcy cases.
Kyle graduated from Wichita State Summa Cum Laude in Accounting, Finance, and Economics
with a minor in University Honors. During his time at WSU, Kyle was very involved
on campus which included serving as a member of various student organizations including
Student Ambassador Society, Barton School Dean’s Ambassadors, the Cohen Honors College
WHEAT organization, as well as Student Government Association as a Cohen Honors College
Senator. Kyle worked with the former Dean of the Barton School, Dr. Anand Desai,
as well as Dean of the Cohen Honors College, Dr. Kimberly Engber, on expanding the
Stanford University Innovation Fellows (UIF) Program to the Barton School and Cohen
Honors College. As a member of the UIF Program, Kyle worked with the WSU Foundation
and Dr. Desai in developing a plan to eventually bring Bloomberg and Wall Street Prep
to WSU for student and faculty use. During his Sophomore year, Kyle served as the
Cohen Honors College Peer Academic Leader for Shocker Hall’s Honors Living Learning
Community. Additionally, Kyle interned at several companies during undergrad including
Koch Industries, Inc., Deloitte Tax LLP, and IMA Wealth, Inc. Kyle was the first
Koch intern to work abroad in the company’s London office for Koch Supply & Trading
in their Metals division as well as was the first WSU student to be admitted to City
University of London’s study abroad program where he studied at Cass Business School
alongside his Koch internship abroad during the Fall 2017 semester.
Currently he is enrolled in the CFA Program as a CFA Level II candidate and passed
his CFA Level I Exam in December 2020. In his free time, Kyle enjoys spending time
with family and friends as well as investing, playing, golf, swimming, staying active,
traveling, and continually striving to be a lifelong learner.