Florida Panthers Hire Michael White as Business Operations President

SUNRISE, Fla. The Florida Panthers announced on Tuesday the hiring of Michael White as their new president of business operations, bringing a 25-year veteran of technology and guest experience industries to oversee the team's commercial activities across four facilities.

White, who most recently served as chief product officer at Zoox, Amazon's autonomous vehicle company, where he helped develop an autonomous robotaxi service, will manage business operations at Amerant Bank Arena, Baptist Health IcePlex, Panthers IceDen and War Memorial Auditorium. The Panthers, fresh off Stanley Cup championships in 2024 and 2025, conducted a thorough search for the role, which had been vacant since August when Matthew Caldwell departed to become CEO of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx.

The recruitment process began with an unexpected call to White a few weeks ago from Bill Zito, the Panthers' president of hockey operations. Zito, who built the roster that secured the team's recent titles, reached out from Italy, where he contributed to the U.S. men's hockey team's gold medal win at the Milan-Cortina Olympics. White described the conversation as a turning point....