The Separation: Bridged by Fate

by Doug White

This next book in the Jake Winters series opens in a small ghost town in the West, June 30, 2002. Jake Winters and Peter Stevenson have now been together for one year traveling the roads of the country in Jake’s big truck. They are the most unlikely pair you would ever hope to meet. Jake is a burned-out schoolteacher who wants nothing to do with children anymore. He is a fiercely independent solo, cross-country truck driver with no cares or responsibilities outside of his job.Peter is a six-year-old boy. Jake was appointed by God to provide Peter with the childhood he never had. Sometimes it appears God doesn’t know what he’s doing… but he always does. Peter’s father murdered him, June 30, 1901. (Peter is a ghost…or is he?) His funeral in 1901 was a sham, so Jake and some friends decided to have a Christian funeral for Peter, one hundred one years after his first one.As Jake’s big wheels kept rolling through 2001, a strong bond formed between Jake and Peter, cemented by love. But as time for his funeral drew near, Peter and Jake worried about what would become of Would he return to the grave, or would he be allowed to remain with Jake? And why did his mother make her presence known after one hundred-six years? Was Jake about to become the lone wanderer again?

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About the author

Doug White is a Partner in Whitestone Partners, Inc. Doug has twenty-five years of experience helping companies improve their bottom line. His career is characterized by its diversity and breadth. He began his professional life with McKinsey & Company, one of the world’s preeminent strategy consulting firms. He has held C-Level jobs since 1991 (Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer), and for over five years he successfully headed several large divisions at Capital One Financial with P&L responsibility.

Doug has successfully led start-ups and turnarounds. He has been a part of executing acquisitions on both the buy side and the sell side. He has worked successfully in fields ranging from heavy duty manufacturing to sales and distribution, from consumer lending to investment brokerage. He has managed groups of more than 3,000 people. The common thread through each assignment is that Doug has been the catalyst for creating significant bottom line value. He has specialized in taking businesses that were broken and fixing them, or taking businesses that were successful and raising their performance to the next level.

Doug holds a B.S. in Physics from Randolph-Macon College, where he was the starting center on the varsity football team that won three conference championships during his four years. He received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with very high honors and his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology. At Georgia Tech Doug was twice named Student Engineer of the Year and was elected to membership in the honorary engineering fraternity Tau Beta Pi. He received his Master of Business Administration with distinction from Harvard Business School, where he finished in the top 10 percent of his class.