TEAM

Curtis Huff

Managing Partner

Curtis co-founded Intervale Capital to build on the success of a similar investment firm he launched in 2002, Freebird Partners. Curtis has over ten years of operating and financial experience in public oilfield services and in private equity.

Prior to beginning his private equity career in 2002, he spent five years in senior executive positions in the oilfield services sector. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of Grant Prideco, a provider of oilfield services with over $1.5 billion in revenue. Prior to Grant Prideco, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Weatherford International (NYSE: "WFT") a provider of oilfield services with over $7 billion in revenue. He also serves as a director at Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ: "PTEN") a provider of drilling services with over $2 billion in revenue.

Previously, Curtis was a Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski, where he specialized in M&A and securities law.

Curtis earned a B.A. and a J.D., with honors, from the University of New Mexico, and an L.L.M., from New York University. Curtis is a former chairman of the Texas Business Law Foundation.

Erich Horsley

Principal

Erich started his private equity career in 1998, and has focused exclusively on buyouts of middle-market companies. Erich served as a Principal at Watermill Ventures, a private equity group based in Waltham, MA. He also served as a Vice President at a Boston-based private equity firm with $1.4 billion under management. Erich has spent most of his private equity career executing transactions and overseeing growth in industrial and energy-related businesses.

Erich was a Financial Analyst in the Corporate Finance Department of Morgan Stanley in New York and in Frankfurt, Germany from 1994 to 1996.

Erich received his B.A. in Psychology and English, with honors, from Harvard College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Christine Smoragiewicz

Chief Financial Officer

Prior to joining Intervale Capital in 2007, Christine served as Controller at J.W. Childs Associates L.P., a private equity firm in Boston that specialized in leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of middle-market growth companies. Christine began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Assurance and Business Advisory Services, where she supervised the audits of companies in the investment management industry, with a focus on private equity funds and other alternative investment vehicles.

Christine is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. in Business Administration, with honors, from Georgetown University.

Tuan Tran

Vice President

Tuan started his private equity career in 2004 as an Associate at Cherington Capital, where he played a key role in several transactions concentrated in the oilfield services industry, including the acquisitions of Ulterra Drilling Technologies and International Logging, the merger that created Azura Energy Systems, and the preferred equity offering for Pacific Consolidated Industries.

Tuan came to Cherington Capital with a background in investment research and corporate finance. Previously, Tuan was a Securities Analyst at Off Wall Street Consulting Group where he initiated coverage on and followed small-cap investment opportunities. Prior to that, Tuan worked in New York as a M&A investment banking analyst at Lehman Brothers.

Tuan received his B.A. in Government, with honors, from Harvard College.

Stephen Cherington

Research Associate

Steve has over seven years of experience in operations and back office management in the financial services sector. Before joining Intervale Capital, Steve was a research associate at Cherington Capital. He started his career as a Section Manager at MFS Investment Management, a mutual fund company with over $200 billion under management, where he oversaw a group that serviced high-net-worth individuals, brokers and institutions.

Steve received a B.A. in Economics from Wheaton College (MA) and an M.B.A, with honors, from Kent Business School in Canterbury, England.

David Jacobs

Associate

David joined Intervale Capital in 2007 having previously worked as an investment banking analyst at UBS in their Global Energy Group. During his time at UBS, David worked on a variety of capital markets and advisory transactions in the oilfield services, midstream and exploration and production sectors. Prior to joining UBS, David was an Associate Consultant with Bain & Company.

David received his B.A. in Economics and Managerial studies, with honors, from Rice University.

Grant Meek

Associate

Grant joined Intervale Capital in 2008. Prior to Intervale, he was an Associate at SMH Capital (formerly Sander Morris Sanders) as a member of its Houston E&P Group. Grant joined the New York SMH Capital office in 2005. Prior to coming to SMH Capital, he worked as an analyst in the Merrill Lynch Investment Banking Division as a member of its New York Media & Telecom Group. Before joining the Media Telecom Group, Grant was an Investment Associate in the Private Client Division at Merrill Lynch for over five years.

Grant graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northeastern State University where he received a B.B.A. in Finance.

David received his B.A. in Economics and Managerial studies, with honors, from Rice University.

Charlie Kim

Senior Accountant

Charlie joined Intervale Capital in 2008 bringing eight years of investor relations, operational finance, and audit experience. Charlie previously worked at Ernst & Young LLP in the assurance practice where he led engagement teams on audits of public and private equity-sponsored companies within the biotech, telecommunications, and professional sports industries. Prior to E&Y, Charlie became an owner in his family business and played the lead finance role restructuring the company to be an acquisition target. Charlie started his career at Merrill Lynch as an Investment Associate in the Private Wealth Management practice.

Charlie received his B.S. in Economics and Finance from Ohio Northern University and an M.S. in Accounting from Boston College.