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Managing Partner, CEO
Rich has 30 years business management and leadership experience, the last 23 years in all phases of private equity investing, focused primarily in the energy industry. As Chief Executive Officer, Rich's responsibilities include overseeing all phases of portfolio development and management, investor relations, and he also helps directs the business development and finance/treasury functions at the Fund. Prior to co-founding Blue Tip Energy, Rich worked for 17 years for a high net-worth single family office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – one of the nation’s most active private equity investors since the 1970’s. During his last five years with that group, Rich was the senior officer and a board member of their diversified energy portfolio holding company.
Over the last 15 years, Rich has managed 22 energy investments, achieving a strong track record of value-creation in several strategies. He has extensive experience in energy investment and portfolio management, due diligence, business development, negotiating and structuring investment transactions, turn-around and work-out experience, operations management, and building successful operating groups.
Rich received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics from Saint Vincent College and has earned 64 graduate credits in business studies at Duquesne University and Baldwin Wallace University. Rich has been married 28 years, he and Carole have two children. |
