At Geminus Capital Partners, we bring together a group of seasoned investors, advisors, and business operators with experience across a host of industries. We have completed dozens of buyout transactions, and served as buyers, sellers and management during such transactions.

Unlike other traditional private equity firms, Geminus Capital Partners brings unrivalled leadership and management experience to the companies we acquire. This experience forms the cornerstone of our plans to grow and improve the value of out investments.

Investment Team

MANAGING PARTNER:

Jude Tuma
Mr. Tuma is the founder and managing partner of Geminus Capital Partners, and leads the firm's acquisition and sourcing activities. Previously, he was the founder and CEO of IRIS Consulting, Inc., a specialty-consulting firm that provided quantitative and data analytic services to clients in multiple industries. At IRIS Consulting, Mr. Tuma developed data management strategies and implemented solutions aimed at solving critical business problems and improving operations.

His clients included fortune 500 companies such as American Airlines, Texas Utilities, HESS and other small and medium sized firms. Mr. Tuma also worked as a senior consultant at Navigant Consulting Inc., where his clients were primarily from the energy and customer care sectors .

Mr. Tuma received his Bachelors degree with honors from the University of Texas, and an MBA from the Wharton Business School, with a concentration on Restructuring and Turnaround Management. He also obtained an MA in International Relations from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bill Egan
Mr. Egan is a founder and General Partner of Alta Communications. He co-founded Alta's predecessor firm, Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co., in 1979 and has identified and backed several of America's leading growth companies in the information technology, life sciences, and communications industries. Prior to founding Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co., Mr. Egan was a Partner at TA Associates. He began his career as a Manager of Venture Capital for New England Enterprise Capital Corporation. Mr. Egan is the past President and Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, a Trustee of Fairfield University, a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, and a Graduate Board Member of The Wharton School. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Village Voice Media and Cephalon, Inc. Mr. Egan received a degree in Economics from Fairfield University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance.

Craig Burr
Mr. Burr's career has been devoted almost exclusively to venture capital and private equity activities, having founded Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. in 1979. Previously, Mr. Burr was a partner at TA Associates. In addition, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Venture Capital Association and currently serves on the Board of Directors of several private companies. Mr. Burr received his Bachelors Degree, cum laude, from Harvard College and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

David Dodson
Mr. Dodson is currently the Managing Director of Headwaters MB. He has been the CEO or Chairman of six middle market companies and has acquired and/or sold 55 companies in that role. Mr. Dodson has also led multiple capital raises as CEO or Chairman with a range of private equity firms, including TA Associates, Bain Capital, Housatonic Partners, the Centennial Funds, and others. He currently serves as Chairman of Wind River Management Inc., was formerly Chairman of Worldbridge Broadband Services Inc., and has been Chairman & CEO of ADAP Inc. and Smith Alarm Inc. Mr. Dodson has served on the boards of 16 middle market companies in which he was also a private investor. As a board member, Mr. Dodson has played a role in numerous debt and equity raises as well as ten significant M&A transactions. Prior to his entrepreneurial and private equity career, Mr. Dodson worked for McKinsey & Company. He holds a Bachelors degree in economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

David Lazier
Mr. Lazier is the Co-President of Nelson Nameplate, a rapid prototyping and engineering support company based in Los Angeles, California. Prior to joining Nelson, Mr. Lazier functioned as an Engineer with IBM Corporation from 1982-1984. He is currently on the board of American Security Products, Columbia Sanitary Products, Glendale Memorial Hospital Foundation and the San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity. Mr. Lazier received his Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University.

Grant Gund
Grant is a Managing Partner of Coppermine Capital. Prior to joining Coppermine, he worked at Megunticook Management, a Boston-based venture capital firm. While at Megunticook, he served on the Boards of Carescout, Choicelinx, Data TV Networks and Digital Reliance. Grant was previously General Manager of Aware Records, an independent record label in Chicago, and prior to that worked at Gund Investment Corp. and at the First National Bank of Boston.Grant is currently serving on the Boards of Action Legal, Data TV Networks, Hunter Manufacturing, and is an observer at Isis Maternity. He received a BA from the University of Vermont and earned an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

James L. Southern, III
Mr. Southern is the managing member of JS Capital Partners, an acquisition company focused on service businesses in high growth industries. He served as Chairman and CEO of Continental Fire & Safety Services, a privately held company providing fire safety services to commercial and industrial customers; and Uniform Printing, a national printer of specialty insurance forms and documents. Mr. Southern serves or has served on the boards of ten privately held companies and is an investor in more than 20 privately held companies. Mr. Southern received his BA from Southwestern University and MBA from Harvard Business School.

John R. Kephart
Mr. Kephart has spent most of his career in the banking and financial services industry, where he held numerous executive level positions. He currently serves as the senior vice president at Washington First International Bank, where he manages the bank's operations and leads the bank's restructuring efforts. He was previously the executive vice president of Foundation Bank in Seattle, WA as well as Managing Director at The Commerce Bank of Washington. He held similar positions at Rainier National Bank. Mr. Kephart was also the CEO of Seattle based Mercury Prime, a security software company, where he oversaw the acquisition of the company's core technology by a new investor group. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington.

Jose Stella
Mr. Stella most recently was the Co-Founder and President of VIU Media, Puerto Rico's largest locally-owned outdoor advertising company, which was sold to Lamar Advertising. Prior to becoming President of VIU Media, he was the Co-Founder and President of Quest Management Corporation, a private equity group formed to identify, acquire, and operate a company in Puerto Rico. Previously, Mr. Stella worked at KPMG Peat Marwick in the middle-market Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory Group. He also worked for UBS and Chase Manhattan Bank and received the 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Puerto Rico. Currently he serves as a director of Rocket Learning, LLC and Centros Sor Isolina Ferré, the largest Puerto Rico based not-for-profit organization. Mr. Stella graduated with high honors, with a B.A. in Economics, Finance and Investments from Babson College and graduated cum laude with an MBA from The University of Michigan.

Michael O'Connell
Mr. O'Connell is currently the Managing Director of M2O Investments, a family investment fund. He was formerly the Managing Director and President of Anhalt, O'Connell & Steffanci, Inc., an investment management firm specializing in debt securities with $1 billion under management. Previously, Mr. O'Connell owned and operated the National Lines Bureau, a ship mooring company for the Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors. He is currently an investor in over 20 private companies. Mr. O'Connell received a B.A. with high honors from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Rafael Somoza
Mr. Somoza most recently was the Co-Founder and CEO of VIU Media, Puerto Rico's largest locally-owned outdoor advertising company, which was sold to Lamar Advertising. Prior to becoming CEO of VIU Media, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of Quest Management Corporation, a private equity group formed to identify, acquire, and operate a company in Puerto Rico. Previously, Mr. Somoza worked at CS First Boston, where he was involved in structuring over $1.2 billion in financings. He received the 2004 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Puerto Rico, and currently sits on the board of the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau and EM Assist, LLC. Mr. Somoza graduated magna cum laude, with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science, from Yale University and holds an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

R. Scott Asen
Mr. Asen graduated from Harvard College in 1966. In 1966 and 1967 he co-authored a study of the put and call options markets, How to Make Money Selling Stock Options. Mr. Asen joined the brokerage firm of Mitchell, Hutchins & Co. in 1967 where he worked in the investment advisory department with responsibility for research on small technology stocks. Between 1969 and 1974, Mr. Asen was a portfolio manager with Research and Science Investors, a New York based venture capital and money management firm. From 1974 until 1977, Mr. Asen was self-employed as a journalist specializing in reporting on municipal finance issues. In 1977, Mr. Asen became a general partner of Pioneer Ventures, a group of venture capital and special situations entities created by a wealthy New York investor. Throughout the following two decades, Mr. Asen had primary responsibility for managing the various Pioneer Ventures entities, which were successfully liquidated over a number of years with final payments made in 2002. Mr. Asen is currently a private investor managing a portfolio of equity and real estate investments for his personal account. At present, Mr. Asen sits on the boards of three privately held companies. He is a Trustee of Groton School and The Paris Review and a board member of the Mt. Desert Land and Garden Preserve.

Tom Cassutt
Mr. Cassutt is the Co-President of Nelson Nameplate, a rapid prototyping and engineering support company based in Los Angeles, California. Prior to joining Nelson, Mr. Cassutt functioned as the Controller of Bristol Corporation from 1978-1984. He currently sits on the board of American Security Products and Columbia Sanitary Products. Mr. Cassutt received his Bachelors degree in Physics from the University of California, Irvine and his M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

William N. Thorndike
Mr. Thorndike founded Housatonic Partners in 1994. Prior to that, Mr. Thorndike worked with the Walker Publishing Company and T. Rowe Price Associates.
Mr. Thorndike is a graduate of Harvard College and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a Director of Access Information Management; Alta Colleges; Continental Fire & Safety Services, LLC; Carillon Assisted Living, LLC; Rapid Communications, LLC; White Flower Farm, Inc. and a Trustee of the Groton School, the Boston Athenaeum, and the College of the Atlantic.

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Cambria focuses on quality businesses with revenues of under $50 million and valuations of under $25 million, investing across a wide range of industries, including the low-tech manufacturing, distribution and service sectors. Cambria considers a variety of transaction types as well, from outright acquisitions to growth equity financings.

Coppermine Capital, LLC
Coppermine Capital is a private investment firm looking to acquire small to mid-size manufacturing and service companies with sales between $5 and $25 million. We have a long-term investment horizon and are committed to managing and growing our investments over many years. Coppermine Capital will play an active role in management, but is willing to partner with existing management to create lasting value and growth.

Housatonic Partners
Housatonic Partners is a private equity investment firm founded in 1994 with over $600 million in capital under management. We invest in growing, profitable companies in the recurring services, media and communications industries. We have partnered with exceptional management teams in more than fifty small to mid-sized companies in these industries over the last thirteen years.

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