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Rock Hill’s investment professionals work actively with management to grow and
improve company operating results in order to achieve long-term value
appreciation. Key areas of involvement include, developing strategic goals and
objectives, identifying and sourcing internal and external growth opportunities,
management recruitment and development, budgeting, finance and management
information systems. Key members of our team:
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Randall B. Hale
FOUNDER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mr. Hale founded Rock Hill Capital Group and serves as its Managing Director.
Mr. Hale is responsible for managing all aspects of the investment activities of
the Fund including fund raising, deal sourcing and investment management of
portfolio companies.
Prior to founding Rock Hill, Mr. Hale served as an Executive Vice President and
Director of Equus Capital Management Corporation ("Equus") for ten years. Equus,
located in Houston, Texas, has served as the investment advisor to several
private equity funds including Equus II Incorporated (NYSE Symbol: EQS). As a
principal investment officer for Equus, Mr. Hale negotiated and executed
multiple purchase and sale transactions involving public and private companies.
Prior to joining Equus in November 1992, Mr. Hale served in an audit, consulting
and advisory capacity with a public accounting firm in Houston, Texas.
Mr. Hale is co-founder and Executive Chairman of ConGlobal Industries, Inc. (“ConGlobal”).
ConGlobal was formed in September 2004 to facilitate the merger of
Container-Care International, Inc. (“Container-Care”) and Global Intermodal
Systems, Inc. Prior to the merger, Mr. Hale served as the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Container-Care. ConGlobal operates 23 intermodal facilities
throughout the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica servicing the international
trade, logistics and transportation industries. ConGlobal is the largest company
of its type in the world. In addition, Mr. Hale has served as a Director for
several public and private corporations and is currently a Director and Chairman
of the Audit Committee of Englobal Corporation (NASDAQ Symbol: ENG), a publicly
traded contract engineering company serving the oil, gas and petrochemical
industries.
Mr. Hale is the past President and Director of the Houston Private Equity
Association and is an active member of the Association for Corporate Growth. Mr.
Hale has also served as a Director of several charitable organizations in
Houston and continues to serve as a Director and Executive Committee Member of
Boys & Girls Country of Houston and Chairman of the Boys & Girls Country
Endowment Fund. Mr. Hale received a BBA in Business Administration from Texas
A&M University in 1985 and is a certified public accountant.
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James P. Wilson
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mr. Wilson joined Rock Hill Capital Group in September 2009 and serves as a Managing Director.
Mr. Wilson assists in managing all aspects of the investment activities of the Fund including fund raising,
deal sourcing and investment management of portfolio companies. Mr. Wilson functions as a liaison helping
to manage relationships with our current and future investment partners.
Prior to joining Rock Hill, Mr. Wilson was a founder and Managing Partner of RSTW Partners (“RSTW”)
a Houston, Texas based mezzanine debt and private equity firm. Founded in 1989, RSTW invested in
55 operating companies over a period of 15 years. The RSTW investments covered a wide variety of
industries in the manufacturing, distribution and service sectors. RSTW raised a series of three
institutional mezzanine funds totaling $875 million in committed capital. Mr. Wilson has been a
member of the board of directors of over twenty operating companies, including, among others; 24
Hour Fitness, Inc., Student Transportation of America, Inc., Supply ONE Packaging, Inc. and Restaurants
Unlimited, Inc. Prior to founding RSTW, he was a Vice President with First Texas Merchant Banking
Group, a subordinated debt lender. Mr. Wilson began his career with the international accounting
firm Arthur Young (now Ernst & Young) as an auditor, focusing on the manufacturing and financial
institution sectors.
Mr. Wilson currently serves on the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System.
He was appointed by Governor Rick Perry in June of 2007. He was elected Vice-Chairman
of the Board of Regents in May of 2009. Mr. Wilson is also a member of the Board for Lease
of University Lands. Mr. Wilson is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the 12th Man
Foundation and is a member of the Mays Business School Development Council. He also served
as a member of the board of directors of the Texas Growth Fund from 2007 through 2009.
Mr. Wilson received a BBA in Business Administration from Texas A&M University in 1981 and is a certified public accountant.
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Jeffery S. Christman
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mr. Christman is a Director of Rock Hill Capital Group and assists in managing
all aspects of the investment activities of the Fund including, deal sourcing
and investment management of portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Rock Hill, Mr. Christman served as the Chief Financial Officer
of TRE Financial Services, LLC ("TRE") for five years. During his tenure at TRE,
Mr. Christman was responsible for all finance and treasury activities which
included annual refinancing of the company’s senior debt, redemption of the
outstanding preferred stock, an acquisition of an Atlanta-based software company
and negotiations and restructuring of the company’s mezzanine debt. Most
recently, Mr. Christman guided the company through negotiations with several
interested strategic buyers before presiding over the company’s ultimate
sale/leveraged recapitalization with a local private equity firm.
Before joining TRE, Mr. Christman served as the Chief Financial Officer of
American Trenchless, a venture capital sponsored utility construction company
based in Houston, and before that he served as Chief Financial Officer of
Genesis Park LP, a Houston-based venture capital firm. For almost four years Mr.
Christman served as Chief Financial Officer of Advantage Outdoor Company that
was sold to Lamar Outdoor (NASDAQ: LAMR) in May 2000. Advantage was a successful
private equity sponsored “Buy and Build” consolidation of billboard properties
in the Southwest. Mr. Christman negotiated and closed over 50 acquisitions and
managed a $100 million syndicated credit facility. He also worked for Sysco
Corporation (NYSE: SYY) for eight years as a Chief Financial Officer of two of
its operating divisions with revenue of $250M and $350M respectively.
Mr. Christman received a B.B.A. in Business Administration from Iowa State
University in 1986 and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of
Texas.
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Ryan W. Shelton
Associate
Mr. Ryan Shelton is an Associate of Rock Hill and assists in
investment opportunity evaluation and portfolio management.
Prior to joining Rock Hill, Mr. Shelton served as an Assistant Vice-President in
the Middle Market Commercial Lending Group at Amegy Bank N.A. While at Amegy,
Mr. Shelton managed a loan portfolio in excess of $50,000,000 with customers in
the oilfield services, distribution, and healthcare industries. The loan
portfolio included a mix of working capital lines of credit, equipment term
loans, and owner occupied real estate term loans. Mr. Shelton’s duties included
arranging appropriate capital structures, underwriting new credit requests,
regular review of customer performance and monitoring of financial covenant
requirements, preparation of loan packages, presentation of loan packages to
executive committee for approval, and legal document negotiation and execution.
Mr. Shelton received a B.B.A in Finance / General Business and a B.S. in
Agricultural & Applied Economics from Texas Tech University in 2003.
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Stacey G. Wells
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR
Stacey Golden Wells is the Executive Administrator. Mrs. Wells has over eighteen
years experience in office management, marketing and accounting. Prior to
joining Rock Hill she ran her own successful business and has worked in the
banking, oil and gas and public accounting industries. She is actively involved
with charitable organizations in the Houston area.
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