Curt was previously a Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston, joining CSFB in 2000 after its acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He was an equities research analyst at CSFB in the natural gas and electricity utility industries. Curt joined DLJ in 1987 as a senior natural gas industry analyst and also followed electric utilities, exploration & production and major domestic oil companies during his research career. He was named the #1 Natural Gas analyst in the Institutional Investor poll from 1989 through 2001 (except for 1996 when he was ranked #2) and received numerous commendations, awards and top rankings in other research polls and publications. He began his career as a research analyst in 1984 at L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin. Prior to that, he worked for Gruss Petroleum as Operations Manager for Exploration & Production, for Mobil Oil as a staff accountant and for Arthur Young & Company as a senior auditor. He currently serves as a Trustee of the North Shore LIJ Health System and a Director of the Institute of Medical Research at North Shore LIJ. Curt is a 1977 graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo with a BS in Accounting/Business Administration. |