NATE GRADY
Operating Partner

Nate is an Operating Partner at Mountain Capital and is responsible for deal origination, analysis, due diligence and execution, and ongoing portfolio management. 

Nate was previously Vice President at the firm. Prior to that, he was President and CFO of Paradox Resources, LLC, a fully integrated independent upstream and midstream energy company focused on the development and production of natural gas and helium assets in the Paradox Basin in Southern Utah. Before joining Paradox, Nate was a Director in the Upstream Group at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., covering the Rockies, Eagle Ford, and the Delaware Basin, advising on over $15 billion of private and public M&A and A&D transactions, with further experience in Strategic Alternatives and Restructuring. Before joining TPH in 2015, Nate held various positions in the Drilling Group for Schlumberger, including Field Test Coordinator for Automated Drilling Systems and Engineer in Charge of Operations in the Fayetteville Shale. He began his career at Schlumberger as a Drilling and Measurements Field Engineer in the Gulf of Mexico in 2007.

Nate holds an MBA from the University of Texas, with a focus on Energy Finance, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia.