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Timothy Collins joined SRA in August of 2005 to to expand SRA's Capital Markets group.
Timothy began his career in Denver working part time with Peters Writer & Christensen a NYSE Member while he was finishing his BSBA at the University of Denver.
When the firm was purchased by F.I. Dupont in 1963 he became a principal with a small NASD firm in Denver and a year later bought the balance of the firm and changed the name to Collins Securities Corporation (CSC).
CSC quickly gained a foothold in the institutional equity community by recognizing the private demand for Uranium created by the construction of numerous nuclear power plants. CSC expanded by opening offices in New York and Los Angeles.
The firm broadened its research to the mining, oil and technology sectors. The firm completed several public offerings and banking assignments which included the IPO of Sensormatic Electronics and the sale of Shakey's Pizza Parlors.
In 1975 Timothy exited the securities business and formed United Mining Corporation (UMC) which focused on coal, gold and silver exploration and development. UMC's corporate headquarters moved to Reno, NV and several projects were started in Virginia City, Carlin and Battle Mountain Nevada as well as Wenatchee Washington and Bolivia.
UMC purchased an oil and gas exploration company in British Columbia and became traded on the Vancouver Exchange and subsequently NASDAQ. The price of metals and economics caused the company to sell off the projects, which was completed in 1990.
Timothy spent two years consulting to Nevada and California businesses and returned to the institutional securities business with L.H. Alton in San Francisco in 1993, and joined Van Kasper & Co. in January 1994 as Head of Institutional Sales.
Van Kasper was purchased by First Security Bank and subsequently by Wells Fargo Bank. Wells Fargo Securities shut down Sales, Research and trading in August of 2005 which enabled him to join SRA. | 