Mr. Parker joined Southport Capital in 2001. He began his investment career at Merrill Lynch in 1996 and also served as Vice President of Trust Investments at SunTrust Bank. Before initiating his investment career, Mr. Parker enjoyed success as a Major League baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and Seattle Mariners. He received a Bachelor’s in General Education from Louisiana State University where he played football and baseball for the Tigers.
Mr. Woods joined Southport Capital in 2008. He began his investment career at Merrill Lynch in 1981. He has had an extensive career of money management at Bear Sterns, Shearson Lehman Brothers, Cralin & Co., Inc., Robinson-Humphrey Co., LLC, CIBC World Markets Corporation, with his last nineteen years being spent at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Brooks has more than 35 years experience as a financial advisor and portfolio manager to families, institutions and corporate investors throughout the southeast. He is a certified financial planner and was most recently associated with Oppenheimer & Co in Atlanta. In addition to his CFP certification, Darold holds a Bachelor of Science in Business administration and Master of Business degrees. He will receive a Master of Science in Management with concentrations in International Management and Human Resource Management in December 2010.
Mr. Tomlin founded Southport Capital in 1991. Prior to the formation of Southport, he held a variety of portfolio management and equity research positions with several blue chip firms including Goldman Sachs and Liberty Corporation. With over forty years of investment experience, Mr. Tomlin is a CFA Charterholder and a Fellow in the Financial Analyst Federation. He received a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mr. Long joined Southport Capital in 2011. He has over 22 years of experience helping corporations, companies, non-profit institutions and high net worth individuals meet their financial objectives. His finance career began in the corporate banking group of a Boston-based predecessor to Bank of America (BayBank). After business school, he joined another predecessor to Bank of America (NationsBank) in the Corporate Finance department of its Global Bank unit, serving clients throughout the southeast as part of client teams in Charlotte, NC and Atlanta, GA. In 1997, he returned to Chattanooga, joining the Corporate Banking Group of SunTrust Bank. Over 14 years with SunTrust, he played front-line and management roles in various business units, including Commercial Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking, Private Client Services and Special Assets. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from UT-Chattanooga and an MBA (with Finance concentration) from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.