General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> August 25, 1997
H. PETER CASTELLANOS is Senior Vice President of Cruttenden Roth. Born
in San Francisco and raised in the Bay Area, he is a graduate of the
University of California at Berkeley. He began his career with E.F.
Hutton and Company in 1964, and became a partner and Director of
Research at Henry F. Swift & Co. in San Francisco in 1970. After several
years of operating small businesses, he resumed his investment career
with Smith Barney in 1986 and later Prudential Securities. At
Prudential, he was a portfolio manager and published the Emerging Growth
Review a research publication devoted to under followed securities. In
1994, he joined Cruttenden Roth as a special situation analyst and
institutional salesman. Mr. Castellanos' research efforts are focused on
companies with market capitalizations under $250 million. Emphasis is
placed on companies with strong balance sheets, consistent earnings
records, and new products or significant management changes which could
accelerate the growth rate. Target companies are often consumer driven
or have simple technologies which are easily understood. His most recent
reports have been in Magal Security Systems, a perimeter security
company, Hartsmarx, a diversified apparel manufacturer, and Barringer
Technologies, a manufacturer of drug and explosive detection equipment.
Married with four children, Mr. Castellanos lives in Santa Barbara where
he works in Cruttenden Roth's institutional office. His hobbies include
fly fishing, flytying, telemark skiing and golf. Profile
Mr. Castellanos: Cruttenden Roth is a regional firm in southern
California with offices in Seattle, Denver and San Francisco in
