Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> October 7, 2002

Scott Griffith – Stonegate Securities Inc

SCOTT GRIFFITH, President of Stonegate Securities, Inc., joined the Firm in 1992 in order to pursue his interest in providing corporate finance services to small cap public companies. In March 2000, Mr. Griffith teamed with partner Jesse Shelmire to purchase the firm. Mr. Griffith is the co-owner of Stonegate Securities as well as a Senior Investment Banker. Prior to joining Stonegate in 1992, Mr. Griffith was a Vice President at Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette from 1980 to 1988 and a Vice President at Smith Barney from 1988 to 1992. Mr. Griffith received his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Florida State University in 1979. Stonegate has assisted numerous small cap companies in raising over $250 million in private placement transactions with institutional investors in the last 24 months. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief introduction of Stonegate

Securities?

Mr. Griffith: Stonegate Securities is a 30-year-old broker dealer

located in Dallas, Texas, with about 20 employees. We