Tom Collins
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Tom Collins

Literature & Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Summary Biography: M. Thomas (Tom) Collins writes from his home in Franklin, Tennessee, where his characters come to life and frequent familiar places in the bucolic middle Tennessee landscape and the majestic mountains of Western North Carolina. The author's latest book, Exploring Asheville, was the 2022 winner of the Independent Press Award and the NYC Big Book Award for its literary category. His novel Beyond Visual Range, was NYC Big Book 2022 Award’s Distinguished Favorite in Military Fiction. A pioneer entrepreneur of the information technology industry, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the ALM publication, Law Technology News, for his contribution to the use of technology in the legal services community. Citytech, a London-based publication, called him an “outstanding individual and visionary” when he was named as one of the Top 100 Global Tech Leaders. Although now retired from the commercial world, he continues to write and speak on leadership and management as well as pen his mystery series, Mark Rollins Adventures. In addition, he recently departed from his usual genre to write about Western North Carolina and its city they call the Weirdest, Happiest, Quirkiest, and Most Haunted Place in America, Asheville. . Additional Information: M. Thomas (Tom) Collins earned his Master's Degree from the University of Alabama in 1965 and began his career as a CPA with Price Waterhouse (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers). He left Price Waterhouse in 1968 to pursue the emerging business opportunity that followed IBM's consent decree allowing the use of IBM computers for the purpose of providing services. It was the birth of the information technology industry. After serving as one of the principals of Compass, Inc., and then Vice President of NLT Computer Services, he joined with four associates to found the public company Endata, Inc. Collins began Juris, Inc. in March 1986. When Juris was purchased by LexisNexis, it had become the leading provider of financial and business information systems for multi-partner law firms.
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