Timmy Grins

Timmy Grins has a very diverse background, the commonalities among his experiences include the will to achieve by taking advantage of emerging opportunities and the readiness to exert tremendous energy while accepting significant personal risk.---In Business, Timmy has worked for 6 years as a fully licensed, practicing financial advisor. Currently, he manages over 50 million dollars of private client assets. Beyond providing ongoing financial management he engages in business planning for several clients whose businesses generate revenue at the minimum of 10 million dollars each. Tims skills within the firm have been recognized and he has been asked to assist in the training of new advisors. He routinely holds seminars at the local branch level in different marketing strategies.---As an entrepreneur, Timmy has been the President and CEO of Arcane Music Inc., a start up music business enterprise, since its inception 4 years ago. While at the helm the organization, it has successfully launched several projects. The first project was a hip hop group bearing the same name Arcane. Arcane, under his guidance has released 3 singles and an LP. The singles, all charted well into the top 25 both nationally and internationally and the LP released a year ago has recorded nearly 6000 sales. In addition the group has received critical acclaim and was voted the number one hip hop group in the Mid Atlantic by the readers of Music Monthly, the largest monthly music publication in the region.---The second project launched was a monthly hip hop event titled the Elements Party. The event has been a standout for the last 3 years combining internationally known hip hop stars with emerging local talents in a show that has garnered significant critical acclaim. The years 2004 and 2005 the Elements Party was recognized as the Number One place to see hip hop in the Mid Atlantic region by the City Paper in its annual award presentation which was judged both by readers and panelists alike.---The third project launched by the music group was an all day music event titled the Tru Skool Festival which was held in June of 2003. The well attended event featured artists from all over North America in a day of music and art centered on the hip hop culture.---The fourth project brought by the group is The Breakdown TV, the world's first online Hip Hop video show. In partnership with 97 Percent Ent, the show has become known as the place to see Hip Hop and video on the web in less than one year. Timmy serves as both the co-creator and host of the show now in its third season. Recently, the show was added to the lineup at OSTN the Open Student Television Network and is now viewable on the desktop of more than 3 million students at more than 240 different colleges across the US.---Further, Timmy is the founder and CEO of Breakneck Road, an artist management firm. His current roster includes Arcane, Hangar 18, and Dez&Nobs. The firm has also done work for Q Unique, handled the sponsorship responsiblity for Code of the Cutz on the Vans Warped Tour in 2004 and 2005, and has assisted with career development for many artists in the greater Baltimore, Maryland and New Jersey Hip Hop scenes.---In charity, he has been active in several non-profit initiatives both in and around the city of Baltimore, most importantly was the role he played in the development of the Strength in Numbers project which was a CD comprised of Baltimore area artists, put together in response to a family brutally murdered by area drug dealers.---Timmy, a New Jersey native now residing in Annapolis, Maryland earned a Bachelors degree in the field of Psychology from Towson University. While studying for his degree he also served as a starter on the schools nationally ranked Rugby Football Club.