Mike Collins & Associates, Inc.
In 1987 Mike and Karen Collins opened Mike Collins & Associates, Inc. (MCA) to provide IT equipment to Chattanooga businesses at a competitive price and with high quality service. They started the business with one employee in an 800-square-foot office.
After purchasing their first free-standing building in Bonny Oaks Industrial Park in 1995, the owners added a maintenance division. This risky venture, requiring a large capital investment and increased staff, turned into a springboard for growth that doubled the size of the MCA building and staff.
Another milestone was the addition of an in-house leasing division, giving MCA another avenue for offering IT solutions to customers.
Over the years MCA built partnerships with Hewlett Packard, Dell Computers, IBM and other leaders in the industry.
By 2006 MCA had again outgrown its space and opened the doors to a new building on Century Oaks Drive with over 23,000 square feet of office and warehouse space.
Today MCA has 42 full-time employees with offices in Chattanooga and Nashville and the ability to service more than 500 customers nationwide through its Depot Maintenance division.
“Over the years MCA has undergone many of the challenges other small businesses face – including taking out second mortgages, cash flow issues and growing pains,” Mike Collins says. “But we have continued to stay ahead by changing the business to adapt to the ever-changing IT industry.”
MCA receives praise for its competitiveness, competence and responsiveness – qualities that allow it to often win business over larger regional or national service providers.
MCA supports many civic organizations, including the Forgotten Child Fund, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the NAACP and others.
