Robert Sean Collins

Biography

Mr. Robert Sean Collins, also known as Bob, has been Principal Accounting Officer, Vce President and Controller of Crown Castle International Corp. since January 1, 2016. Mr. Collins served as Interim Vice President of Accounting at Crown Castle International Corp. since December 12, 2016. He served as Vice President and Controller of Arconic Inc. (formerly Alcoa Inc.) since October 21, 2013. Mr. Collins served as Assistant Controller of Alcoa from May 2009 to October 21, 2013. Mr. Collins was responsible for Alcoa’s global financial accounting policies, served as a primary liaison with Alcoa’s external auditors and oversees several financial functions including corporate consolidations, external reporting, merger and acquisitions and SOX compliance. He joined Alcoa in February 2005 as Director of Financial Transactions and Policy and was responsible for managing and providing financial accounting support to the global merger and acquisitions and divestitures activities of Alcoa. He served as the lead finance representative for a number of Alcoa’s large recent transactions, including the 2008 divestiture of the Packaging and Consumer business. Mr. Collins’s role was expanded in July 2006 to also include being responsible for Alcoa’s global financial accounting policies. Prior to joining Alcoa, he spent fourteen years at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in its Pittsburgh and New York offices. From March 2000 through January 2005, he worked in PwC’s Transaction Services practice in New York, where as a Director he provided merger and acquisition advisory services to both financial and strategic buyers. He specialized in pre-and post-acquisition due diligence services and led multi-disciplinary teams (including tax, human resource and information technology specialists) for transactions with values ranging from $25 million to over $1 billion. He joined PwC in 1991 and spent the first nine years of his career in the audit practice in Pittsburgh. Mr. Collins is a CPA and earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and a Master of Science in Accounting at the University of Virginia in 1989 and 1991, respectively.

Research Interest

Electrical & Electronic Systems