Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> April 19, 2004

HOMELAND SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES: BRIAN GESUALE – PIPER JAFFRAY & CO

BRIAN GESUALE is a Vice President and a senior research analyst covering RFID and homeland security at Piper Jaffray, where he previously followed the technology and business service segment. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Gesuale served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He led a transcontinental development team that created Eagle Vision, the Air Force's first family of self-sufficient commercial satellite imagery systems for the U.S. Air Force's Headquarters Office of Modeling and Simulation at the Pentagon. Mr. Gesuale was also a program manager at the U.S. Air Force's Electronic Systems based at Hanscom AFB in Massachusetts, overseeing development of the B-2 Stealth Bomber's Mission Planning System. Mr. Gesuale has a bachelor's degree in Economics from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and a master's degree in Business Administration from Bentley College in Waltham, Mass., with a concentration in finance. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a quick overview of your coverage at Piper

Jaffray?

Mr. Gesuale: The coverage that we have here at Piper is RFID and

homeland security. The technologies include a