Technology >> Analyst Interviews >> June 25, 2001
Dan K. Scovel is a semiconductor analyst with Tokeneke Research LLC in
Connecticut. He began his professional career in technical sales and marketing
roles in 1984 with Advanced Micro Devices, experienced two small startup
companies, and then spent the last six years of his industry tenure with Cirrus
Logic where he supported the firm's Japanese market development. He began his
career as a senior semiconductor analyst with Fahnestock & Company in 1996, was
recruited by Needham & Company in April 2000, and founded Tokeneke Research in
2005. He obtained his undergraduate BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Washington in Seattle and his MBA, with an emphasis in Finance,
from Santa Clara University located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Profile
industry cycle at this point?
Mr. Scovel: We're in the middle of a pretty bad downturn. Arguably, it's
the worst downturn in
