Ned Zachar

NED ZACHAR is a Partner, and Director of Telecom Services in the
Research Department at Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, where he covers the
telecom services/cable/DBS segment. Before joining the firm, Mr. Zachar
was a Senior Managing Director and the Director of High-Yield and
Emerging Markets Research at NationsBanc Montgomery Securities, with
primary responsibility for covering the media and telecommunications
sectors. Mr. Zachar previously was associated with Bear, Stearns Inc.
and Duff & Phelps Inc. During his career, Mr. Zachar has followed the
wireless and wireline communications, domestic and international
cable/satellites, broadcasting, outdoor advertising, publishing and
leisure sectors. He was named an Institutional Investor ‘Fixed-Income
All-America Research Analyst’ in 1995 and in 1996. Mr. Zachar, who is a
member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts, received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Iowa State University and a
Master of Business Administration degree from Loyola University of
Chicago.