Samuel Wilson

SAMUEL WILSON is the Analyst covering the data networking industry for
the Communications Equipment group at Merrill Lynch. Prior to joining
Merrill Lynch in June 2000, Mr. Wilson worked at Banc of America
Securities, Montgomery Division, and C.E. Unterberg, Towbin. Prior to
that, he worked for four years at Applied Materials, Inc., in various
engineering and management positions. He holds and has pending patents
on tungsten and copper processing technologies. Before joining Applied
Materials, Mr. Wilson was a Captain in the United States Army, stationed
in the United States and Europe. Mr. Wilson earned his MBA with Honors
at the University of California at Berkeley in 2000. He earned his BS
with Honors in Electrical Engineering along with a minor in Mathematics
at Seattle University in 1991.