Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> February 9, 2004

IMAGING TECHNOLOGY: SHANNON CROSS – CROSS RESEARCH

Shannon Cross, as a Principal of Cross Research, focuses on the imaging technology sector, providing independent equity research on the printing and enterprise hardware industries. Prior, she was a Director for Merrill Lynch's equity research group covering the imaging technology sector. She initiated coverage of the imaging technology group in November 2001. She joined Merrill Lynch in August 1997 as an industry analyst in the equity telecom services research group. Her career at Merrill Lynch was preceded by work in the business development group of Teleport Communications Group, where she was a manager working on strategic development and mergers and acquisitions. She received her Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Columbia University and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economy from University of California, Berkeley. Profile
TWST: Shannon, would you begin with an overview of your coverage in this

space?

Ms. Cross: The companies that I cover print images on paper or film.

They include equipment vendors such as