Technology >> Analyst Interviews >> August 9, 2001
WILLIAM G. CRAWFORD recently joined U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc. as a
Vice President and Senior Research Analyst covering mobile computing and
communications companies. Before joining the Equity Research department
of U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Mr. Crawford was the Senior Analyst
covering handheld computing companies at Merrill Lynch. At Merrill, he
co-authored groundbreaking research on the Internet Appliance category,
signaling the important trend toward purpose-built mobile devices and
away from the one-size-fits-all computing paradigm. As a result of his
work, Mr. Crawford was the only research analyst to be involved with the
IPOs of both Palm and Handspring, and he was the lead analyst on
Research In Motion's successful $600 million follow-on offering in
October 2000. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Crawford spent more than 12
years in the computer industry and most recently was a co-Founder of
Netcast Communications Corp., an innovative Internet broadcasting
company. He recently joined U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray as a Vice
President and Senior Research Analyst covering mobile computing and
communications companies. Profile
What are the major issues that you focus on as you review companies in
that area?
Mr. Crawford: It's very complex, so
