Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> November 24, 2008
Rick Whitington joined JSA Research, Inc., in the fall of 2007 to rejoin Paul
Nisbet from their days at Prudential Securities in the early-mid-1980s covering
the aerospace/defense electronics sector. After military service, Mr.
Whittington worked in the Defense Department and Rand Corporation in 1977-1978,
then held a succession of sellside and buyside jobs as defense electronics,
semiconductor analyst and Research Director. Prior to JSA, he most recently
covered aerospace/defense while also Research Director and semiconductor analyst
at AmTech in 2002-2003 and co-covered aerospace/industrial infrastructure at
Caris in 2005-2007 in a similar vein. He has a BA in Economics with high
distinction (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Rochester and a two-year MPA
in International Politics/Economics from the Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University. Profile
TWST: What does the new administration mean for the aerospace and defense space?Mr. Whittington: It means we have a bifurcated industry again. The past five,
six years until maybe nine