Technology >> Analyst Interviews >> October 15, 2001
JOHN MCPEAKE is a Senior E-Development Software Analyst at Prudential
Financial. He began his career at the firm as an Associate Equity
Research Analyst alongside an Institutional Investor-ranked imaging
analyst. Previously, Mr. McPeake was Chief Operating Officer of a $25
million division of Thomson Financial services, where he oversaw a staff
of 35, including a team of 10 Programmers and Systems Engineers. At
Thomson Financial, he was responsible for several large-scale commercial
clients, server and client/server software projects. Mr. McPeake holds
an AB from Hamilton College and an MBA from New York University. Profile
TWST: Would you begin by explaining what it is precisely that operatingsystems software companies do?
Mr. McPeake: The way I like to look at the software industry and
software technology