Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> March 31, 2003
BRANDT SAKAKEENY, Director, is a member of Deutsche Bank Securities'
Equity Research Department, covering the business services industry. His
area of focus includes labor and human resources, consulting and
professional services, and transactional and payroll processing. He was
named to the Third Team of Institutional Investor magazine's 2001 All
American Research Team. He also received the number two ranking in his
category by Reuters. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in May 2000, he was
the Senior Business Services Analyst at Salomon Smith Barney and was
ranked number one in his category in Greenwich's 2000 survey of research
franchises. Prior to assuming coverage of business services in June
1999, he was a leading member of Salomon's Educational Services Team
that achieved a number two ranking in the Institutional Investor poll in
1998. He joined Salomon Smith Barney in 1995 following a position as
Research Associate at Schroeder Wertheim, where he supported the number
one ranked lodging analyst. He received an MBA from Columbia Business
School and a BA in Economics and Management from DePauw University. Profile
TWST: Would you start out with a quick overview of your coverage?Mr. Sakakeeny: I cover business and professional services. It is
not really an industry in the way that restaurants is