Technology >> Sector Roundtables >> June 17, 2002
TODD K. KOFFMAN, a Managing Director at Raymond James, joined the
firm's Equity Research Department in June 1998, focusing on
telecommunications and cable equipment. Mr. Koffman has been quoted
extensively in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Street.com
and Kiplinger. He has also been featured on CNBC and On24, Inc. He has
previously held analyst positions at Lehman Brothers and Dean Witter
Reynolds. Mr. Koffman also has experience as an RF Electronics Engineer
with Raytheon and Grumman Aerospace. He holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Physics from the State University of New York and an MBA from
Adelphi University. Profile
SAMUEL WILSON is the Analyst covering the data networking industry for
the Communications Equipment group at Merrill Lynch. Prior to joining
Merrill Lynch in June 2000, Mr. Wilson worked at Banc of America
Securities, Montgomery Division, and C.E. Unterberg, Towbin. Prior to
that, he worked for four years at Applied Materials, Inc., in various
engineering and management positions. He holds and has pending patents
on tungsten and copper processing technologies. Before joining Applied
Materials, Mr. Wilson was a Captain in the United States Army, stationed
in the United States and Europe. Mr. Wilson earned his MBA with Honors
at the University of California at Berkeley in 2000. He earned his BS
with Honors in Electrical Engineering along with a minor in Mathematics
at Seattle University in 1991. Profile
DAVID H. TOUNG, a Vice President of McDonald Investments, joined the
firm in October 2000 as a Senior Equity Research Analyst covering the
telecommunications equipment industry. Before joining McDonald, he was
associated with Argus Research, the Standard & Poor's Rating Group and
the Global Capital Markets group of The Chase Manhattan Bank. He is
recognized as an expert in the telecommunications equipment industry.
In July 2000, he gave a presentation on the state of the telecom
equipment industry at Charles Schwab's technology conference in Chicago.
In addition, he has made numerous appearances on CNNfn, CNBC, CBS
Evening News, and Bloomberg TV as well as given interviews on radio and
in print publications. He has a JD from Rutgers School of Law, where he
was a member of the Law Review, and a BA in Government from Cornell
University. Profile
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Mr. Wilson: I'm the senior analyst who covers data networking at Merrill
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