Industry & Services >> Sector Roundtables >> January 25, 1999
Mark W. Allen is a Managing Director in the Equity Research Department
at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Capital Markets in Atlanta, Georgia. His
area of research coverage is business and technology services, primarily
human capital management. He has been in the investment business for 15
years and prior to that worked as a software development project manager
for the Georgia Tech Research Institute. He graduated from Georgia Tech
with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1983 and a
Master's degree in Management and Finance in 1987. He holds the
Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Atlanta
Society of Financial Analysts. Profile
JUDITH G. SCOTT is a Managing Director with Robert W. Baird & Company,
Inc. Previously, she was a teacher at Gallaudet University for the Deaf
in Washington, D.C. and an interpreter for the deaf. Ms. Scott received
her Bachelor's degree from Stanford University, her Master's degree in
Italian Literature from Catholic University of America, and her MBA from
the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. A Chartered Financial Analyst,
she is on the board and is past President of the Center for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing in Milwaukee. Profile
Jeff Silber is a Managing Director and Senior Analyst in the BMO Capital Markets
Equity Research Group, covering the business and professional services industry,
including education and training.He publishes The Report Card, a periodic
report on the education industry, and he serves as the host and moderator for
BMO Capital Markets' annual Back to School Education Conference. Mr. Silber's
research has been recognized by many industry surveys. Most recently, he was
ranked third in the Business & Industrial Services category of The Wall Street
Journal's "Best on the Street" Analysts Survey for 2008. He is a CPA and holds
an MBA from the Wharton Business School and a B.S. from Yeshiva University. Profile
stocks in 1998 and the factors that contributed most to the performance
on the upside and on the downside?
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