KRISHNA SHANKAR joined JMP Securities LLC in September 2002 and is a
Managing Director and Senior Analyst of Semiconductors. He has 20 years
of experience within the semiconductor industry, serving a wide variety
of roles, ranging from semiconductor engineering R&D, industry strategic
consulting and research, to Wall Street semiconductor research and
investment banking. Prior to starting at JMP, he was Principal of
Semiconductor Banking at Banc of America Securities from 2000 to 2002.
He also worked as a Managing Director of Semiconductor Banking at
Needham & Co. from 1998 to 2000. Prior experience includes serving as a
Senior Semiconductor analyst at DLJ Securities from 1994 to 1998 and at
Salomon Brothers from 1993 to 1994. He received a BS in Chemical
Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, India, an MS in
Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, and an MS in Engineering Management from Stanford University.
