Technology >> Sector Roundtables >> April 2, 2001
ROBERT B. WILKES is a Vice President at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder,
Inc. Previously he was associated with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Mr.
Wilkes received an AB from Yale and an MBA from Harvard. He is a
Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the AIMR and the NYSSA. Mr.
Wilkes is married and has two children. In his free time he enjoys
playing basketball, monitoring monetary policy and watching 'whodunits.' Profile
JOHN L. BAUER III is a Senior Vice President and Telecom1munications
Analyst at Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co. He was previously associated
with Duff Phelps, Oppenheimer & Co., Kidder Peabody & Co., Prudential
Securities, Lehman Brothers and Fahnestock & Co. He has 18 years of Wall
Street experience as an Analyst in the telecommunications and media
sectors and his coverage universe consists of 15 Competitive Local
Exchange Carriers. Mr. Bauer received a BA in Philosophy and MBA in
Finance from Marquette University. Profile
GARY JACOBI is an Analyst covering Telecommunications Services at
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, Inc. He was previously associated with Bear
Stearns and Oppeheimer Funds. Mr. Jacobi came to Wall Street after
spending approximately 15 years in the former Bell System. He will be
joining the telecom equity research team headed by Jeff Hines, and he
will be responsible for covering the large cap telecommunications
companies. Mr. Jacobi received a BA in Economics, a BS in Management and
an MBA from the State University of NY at Buffalo. Additionally, he has
an MS in Finance from Baruch College, and is a member of the faculty at
New York University's School of Continuing Education. Profile
CANNON CARR is an Executive Director and Senior Equity Analyst in CIBC
World Markets' wireline telecom services group. He was previously
associated with BancAmerica, Robert Stephens and Coopers & Lybrand
Consulting's Telecom and Media Group. Mr. Carr received a BA from
Princeton University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Profile
TWST: Gary, let's define the sector that we're talking about. What doyou include in the coverage of wireline telecommunications services?
Mr. Jacobi: What I personally include are what we