Brandon Dobell joined William Blair & Co. in 2007. He a Chicago-based Analyst and Co-Group Head specializing in the education and business services industries. Mr. Dobell was previously Group Head of global services research at Credit Suisse. He also worked in equity research at Bank of America Securities, where he covered business and education services companies. Mr. Dobell holds an MBA in finance from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and B.A. in history and political science from the University of California, San Diego.James Maher is a Senior Analyst focused on education at ThinkEquity, which he joined in 2005 . Prior to joining ThinkEquity, Mr. Maher co-founded a quantitative marketing analysis consulting firm that served clients such as Charles Schwab & Co. and Wells Fargo Bank. He also worked in financial planning and analysis at Visa U.S.A., and he was a Corporate Controller at OffRoad Capital. Mr. Maher holds a B.S. with honors in computer science from Seton Hall University and earned an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
