James Pizzo

JAMES PIZZO is a Managing Director and Equity Portfolio Strategist at
CIBC Oppenheimer, a New York based investment banking, asset management
and securities brokerage firm and prior to his present position was with
Dean Witter Reynolds. Mr. Pizzo is a member of CIBC Oppenheimer’s
Investment Policy Committee and a Member of the Stock Review Committee,
evaluating research recommendations, developing investment themes and
timely ideas for the retail and institutional sales force. Mr. Pizzo
attended Pace University where he majored in Accounting. He appears
regularly on CNBC, CNN, Reuters and Bloomberg News, and is frequently
quoted in various newspapers and foreign investment publications. Mr.
Pizzo began his career on Wall Street in 1968 after being honorably
discharged from the U.S. Navy. Born in New York City, he currently lives
in Greenwich, Connecticut with his wife Ellen and their three children.