Technology >> Analyst Interviews >> September 1, 2003

Computer Hardward & Networking Stocks: Megan Graham-hackett – Standard & Poor’s Equity Group

MEGAN GRAHAM-HACKETT is the computer hardware and networking analyst for Standard & Poor's Equity Research Department, a position she has held since 1997. In this position, Ms. Graham-Hackett covers 30 companies related to the computer hardware and data networking technology sectors. Since joining Standard & Poor's in 1997, she has been interviewed and quoted widely on her coverage of technology issues for S&P, including appearances on CNBC, CNN, ABC and Nightly Business Report, and quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswire and Bloomberg News. Prior to S&P, she served as an aerospace industry analyst at Merrill Lynch & Co. from 1994 to 1997. She started her Wall Street career in 1990, when she served as an aerospace industry analyst at Prudential Securities, Inc. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Mount Holyoke College, and was credited with an honorable mention for her achievements in the final examinations for Economics majors. In addition, she has completed subsequent course work in Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis and Equity Valuation from a variety of institutions, including study for the Chartered Financial Analyst certificate program, for which she has successfully passed Level One. She also has Series 7, Series 16 and Series 63 licenses. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with your coverage and how you see the world at

this point?

Ms. Graham-Hackett: My coverage is principally computer hardware and

networking companies. In the computer