Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> March 31, 2003

Payment & Financial Processors: Brandt Sakakeeny – Deutsche Bank Securities

BRANDT SAKAKEENY, Director, is a member of Deutsche Bank Securities' Equity Research Department, covering the business services industry. His area of focus includes labor and human resources, consulting and professional services, and transactional and payroll processing. He was named to the Third Team of Institutional Investor magazine's 2001 All American Research Team. He also received the number two ranking in his category by Reuters. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in May 2000, he was the Senior Business Services Analyst at Salomon Smith Barney and was ranked number one in his category in Greenwich's 2000 survey of research franchises. Prior to assuming coverage of business services in June 1999, he was a leading member of Salomon's Educational Services Team that achieved a number two ranking in the Institutional Investor poll in 1998. He joined Salomon Smith Barney in 1995 following a position as Research Associate at Schroeder Wertheim, where he supported the number one ranked lodging analyst. He received an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in Economics and Management from DePauw University. Profile
TWST: Would you start out with a quick overview of your coverage?

Mr. Sakakeeny: I cover business and professional services. It is

not really an industry in the way that restaurants is