Industry & Services >> Sector Roundtables >> August 19, 2002
PRAKASH PARTHASARATHY is a Senior Equity Research Analyst for
Banc of America Securities. Formerly, he was a Senior Research
Analyst at Robertson Stephens & Co. in San Francisco, covering
international IT services companies. Mr. Parthasarathy started
his career at Peregrine and has a wide relationship with
international and technology sector money managers in the US,
Europe and Asia. He received a BE with honors from BITS, Pilani,
India, and his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management,
Bangalore, India. Profile
CYNTHIA HOULTON is a Senior Analyst and joined RBC Capital Markets in
1999. Prior to that time, she was a CLEC Analyst at Utendahl Capital
Partners. She has also worked as part of the technology research groups
at Robertson Stephens and Brown Brothers Harriman. She earned a BA
degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Wesleyan University. Profile
CHRISTOPHER PENNY of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc., has
a coverage universe focusing on all aspects of the enterprise
services industry, including research and development,
implementation, and the daily operation and management of
business information solutions. Prior to joining FBR, Mr. Penny
worked as a consultant at Electronic Data Systems (EDS),
assisting in the financial and managerial reengineering of
federal information systems. Based on his experience at EDS, Mr.
Penny acquired a solid understanding of the operating
methodologies involved with large-scale systems integration.
Prior to joining EDS, Mr. Penny spent six years as a commissioned
officer in the Naval Nuclear Submarine program. He received his
BS in computer science and his MBA in finance, magna cum laude,
from the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. Profile
and telling us how you approach the group today?
Ms. Houlton: My coverage universe is broadly defined as IT
services. That
