Industry & Services >> Sector Roundtables >> January 25, 1999

Roundtable Forum: Staffing Services Industry

Mark W. Allen is a Managing Director in the Equity Research Department at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Capital Markets in Atlanta, Georgia. His area of research coverage is business and technology services, primarily human capital management. He has been in the investment business for 15 years and prior to that worked as a software development project manager for the Georgia Tech Research Institute. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1983 and a Master's degree in Management and Finance in 1987. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Atlanta Society of Financial Analysts. Profile
JUDITH G. SCOTT is a Managing Director with Robert W. Baird & Company, Inc. Previously, she was a teacher at Gallaudet University for the Deaf in Washington, D.C. and an interpreter for the deaf. Ms. Scott received her Bachelor's degree from Stanford University, her Master's degree in Italian Literature from Catholic University of America, and her MBA from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. A Chartered Financial Analyst, she is on the board and is past President of the Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Milwaukee. Profile
Jeff Silber is a Managing Director and Senior Analyst in the BMO Capital Markets Equity Research Group, covering the business and professional services industry, including education and training.He publishes The Report Card, a periodic report on the education industry, and he serves as the host and moderator for BMO Capital Markets' annual Back to School Education Conference. Mr. Silber's research has been recognized by many industry surveys. Most recently, he was ranked third in the Business & Industrial Services category of The Wall Street Journal's "Best on the Street" Analysts Survey for 2008. He is a CPA and holds an MBA from the Wharton Business School and a B.S. from Yeshiva University. Profile
TWST: Will you begin with a review of the performance of the staffing

stocks in 1998 and the factors that contributed most to the performance

on the upside and on the downside?

Ms. Scott: In