ZACHARY CHERRY is currently an independent analyst covering the lodging
and gaming sectors. He was previously with Neuberger Berman, LLC. Mr.
Cherry graduated from Brown University.
YI RI, MD, PhD, is a Team Member at Mehta Partners LLC. He earned a
combined advanced degree in Neuroscience from the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, New York, and has since worked as a science advisor
evaluating patent portfolio, clinical trial studies and patent
infringement issues.
WILLIAM WARMINGTON JR., a Director in the Equity Research
Department at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, covers the advertising
and marketing services universe within the media sector and the
marketing and information services universe within the business
and technology services sector. He was ranked the number two
stock picker (out of 43 analysts) in The Wall Street Journal’s
Best of the Street Analysts Survey in June 2002 for the general
industrial services category. He received honorable mentions in
the annual Institutional Investor survey in two categories:
advertising agencies and marketing services (2001) and business
and professional services (2000 and 2001), and he was named in
the 2000 Reuters Survey. He has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV,
and in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York
Times, The Financial Times, Barron’s, Advertising Age, Credit
Card Management, and Credit Risk & Collections magazine. Prior to
joining SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in February 1998, he worked in
equity research at Alex. Brown and in corporate banking at Chase
Manhattan and Brown Brothers Harriman. He has a BA in History
from Brown University.
WILLIAM W. HAMILTON is an Investment Research Equity Analyst for
Pershing LLC and is responsible for covering the aerospace and
defense industry. Prior to joining the Investment Research
Department full-time in 2001, he participated in Pershing’s
Corporate Training Program. Mr. Hamilton graduated from Duke
University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Political Science with a minor in Economics and History.
WILLIAM V. POWER, CFA, is a Vice President at Robert W. Baird & Co. and
is Baird’s Senior Research Analyst covering communications services.
Prior to joining Baird in 2000, he was a Vice President in the Equity
Research Group of J.C. Bradford & Co., where he covered wireless
telecommunications companies. Before joining J.C. Bradford & Co., he was
with Hoak Breedlove Wesneski & Co., where he held several positions, the
last being wireless telecommunications analyst. He was named to The Wall
Street Journal ‘Best On The Street’ All-Star Team in 2000 and 2002 for
his work in wireless telecommunications. He received his BA from Tulane
University.
WILLIAM TRUELOVE is a director in the consumer group of UBS Investment
Research, specializing in coverage of the lodging sector. He began
serving as the lodging sector analyst in the real estate and lodging
research team in 2003, and was promoted to senior lodging analyst in
2004. Prior to the UBS AG acquisition of PaineWebber Incorporated, Mr.
Truelove worked as an associate lodging analyst at PaineWebber, starting
there in 1998. Previously, he worked in investment banking as an
associate vice president at NorthEast Capital & Advisory, specializing
in merger and acquisitions for community banks. Mr. Truelove holds an
MBA from the Simon School of Business Administration, specializing in
finance, and a BS degree in Economics with highest Honors from the
Georgia Institute of Technology.
WILLIAM R. LOOMIS is a Managing Director and Group Head of the
Technology Research Group at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. His coverage
includes companies that provide data processing, custom software
development, and systems integration services primarily to large
corporate customers. Prior to joining Legg Mason, Mr. Loomis followed
the IT Services industry for Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc. for seven years.
A Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the Baltimore Security
Analysts Society, and a member of the Association for Investment
Management Research, Mr. Loomis is a graduate of the University of
Maryland.
WILLIAM R. BECKLEAN is Senior Vice President of Tucker Anthony, Inc. and
was prev-iously associated with Kidder Peabody. Mr. Becklean earned his
Bachelor’s degree from Yale University and his M.B.A. from Harvard
University. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he is a member of the NYSSA.
Mr. Becklean is married, has two children as well as two step-children.
Among his personal interests are rowing and skiing.
WILLIAM MCKEEVER is a Managing Director specializing in the managed care
industry in the healthcare group of UBS Warburg Equity Research. An
analyst since 1993, Mr. McKeever was named a runner-up in the managed
care category on Institutional Investor’s All-American Research Team in
2000. Prior to joining UBS Warburg, Mr. McKeever was associated with
PaineWebber, Schroder & Company, Kidder Peabody, Janney Montgomery Scott
and First Boston and Company. Mr. McKeever holds an MBA from The Wharton
School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Denison
University.
WILLIAM McCRYSTAL, Managing Director, joined MB&R in 2000 from MBIA
Insurance Corporation, where he was responsible for credit analysis and
underwritings of financial institution risk. After his eight-year
career as a bank examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Mr.
McCrystal worked as an equity analyst at Ryan, Beck & Co. and a bank
analyst for Thomson BankWatch. He received his BS degree from
Manhattan College.
