Technology >> CEO Interviews >> February 11, 2002

James Marks – Belzberg Technologies Inc (blz:tse)

JAMES M. MARKS was appointed President of Belzberg Technologies Inc. in September 2001. Prior to joining Belzberg, Mr. Marks was a Director in Equity Research at Credit Suisse First Boston and a Managing Director at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown before that. He covered electronic commerce stocks, specializing in online financial services and financial technology. Named by Future Banker magazine as one of the 25 most influential personalities in financial services, Mr. Marks pioneered the coverage of online brokerage and banking stocks and was regarded as the leading analyst covering financial technology stocks. Before becoming a sell-side analyst, in 1987 Mr. Marks helped found and manage SNL Securities, a database company specializing in providing information and other data services on financial stocks to institutional investors. At SNL, Mr. Marks helped launch online delivery of financial information to Wall Street. He remained a partner at SNL until 1993 when he joined Sutro & Co./Hancock Institutional Equity Services as a Financial Services Equity Analyst. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a short summary and overview of Belzberg

Technologies?

Mr. Marks: Belzberg Technologies provides software and networking

solutions to the institutional trading