Technology >> Sector Roundtables >> March 19, 2001
A. A. (TAD) LA FOUNTAIN III is a Managing Director at Needham &
Company, Inc., covering network equipment companies and the programmable
logic device segment of the semiconductor industry. Having started on
the buy side as an analyst and as a portfolio manager, he has been a
sellside analyst since 1980, and has most recently served as both an
analyst and research director for a New York'based investment bank. Mr.
La Fountain received a BA in History from Princeton University and an
MBA in Multinational Enterprise and Finance from the Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania. ERIK K. SUPPIGER is a Senior Analyst
with JP Morgan H&Q. A graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor's
degree in Finance and Accounting, he holds a certificate in Personal
Financial Planning and is a candidate for the Chartered Financial
Analyst designation. Mr. Suppiger has previously worked as a Data
Networking Research Associate at Deutsche Bank Securities and as a
Communications Research Associate at Hambrecht & Quist. Profile
Mr. La Fountain: I think that it is useful to look back and get a sense
of how things have evolved. Obviously this goes
