Analyst Bios

John E. Parks – Director of Research
With the acquisition of CIBC's U.S. Capital Markets business by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., John continues to run the Equity Research Department as he did under CIBC. John joined the "old" Oppenheimer in 1989 as a senior institutional salesman covering the New York City territory. He became Head of Domestic Institutional Sales in 1995 and Head of Global Institutional Sales in 1999, after Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce acquired the firm. John began his Wall Street career as an investment banker and later as an institutional salesman at the First Boston Corporation from 1982 to 1989. John holds a BA in economics from Princeton University and an MBA in finance from Columbia University.

Erica L. Moffett – Associate Director of Research
Erica Moffett is the Associate Director of Equity Research at Oppenheimer. She joined the firm’s predecessor (CIBC World Markets) in 2000 as an analyst in the travel and leisure space and subsequently covered e-Commerce companies prior to moving into her current position. Prior to Oppenheimer, Erica worked at several major non-profit institutions in operations and communications. She holds a BA in Music from Rhodes College and an MBA from Yale University.

Brian Abrahams – Biotechnology
Brian Abrahams, M.D. is a medical doctor by training. Previously, he had been at CIBC for several years working with Brian Lian as senior analysts on the biotech team covering about 40 large-, mid-, and small-cap companies the same team that continues today at Oppenheimer. Although each covers different names, the team works very closely together because of the overlap in the universe, and all bring something different to the platform. Brian Abrahams brings clinical experience; Bret Holley has a Ph.D. in molecular genetics; and Brian Lian has a chemistry Ph.D. and worked for several years in industry.

Joseph Altobello, CFA – Consumer Products
Joseph Altobello is an Executive Director and senior analyst at Oppenheimer covering household and personal care products suppliers. Prior to his current coverage, he was a member of CIBC World Markets wireline telecom services research team, covering competitive and rural local exchange carriers. Before joining CIBC World Markets in early 2000, he was an associate at Schroders, covering major domestic local and long distance telecom service providers. From 1996 to 1999, he worked at Salomon Smith Barney, covering the oil and natural gas exploration and production sector. He graduated summa cum laude from Penn State University in 1995 with a BS in finance and a minor in economics.

Srinivas Anantha, CFA – Telecom & Cable Services
Sri has been following the sector for the past five years when he started at CIBC World Markets. He holds an undergraduate degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, which is greatly helpful in understanding the ongoing transformation in the telecom industry. He also has an MBA. During the past three years, Sri has been working with Tim Horan, one of the well-respected Telecommunication Services analysts on Wall Street. Tim is one of the few analysts today who has been covering the telecom sector for nearly a decade. From a coverage perspective, Sri has been helping Tim both on the large and mid/small cap telecom companies. They have good relationships with the large cap managements that help them to better understand the industry trends from a macro level. Importantly, they are able to leverage this knowledge to publish differentiated research on their focus mid and small cap names. They are best known for their long-term industry think pieces and their Daily Datatimes publication.

John Cusick - Pipelines
John, who has been with OPCO since July 1999, leads the firm’s coverage of MLP Pipeline companies. As a member of the Energy Team, he followed the major integrated oils, secondaries, and refiner & marketers. John received his M.B.A. from Fordham University.

Karen David-Green - Oil Services and Equipment
Karen is a senior analyst with extensive experience following oilfield service companies, contract drillers, offshore transportation, engineering, construction, fabrication and equipment & services companies. For a short period, she was also a fixed income research analyst following the Chemicals industry on the buy side at American General Corporation. Immediately prior to joining Oppenheimer, Karen was with Calyon Securities, USA. She was also at the Royal Bank of Canada Dominion Securities and Jefferies & Company.

Kevin DeGeeter - Biotechnology
Here at Oppenheimer, Kevin DeGeeter is focused on early stage, primarily microcap biotechnology companies. Kevin’s Wall Street experience has been in small cap biotech and specialty pharmaceuticals. Before coming to Oppenheimer, he followed these sectors for H.C. Wainwright. Previously, Kevin worked as a senior healthcare writer and later, as editor for FierceBiotech, a daily biotechnology newsletter.

Matthew DiFrisco - Restaurants
Matt is an Executive Director and Senior Analyst who covers the Restaurant sector for Oppenheimer. He came from Thomas Weisel Partners where he followed the space with a strong emphasis on mid-cap / small cap emerging growth companies. Matt began his equity research career in 1997 at Lehman Bothers and has worked at several houses such as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, and Harris Nesbitt - BMO Group as he developed and prospered through the Wall Street merger wars of the last 10 years.

Sam Dubinsky – Optical Components
Sam Dubinsky is a Director and Senior Analyst at Oppenheimer in the optical component and semiconductor group. He has broad experience covering diversified semiconductor companies, PC and storage chip suppliers, communication IC and optical component companies which he previously covered at CIBC World Markets. Prior to joining CIBC in March 2004, Sam was employed in various research and client development roles at Ivy Asset Management, a leading hedge fund of funds. Mr. Dubinsky graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from New York University in 2002 with a BA in Economics.

Shaul Eyal – Communication Software/Infrastructure Software
Shaul Eyal is a Managing Director and senior analyst covering the US Communications and Infrastructure Software Sectors and has quickly become one of Wall Street's leading experts on the sector. He started his equity research career in 1997 by covering Israeli Technology related equities for Oppenheimer & Co. Shaul holds an MBA from Fordham University and an LL.B with honors from Oxford Brookes University. He served for five years in the Special Forces of the Israeli Defense Forces, where he held the rank of lieutenant.

Balaji Gandhi – Healthcare Services
Balaji is a senior analyst with seven years of sell-side equity research experience focusing exclusively on heathcare providers. His coverage has included hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis, home care, laboratories, rehabilitation, surgery centers and imaging. With a Master of Health Services Administration from The George Washington University, Balaji possesses a keen understanding of the impact of changing Public Policy on his sector. Balaji received honorable mention by Institutional Investor rankings of U.S. healthcare facilities analysts in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and came to Oppenheimer from Pacific Growth Equities, LLC. Prior to that he was at Deutsche Bank Securities and Volpe Brown Whelan and Company.

Fadel Gheit – Oil & Gas
Extensive equity research experience as well as energy industry project management, planning and management consulting. Industry experience included six years in engineering with Mobil Oil and five years in energy consulting with Stone & Webster. More than 20 years in energy research with Mabon Nugent and JP Morgan and the last 13 years with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Has been named to The Wall Street Journal All-Star Annual Analyst Survey four times and was the top-ranked energy analyst on the Bloomberg Annual Analyst survey for the last four years. One of the most quoted analysts on energy issues by the press and is a frequent guest on TV and radio business programs. Holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cairo University and MBA in Finance from New York University.

Christopher Glynn – Industrial Multi-Industry
Christopher Glynn is a senior analyst at Oppenheimer covering the Industrial Multi-Industry sector. Previously, Chris started his sell-side career at CIBC World Markets in November 2003. Prior to joining CIBC, Chris attended Columbia Business School, and worked for two buy-side firms. Chris holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, and a B.A. in English from Georgetown University. Prior to attending Columbia Business School, he taught high school science in the Boston Public Schools for seven years.

Joseph A. Gomes, Jr., CFA – Agricultural and Biofuels
Joseph Gomes is a senior analyst at Oppenheimer covering the Agricultural and Biofuels sectors. With the majority of Joe’s career spent as a Special Situations Generalist. Joe has extensive experience covering a broad range of companies across multiple industries. Immediately prior to joining Oppenheimer, Joe worked at McGinn Smith & Co. following a broad range of small cap companies. Joe also worked for sell side boutiques C.L. King & Associates and Wm. Smith & Co. He holds a BS in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University and an MBA, with honors, from Pace University.

Glenn Greene, CFA – Business Services
Glenn Greene is an Executive Director and senior analyst at Oppenheimer covering the Business Services sector. Previously he covered the same universe of stocks at CIBC. Before joining CIBC World Markets in June 2007, Glenn was a Principal and senior analyst with ThinkEquity Partners covering Business Services since 2002. Prior to ThinkEquity, he was a senior analyst for ABN AMRO covering the IT and Business Services sector. Before arriving on Wall Street, Glenn was Director of Business Planning & Analysis at Mastercard International. He was honored as the top ranked Earnings Estimator in the IT Services industry by Forbes/Starmine for the year ended March 31, 2007. Glenn holds a B.A. in Accounting from Emory University and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He also was a CPA earlier in his career.

Amit Hazan – Medical Devices
Amit Hazan is a senior equity research analyst at Oppenheimer for the medical device and diagnostic group, having earlier joined CIBC World Markets in 2006. Prior to joining CIBC, Mr. Hazan covered the medical device and diagnostic sector at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey for more than three years. He also worked as a medical device research associate at Gerard Klauer Mattison and, prior to that, was part of the Healthcare Investment Banking team at CIBC World Markets for a couple of years. He has been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and a number of other publications. Mr. Hazan has a J.D./M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and a B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles. Mr. Hazan has been a member of the California Bar Association since November 2000.

Jason S. Helfstein – Media & Internet
Jason Helfstein is an Executive Director and analyst at Oppenheimer who has covered the broadcasting and media sectors since 1997. He joined CIBC World Markets in 2002 while earlier he worked at Salomon Smith Barney in the Institutional Investor ranked broadcasting and cable research group with a focus on television, radio and outdoor companies. In 2002 and 2003 he was recognized as a member of the "Next Generation: Best Up & Comers" category in the Institutional Investor poll. Mr. Helfstein began his career in equity research at Schroder Wertheim. He holds dual BA degrees from Syracuse University.

Bret Holley, Ph.D. – Biotechnology
Dr. Holley came to Oppenheimer after having joined the CIBC biotechnology research group in September 2002. He has 13 years of research and work experience in industry and academic settings. Prior to joining CIBC, Dr. Holley spent two years at Ingenuity Systems Inc. Bret received his B.S. in Genetics from the University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has also held research positions at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of California at San Francisco.

Timothy K. Horan, CFA – Telecom Services
Tim Horan is a Managing Director and senior analyst heads the communication and cable services equity research team. Prior to Oppenheimer he was with CIBC World Markets since 1998 and has been a communications services analyst for 13 years. Mr. Horan researches a broad range of communications companies with a focus on data communications, and the migration of the industry toward horizontal segmentation. He was chosen as a Wall Street Journal All Star Analyst in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Prior to 1998, Mr. Horan was a research analyst at Smith Barney, in a group that was ranked No.2 among wireline services teams in the 1997 Greenwich Associates Institutional Survey, and a perennial winner of the Institutional Investor analyst survey. Prior to becoming an equity analyst, Mr. Horan worked as a civil engineer on various projects in the New York area. Mr. Horan received a BS in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University and earned an MBA in Finance, with Beta Gamma Sigma Honors, from Columbia Business School.

Gary Hsueh, CFA – Semiconductor Capital Equipment
Gary Hsueh is the senior analyst covering the Semiconductor Capital Equipment sector at Oppenheimer. Previously, Gary was at CIBC World Markets from November 2005. He also has over four years in sell-side equity research in semi-cap equipment from prior stints at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. Prior to his move to the sell-side, Gary spent over six years at Applied Materials, his time equally divided between engineering and marketing. He maintains an extensive list of contacts. Gary holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and CFA designation. His education, combined with his CFA and industry contacts gives him a unique ability to spot emerging trends and make anticipatory calls.

David B. Katz – Gaming & Lodging
David B. Katz Director and senior equity analyst follows the Lodging and Gaming industries for Oppenheimer building on his earlier coverage at CIBC World Markets. From 2000 through 2001, he was a consultant in the strategy practice of Kurt Salmon Associates, a global management and strategic planning consulting firm in New York that specializes in consumer products businesses. From 1990 to 2000, he was co-founder, owner and operator of a textile-manufacturing firm based in New York. David has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.S. in Finance from Lehigh University.

Paul Keung – Internet
Paul Keung is an Executive Director and Senior Internet Analyst at Oppenheimer, building on his earlier coverage at CIBC World Markets. Paul has covered multiple sectors in the past including Travel & Leisure. Prior to joining CIBC, Paul was a Senior Vice President at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, where he contributed to a $3.5 billion recapitalization and financial restructuring. He has held various positions at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, PaineWebber, Salomon Brothers and HVS International. Mr. Keung holds a BS from Cornell University and an MS from New York University.

Ittai Kidron – Wireless Technology and Networking & Data Infrastructure
Ittai Kidron is an Executive Director at Oppenheimer’s research department covering the Wireless Technology, Data and Networking Infrastructure sectors. Earlier, Mr. Kidron joined CIBC World Markets in 2001, from Bear Stearns where he worked as an investment banker for 2.5 years covering the Telecom industry. Previously, Mr. Kidron also worked at KPMG for 2 years as an auditor. Mr. Kidron holds an MBA with Highest Honors from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Accounting and Economics with Honors from the Tel Aviv University in Israel. He served for three years in the Israeli Defense Forces, as a senior investigator in the Military Police.

Vivian Ma – Hardlines Retailing
Vivian is a senior analyst at Oppenheimer covering a number of sub-sectors including consumer electronics, home goods and furnishing, pet food and supplies. In 2007, she launched coverage of the fitness and wellness companies at CIBC World Markets a franchise she has continued at Oppenheimer. Before joining CIBC in 2002, Vivian was with Deutsche Bank for five years covering the hardlines retailing sector. Prior to equity research, she was in investment banking with CIBC Wood Gundy from 1995 to 1997 covering consumer and diversified industries. Vivian earned her MBA from York University and Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto.

Carl McDonald, CFA – Managed Care
Carl McDonald is an Executive Director and senior analyst covering the Managed Care industry at Oppenheimer¾continuing his coverage that had been in place at CIBC World Markets since February 2005. Most recently, Carl worked at Morgan Stanley, and he was previously employed at Banc of America Securities and Credit Suisse First Boston following the same sector. He was named the Up and Coming Managed Care analyst in Institutional Investor's 2005 and 2006 All America Research survey, and was honored as the #2 Earnings Estimator in the country by Forbes/Starmine in 2006, along with being selected as the #1 Earnings Estimator in the Health Care Providers & Services industry. He was named the #3 Earnings Estimator in the Health Care Providers & Services industry in 2005. Carl holds a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in American Studies from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.

Terry J. McEvoy, CFA - Midwest Banks
Terry has more than nine years experience in equity research covering the banking sector. He provides research coverage of banks and thrifts located in the Central part of the country. His current research list includes small, mid- and large-cap stocks. Prior to coming to Oppenheimer in November 2001, Terry was a Bank Analyst at Tucker Anthony Capital Markets.

Michael Metz - Chief Investment Strategist
Michael Metz, with knowledge of stock market dynamics, expertise in investment strategy along with a deep understanding of client needs, rejoined the firm in November 2003 as Chief Investment Strategist. He had held this position from 1990 until he retired in December 2002 and was primarily responsible for advising entrepreneurial retail and institutional investors and brokers on investment strategy and portfolio selection. He also actively managed investment partnerships for some of the firm’s high net worth clients. He was a Managing Director and the investment decision maker on several investment partnerships for affluent clients in the U.S. and abroad. After beginning his career as an analyst with Standard & Poor’s, Mike started at Oppenheimer in 1969 as an analyst and soon moved to the equity-trading desk where he supported the firm’s block trading activities, an area the firm helped pioneer.

Roxanne Meyer, CFA – Specialty Retailing: Apparel Retailers
Roxanne Meyer is a senior analyst in Oppenheimer’s Specialty Retailing group, focusing primarily on apparel retailers that cater to women and baby boomers. She has been following specialty apparel retail stocks since earlier joining CIBC World Markets in 2000. She was among the first on the Street to focus on the impact of the demographic shift as it pertains to boomer-focused retailers. In addition, she has helped organize the Annual CIBC Consumer Growth Conference since its inception six years ago, which is recognized by company managements and institutional clients as one of the best on the Street. Roxanne was trained in equity research at Bear Stearns, where she worked in the commodity chemical sector. Prior to working on Wall Street, she was a financial analyst at the Prudential Insurance Company of America, where she worked under the Treasurer in the Corporate Finance and Analysis Group. Roxanne received her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan School of Business in 1995, where she concentrated in finance and graduated with distinction, and received her Masters of Business Administration at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business in 2000, with an emphasis in finance. She also earned her chartered financial analyst designation and is a member of the Association for Investment Management and the New York Society of Securities Analysts.

Shawn C. Milne - Consumer Online Commerce and Interactive Entertainment
Shawn came to Oppenheimer from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. (FBR) where he established coverage for Internet Services and Interactive Entertainment stocks. Before going to FBR, he built the Consumer Internet Group coverage for SoundView Technology Group. Starting in 1994 at Hambrecht & Quist, Shawn followed Branded Consumer Goods in the Sports & Leisure sector as well as e-commerce names.

Allan Mishan – Semiconductors and Components
Allan Mishan is a Director in the Semiconductor & Components equity research group at Oppenheimer. Allan covers communications semiconductor companies, with special attention on networking, broadband, telecom, and wireless applications. In addition to supporting the research effort on individual stocks, Allan does extensive modeling of industry data and trends, and spearheads the annual 300+ page Semiconductor Technology and Market Primer. Allan has been following Semiconductor companies for nearly six years, all previously at CIBC World Markets. He has been quoted by major business and news publications including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Reuters, Dow Jones, The Globe and Mail, Light Reading, Barron's Online, and Business Week Online. He has a B.S. in finance and accounting and graduated Valedictorian from New York University's Stern School of Business Undergraduate College.

Brad Reback, CFA – Enterprise Software
Brad is a Managing Director and senior analyst who comes to Oppenheimer after 14 years at CIBC World Markets. Since 1999 he has been covering application software companies. Sectors under coverage include enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, content management, human capital management and supply chain management. Prior to joining the enterprise and eBusiness software group, Mr. Reback spent his first five years at the firm covering certain industrial sectors. Mr. Reback earned a BA from Cornell University.

Yair Reiner – Communication Software/Israeli Software
Yair focuses on Applied Technology as a senior analyst at Oppenheimer. This builds on his work since 2004 at CIBC World Markets covering Communication Software and Israeli Technology as the senior associate on Shaul Eyal’s highly respected franchise. Yair recently took the lead on several names, including Given Imaging and Scopus Networks, and launched his own sub-sector—Location Based Services—in early 2007. As at Shaul's franchise, Yair takes a bottom up approach, leveraging his deep industry ties to identify important emerging trends, get ahead of the quarter, and make the informed long-term calls. As a native Hebrew speaker and a dual citizen of Israel, Yair’s research is also informed by his strong relationships with various players in the Israeli technology sphere. Yair earned an MBA, with distinction, from the NYU Stern School of Business and an MS in comparative literature from U.C.L.A. Prior to embarking on a career as an equity research analyst Yair was an editor, writer and radio producer. In 2002, he won a Peabody Award for excellence in journalism as co-producer of a National Public Radio series.

Charles Rhyee – Healthcare Technology & Distribution
Charles is Oppenheimer’s Healthcare Technology & Distribution analyst building on seven years of equity research experience. Charles has a keen understanding of the broad healthcare services universe from distributors & PBMS, to HCIT, and to hospitals, as he believes there are very few analysts that have this broad of a perspective. He also brings a macro-level approach to his franchise to identify emerging trends. He also employs a data-driven model to his franchise, which includes deep analysis of market data (such as IMS prescription data) and its implication for his covered universe, as well as the use of survey work. Charles began his equity research career at Smith Barney where he spent four years working with Glen Santangelo followed by a year and a half at Credit Suisse, still working with Glen. During this last period he followed the Healthcare Facilities sector in addition to the Healthcare Technology and Distribution space. Most recently, Charles was at CIBC World Markets as the lead analyst following healthcare technology and distribution.

Kristoph J. Rollenhagen - Closed-End and Exchange-Traded Funds
Kris came to Oppenheimer with a wealth of knowledge and experience in closed-end fund and ETF research. He spent nine years at Prudential Equity Group. Most recently as Director of Closed-End Fund & Exchange-Traded Fund Research. His fund-specific analysis overlaid with a macro perspective brings a strong valued-added component to produce a differentiated product for Oppenheimer. Prior to Prudential, Kris was VP and manager of financial services and initiated the REIT research effort at Gruntal & Co.

Richard E. Schafer – Semiconductors
Richard is a Managing Director in Oppenheimer’s equity research department, where he leads the firm’s Semiconductor franchise. Richard had a similar role at CIBC World Markets where he had been since 1997. Previously, he worked as a financial analyst and market researcher for Eurofon, Inc. & Co. KG Germany, a subsidiary of wireless test and measurement equipment manufacturer LCC, L.L.C. Richard received an international MBA from the University of South Carolina and holds B.S. degrees in Finance and Multinational Business from Florida State University.

Scott A. Schneeberger, CFA – Business Services
Scott is the senior analyst covering Business Services. He currently covers 17 stocks across five primary Business Services sub-sectors: Rental Services, Route Services, Tax Services, Document Services and Professional Services. Previously, Scott covered the same group at CIBC World Markets since 2006. Prior to CIBC, Scott had been an equity research analyst for five years at Lehman Brothers. From 2001-2003, he was an associate on Lehman Brothers’ Institutional Investor-ranked Environmental Services team. He then transitioned to the Lehman Brothers’ Business Services team, where he was promoted to Vice President and Senior Analyst in 2005.

Tim J. Tiberio – Small Cap Generalist
Tim follows small caps with a concentration in shipping. Most recently, Tim was at Wachovia where he supported a senior transportation analyst while launching on the dry bulk sector. Prior to that, Tim did research on the Electronics Supply Chain at Wells Fargo. Before coming to Wall Street, he spent four years at Intel Corporation as a senior analyst. He is a graduate of The University of Michigan.

Myles Walton – Aerospace/Defence
Myles Walton is the Senior Aerospace/Defense analyst at Oppenheimer. He had been at CIBC World Markets since 2004. Previously, he worked at Morgan Stanley as an associate, also covering the Aerospace/Defense sector. He is a co-author of the 2002 book, Lean Enterprise Value: Insights from MIT’s Lean Aerospace Institute, as well as a number of conference papers and journal articles on topics ranging from finance to satellite design to lean manufacturing. His PhD and MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were both in the field of Aerospace Engineering. His Ph.D. work, sponsored by the National Reconnaissance Office, addressed managing uncertainty in the conceptual design of space systems and his MS work, supported by the Lean Aerospace Initiative, was focused on systems engineering best practices in the aerospace industry. He has worked for Northrop Grumman (heritage TRW) as a member of the flight operations team on NASA’s Chandra Space Telescope. He did his undergraduate work in Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Meredith Whitney – U.S. Banks and Brokers
Meredith Whitney has spent 12 years working on Wall Street as an analyst covering Financial Institutions. She and her team focus on large and mid-cap banks. In 2002, she was named #2 stock picker in her category by the Wall Street Journal's Best on the Street Survey. Cited as an expert in her field, she has been quoted often in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Post, USA Today, Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, and many other publications. She also has frequently appeared on CNBC, CNN, CNNfn, and Bloomberg News. In 2003, was invited to be a part of the Christmas USO Tour, where she visited soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. Meredith began her career at Oppenheimer where she was hired and trained by one of Institutional Investor's top analysts at the time. She joined Fox News as a Business Contributor in March 2003, frequently appearing on Cavuto on Business, Your World with Cavuto, Bulls and Bears, Fox News Live, Fox and Friends, Studio B, Weekend Live, Geraldo Live, amongst others. Meredith graduated with honors from Brown University.

Michael Wiederhorn – Healthcare Providers
Michael Wiederhorn is an Executive Director at Oppenheimer covering Healthcare Providers. His coverage focuses on nursing homes, hospitals, home health, hospice, respiratory therapy, and related healthcare services. He has over 12 years of experience in healthcare consulting and research. Prior to entering equity research in 1999, Michael was a management consultant at Ernst and Young, serving the healthcare industry. He has a Masters in Health Policy and Management from Harvard University and BA in American History from the University of Pennsylvania.

Carter Braxton Worth - Chief Market Technician
Carter's work is based on the principles of "collective wisdom" and behavioral science, with particular emphasis on trend recognition, capital flows and price action. As the Chief Market Technician, he publishes periodic industry and sector reports, as well as daily market comments.  Before joining Oppenheimer, Carter was the Chief Market Strategist for Ehrenkrantz King Nussbaum. Prior to that he was the founder of Fulcrum Enterprises, which specialized in investment advisory, portfolio strategy and overall asset allocation and stock market analysis. Carter's work in technical analysis began at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where, as a portfolio strategist, he focused on top-down market analysis with due diligence in all areas of asset allocation, market timing, sector rotation, industry weightings, stock selection and risk management.

Edward H. Yang – Chemicals
Ed Yang is a research analyst at Oppenheimer covering the U.S. basic and specialty chemicals industry continuing the coverage for this sector that he provided at CIBC World Market from 2001 through 2007. Prior to CIBC World Markets, Ed was a research analyst at Goldman Sachs covering the consumer products sector as part of the #1 ranked team in the Institutional Investor survey. Prior to that, he covered telecom stocks at Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, in the group ranked runner up in the Institutional Investor survey. Ed graduated cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in finance and accounting.

Ian A. Zaffino – Special Situations/Generalist
Ian is responsible for the research coverage of event-driven special situations, including restructurings, post-bankruptcy equities and spinoffs. Ian came to Oppenheimer from Israel Englander Research where, as a special situations/generalist, he focused heavily on technology, telecom and consumer products.  Prior to that, he spent four years at Credit Suisse First Boston where he had primary coverage of the wireless infrastructure and outsourcing industry and provided secondary coverage of traditional broadcasters.  Ian also spent some time on the buy side with Drake Capital Advisors.  Prior to Wall Street, Ian was a climate control engineer for Ford Motor Company. Ian graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He has an M.S. in Industrial and Financial Engineering from Columbia and an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business.