Daniel L. Amir, a Managing Director and senior research analyst,  joined Lazard Capital Markets in August 2007.  Daniel covers semiconductor device companies with a focus on memory, consumer, and communications.  Prior to joining LCM, he was at WR Hambrecht + Co as a senior research analyst heading the firm's semiconductor research practice. Daniel has been recognized by Zacks research as “Best on the street” in 2006. Before WR Hambrecht, Daniel worked in semiconductor research and corporate finance as an associate at Bear Stearns, Hotovec Pomeranz, and JPMorgan H&Q.

Daniel is frequently quoted on Bloomberg, Reuters, Dow Jones, AP, and other media outlets. He began his career as a commander in the Israeli Air Force and also worked in the Israel Department of Treasury.

Daniel has an MBA in finance from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA and an MA in International Relations and BA in Economics and International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Barton Crockett joined Lazard Capital Markets in February 2009 as a Senior Vice President and senior analyst covering media. Previously, Barton worked for 10 years at J.P. Morgan and predecessor companies covering sectors that ranged from small/mid cap media to publishing, broadcasting, advertising/marketing services and the Internet. In 2007, he placed first in the Advertising and Publishing category in the Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street survey. He has appeared on CNBC and been quoted in publications including USA Today, Barron’s, Fortune, and the Wall Street Journal.

Barton started in equity research after a 10-year career as a journalist. He was part of the original journalist team that launched MSNBC.com in 1996. He was also West Coast Bureau Chief for the American Banker newspaper.

Barton received a BA from Northwestern University.

Urs Dür, a Senior Vice President and shipping & logistics analyst, joined Lazard Capital Markets in May 2006. Before joining LCM, Urs was a relationship manager for DVB Bank AG in New York, where he specialized in commercial lending to marine shipping companies. Prior to DVB, he was the Editor and Publisher of Marine Money International, which publishes Marine Money a monthly marine shipping finance magazine, and Freshly Minted, a weekly online publication which supplements the monthly publication. 

Urs’ extensive background in shipping also includes experience at Transamerica Leasing, where he was a Manager of Logistics and ultimately Senior Manager of Finance in the company’s Trader Division; being a spot tanker broker in the large tanker segment for Seabrokers, Inc.; and an Associate Commercial Manager for Salisbury House, Inc., where he managed Marine Atlantic and Marine Pacific, two ultra-large crude carriers.

In May 2009 Urs was named #1 Stock Picker, Marine for the Financial Times/Starmine Best Brokerage Analyst awards.  In May 2008 Urs was named 4th Best on the Street by the Wall Street Journal in Industrial Transportation out of 33 considered analysts in the sector. 

Urs received a B.A. in political science from the University of Colorado and an M.S. in economics/marine policy from the London School of Economics.

Joel P. Fishbein, Jr., a Managing Director and senior analyst covering application and infrastructure software, joined Lazard Capital Markets in September 2006.  His investment thesis and methodology is fundamentally driven and research-intensive, including consistent contact with management, competition, and suppliers, and is based on, among other things, market position, valuation, financial strength, management experience, growth rate, and historical record.  Joel has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as “Best on the Street”, StarMine as a five-star-rated analyst, and Thomson FirstCall as a top-rated software analyst.

Prior to joining Lazard Capital Markets, worked on the sell-side at Janney Montgomery Scott and on the buy-side at Gardner Lewis Asset Management and at the State of New Jersey Department of the Treasury pension fund.  During his tenure at Gardner Lewis, he primarily focused on telecommunications services and equipment, cable, networking, data storage, enterprise equipment, and Internet security and infrastructure.

Joel brings experience to the financial services industry from his work in government relations lobbying for The Carmen Group, Inc. in Washington, D.C. He represented several clients on regulatory matters relating to telecommunications, transportation, and various technology issues. With a background in law, he has litigated for the firm of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin and worked on regulatory and employment issues.

Joel has a J.D. from Widener University School of Law and a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Business Administration from Rowan University.

Thomas Gallucci joined Lazard Capital Markets in May 2009 as the senior research analyst covering Healthcare Services.  Prior to joining LCM, he worked at Merrill Lynch for 10 years primarily focused on the Healthcare Distribution/Pharmacy Benefit Management subsectors, the Healthcare Facilities space and the Retail Drug business. 

In 2008, Tom had the unique honor of being simultaneously named to the Institutional Investor All-America team in two separate categories - Healthcare Distribution/Technology and Healthcare Facilities.  Similarly, Tom was named to the Institutional Investor All-America team every year from 2004-2008 in the Healthcare Distribution/Technology category, and in 2003 was designated by Institutional Investor as one of the top “Up and Coming” analysts on the Street.  He has also consistently ranked in the top tier of the Greenwich Associates survey in the Healthcare Distribution category.  As an indicator of his stock-picking abilities, Tom placed 4th in the Wall Street Journal Best on the Street: 2008 Analyst Survey and  was named one of eight Institutional Investor “Home Run Hitters” in 2001. 

He began his career in healthcare services equity research in 1995 at Credit Suisse First Boston and worked at Bear Stearns from 1996-1999.  Prior to that, Tom worked at Ernst & Young, and holds a B.S. in Accounting from Lehigh University.

Ryan Hutchinson joined Lazard Capital Markets in December 2007 as a Senior Vice President and senior research analyst covering networking and data infrastructure companies.  Prior to joining LCM, he was at WR Hambrecht + Co.  He was a founding member of the firm.  During his nine-year tenure at WR Hambrecht + Co, he held various positions within the investment banking and equity research departments.  Most recently, he was a senior research analyst heading the firm's networking and communication research practice.

Ryan has consistently been highly ranked for stock picking by various publications. The WSJ Best on the Street Survery recently awarded Ryan the #2 master stock picker of 2009 within the Telecommuications Equipment sector.   The Financial Times and Starmine recently awarded Ryan the #2 top stock picker of 2009 within the Communications Equipment sector. Ryan is widely quoted in industry and financial media and publications, including the Investors Business Daily, Bloomberg, Reuters, Dow Jones, AP, and other media outlets. 

Ryan received a B.S. in Business Administration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Sean Lavin M.D. is a Vice President and senior analyst covering the medical technology space. He joined Lazard Capital Markets in March 2008.  Prior to joining Lazard Capital Markets, Sean was a sell-side analyst at Oppenheimer and Co. covering medical devices and diagnostics. Sean focuses on minimally invasive devices and those, which he believes can change the standard of care.

Prior to joining Oppenheimer, he worked as a surgical resident at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, FL. While there, Sean participated in general, plastic, trauma, vascular, cardiothoracic, and urologic surgery cases and cared for patients in the ICU, emergency room, and burn unit.

Sean has an M.D. from the Ohio State University College of Medicine, and a B.S. in chemistry with a minor in biology and a concentration in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Graham Mattison is an analyst covering energy infrastructure and alternative energy space.  Prior to joining Lazard Capital Markets in February of 2007 Graham worked at First Albany Capital where he focused on Alternative Energy, Infrastructure and Oilfield Services & Equipment companies. He has previously worked as an analyst at Daiwa Securities and Churchill Pryce Capital Thailand, and was also a cofounder on 1RoofRealty.com, an internet based real estate firm

Graham received an M.B.A. with honors from Thunderbird Global School of Management and a B.A. from Hobart College.

David Parker joined Lazard Capital Markets in July 2009 as senior research analyst covering Transaction Processors. His coverage universe encompasses payment processors, financial processors, payroll processors, and information & risk management companies. Prior to joining LCM, David worked at Merrill Lynch for nine years as a Vice President on the Computer Services research team, concentrating on the Payment Processing industry. When David first joined Merrill he was a member of the Enterprise Software team. Before that he worked as a research associate at Robertson Stephens assisting in the coverage of companies in the Applied Technology industry and he started his career at a small investment firm researching companies in the software space.

David earned a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Princeton University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Colin Sebastian joined Lazard in 2006 as a senior research analyst covering Internet and Digital Media.  Prior to joining LCM, Colin covered E-commerce and Interactive Entertainment at Thomas Weisel Partners and was part of the Internet team that ranked #2 in the annual Greenwich survey.  Prior to joining TWP, Colin was an associate analyst at SoundView Technology Group and worked in investment banking at Hambrecht & Quist. 

Colin is widely quoted in industry and financial media publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Financial Times and New York Times, among others, and has appeared frequently on CNBC, Bloomberg and CNN.   Prior to Wall Street, Colin held positions as the COO of a web-based career services start-up and as a business analyst leading a software development team for a Fortune 500 insurance company.

Colin received a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. from The Anderson School at UCLA.

Joel Sendek is a Managing Director and senior biotechnology analyst at Lazard Capital Markets.  In 2001, The Wall Street Journal chose Joel as an All-Star Analyst, with a #1 ranking in stock-picking for biotechnology and the market as a whole.  He joined Lazard in 2000 and his coverage includes Genentech, Amgen, Gilead, and a broad range of small- to mid-cap biotech companies.  Previously, Joel was a Senior Vice President and research analyst at Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., where he covered eleven biotechnology companies.  He has been a senior biotechnology analyst since 1997.

From 1992 to 1997, Joel served as Senior Director of Corporate Development at Progenics Pharmaceuticals, where he negotiated corporate partnerships, raised private equity capital, and prepared the company for an IPO.  From 1989 to 1992, he worked in the corporate finance department at Goldman Sachs, focused on healthcare.

Joel received a B.A. in biochemistry from Rice University. 

Sanjay Shrestha is a Managing Director and senior analyst at Lazard Capital Markets. Prior to joining LCM, Mr. Shrestha was a managing director and senior research analyst at First Albany Capital, where he built the firm’s alternative energy and industrial research practice. During his seven-year tenure at First Albany, he hosted specialized and focused industry conferences, including solar conferences and electric transmission and distribution conferences.

Prior to joining First Albany in 2000, Mr. Shrestha was an analyst at C.L King and Associates, where he covered the broad industrial sector. Prior to that, he gained experience as a consultant in retail banking and as a software entrepreneur.

Mr. Shrestha has been recognized by Forbes/Starmine as the #1 Earnings Estimator for 2006 and the #1 Stock Picker for 2007.  He was recently ranked top five global stock pickers by Bloomberg magazine.  He is often quoted as an industry expert in by the media including: The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, Business Week, Forbes, CNN, CNBC, and CNNfn. Mr. Shrestha has been keynote speaker at NYSSA’s Annual Alternative Energy Conference each year since its inception in 2003.

Todd Slater, Managing Director and senior analyst covering the retail, apparel, and footwear sectors, joined Lazard Capital Markets in 1996. From 1992 to 1996, he was a Vice President and senior retail analyst at UBS Securities. From 1984-1992, Todd was a senior executive at Macy’s, where he held a variety of merchandising, buying, and store-level management positions, primarily in women’s suits, dresses, and sportswear. From 1997 to 2001, Todd was President of the Textile and Apparel Group (TAGS), an association of industry analysts located in New York.

Todd was ranked #2 in the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” Analyst Survey in 2008 and 2004. He has been recognized by FT/Starmine as the #2 Stock Picker for 2008 and by Forbes/Starmine as the #3 Stock Picker for 2007, exceeding the industry benchmark by 24.3%. Todd  is currently the #1 ranked analyst on BJ, GIII, #2 on DECK, COH, TJX, VFC, WMT, WRC, and #3 on ICON and JNY (based on the Bloomberg Absolute Return Rank).

Todd has been widely quoted as an industry expert in various publications/media, including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, The LA Times, USA Today, CNN, CNBC, and CNNfn.

Todd received a B.A. in French literature and international relations from Tufts University, and also completed a year of studies at Science Po (Institute d’Etudes Politiques) in Paris, France.

Bill Tanner joined Lazard Capital Markets in May 2009 as a senior biopharma analyst focusing on the Biotechnology and Specialty Pharmaceuticals sectors. Prior to joining LCM, he worked at Leerink Swann LLC, a healthcare investment bank, for almost 7 years where he was a Managing Director and Head of the Biotechnology Equity Research team. Leerink Swann consistently ranked highly by Institutional Investor as Best of the Boutiques in Biotechnology and the team ranked #6 in the 2008 Greenwich Associates survey of Healthcare.

Prior to Leerink Swann, he was a Managing Director and biotechnology analyst at SG Cowen and before that, a biotechnology analyst at the former Vector Securities International. For the last 10 years, he has worked at investment banks focused predominantly or exclusively on healthcare.

Prior to starting his Wall St. career, he was a Research Associate in the Department of Pathology and Immunology in the Division of Immunology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is the recipient of a National Research Service Award from the NIH.

Bill received his MBA degree from the Olin School of Business at Washington University. and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Physiology.  He was also a postdoctoral fellow at Monsanto in the Molecular Genetics and Mammalian Biology Group.