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Anna Andreeva

Senior Analyst

Serge Belanger

Senior Analyst

Scott Berg

Senior Analyst

Gil Blum, Ph.D.

Senior Analyst

Quinn Bolton, CFA

Senior Analyst

Mike Cikos, CFA

Senior Analyst

Ami Fadia

Senior Analyst

Rajvindra Gill

Senior Analyst

Alex Henderson

Senior Analyst

Ryan Koontz

Senior Analyst

Ryan MacDonald

Senior Analyst

Patrick Malloy

Managing Director, Co-Director of Equity Research

Thomas Maloney, CFA

Managing Director, Co-Director of Equity Research

Laura Martin, CFA & CMT

Senior Analyst

Mike Matson, CFA

Senior Analyst

Matt McGinley

Senior Analyst

Bernie McTernan, CFA

Senior Analyst

Kyle Peterson, CFA, CPA

Senior Analyst

Chris Pierce

Senior Analyst

Joshua Reilly, CFA

Senior Analyst

James Ricchiuti

Senior Analyst

David Saxon, CFA

Senior Analyst

Charles Shi

Senior Analyst

Joseph Stringer, Ph.D.

Senior Analyst

Mayank Tandon

Senior Analyst

John Todaro

Senior Analyst
Anna Andreeva

Senior Analyst

212-705-0443 aandreeva@needhamco.com

Anna Andreeva joined Needham & Company in 2021. Anna has spent 15+ years as a Research Analyst and Investment Banker covering the Consumer space. As an Analyst at J.P. Morgan, Anna was a member of the # 1 I.I. ranked Equity Research team covering the Specialty Retail sector; during her tenure at Oppenheimer, she was recognized as a top Analyst by both client votes and sales force and trading. Most recently at B Riley FBR, Anna was a Senior Consumer Investment Banker with coverage across Retail, Apparel, Consumer Products and Services, Food & Beverage, Beauty, and Footwear industries. Anna is passionate about the Consumer space and has consulted both public and private early stage consumer/technology companies. Anna received her MBA from the Stern School of Business and also attended College of Charleston and Moscow University of Foreign Affairs.

Serge Belanger

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0407 sbelanger@needhamco.com

Serge Belanger joined Needham & Company in 2009, where he covers the Biotech and Biopharmaceuticals industries. Prior to Needham, Serge worked as a research associate at Fulcrum Global Partners and Susquehanna International Group covering the biotech and specialty pharma healthcare sectors. Previously, Serge joined Adolor Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, as a senior research scientist, where he was involved with the discovery and development of novel opioid receptor targeted molecules and non-opioid pain therapeutics. Serge graduated from McGill University with a BSc, Biochemistry/Pharmacology, and an MSc, Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He obtained his MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Scott Berg

Senior Analyst

(763) 350-4027 sberg@needhamco.com

Scott Berg joined Needham & Company in 2015, where he covers the SaaS, application software, and human capital management industries. Previously, he was senior research analyst at Northland Capital Markets covering enterprise/application software. Prior to Northland, he was senior research analyst with Feltl & Company and research analyst/associate with ThinkEquity, both with a focus on enterprise software. Before his Wall Street career, Scott held a variety of internal IT management positions for 10 years. He holds an MBA in Finance and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

Gil Blum, Ph.D.

Senior Analyst

212-705-0383 gblum@needhamco.com

Gil Blum, Ph.D., joined Needham & Company’s Biotech research team in August 2017. Gil joined Needham from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, New York oldest law firm where he was a Scientific Advisor in intellectual property law and prosecution. Prior to Cadwalader, Gil held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, developing early drug candidates. Gil holds a Doctoral degree in Chemical Biology from Cornell University and a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Tel-Aviv University.

Quinn Bolton, CFA

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0322 qbolton@needhamco.com

Quinn Bolton has been with Needham & Company since 2004 covering communication ICs and consumer semiconductor companies. Prior to Needham, he was a senior semiconductor analyst at Oppenheimer & Co., covering large capitalization, diversified semiconductor companies. Before joining Oppenheimer, Quinn was a senior analyst at CIBC World Markets, where he covered large capitalization semiconductor, personal computer device and communication IC companies. Prior to at CIBC, he was a research associate at BT Alex. Brown and held various positions in corporate finance, equity capital markets, and equity research at Salomon Brothers. He received undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Quantitative Economics from Stanford University in 1993 and is a CFA.

Mike Cikos, CFA

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0382 mcikos@needhamco.com

Mike Cikos joined Needham & Company, LLC’s equity research team in March 2019, and covers the Infrastructure & Analytics and Security Technology sectors. Mike joined Needham from Systematic Financial Management, where he was an equity analyst covering the technology, industrial and retail sectors. Prior to Systematic, he was a senior equity analyst at Macquarie, an equity research associate at RS Investments and an equity research analyst at Sidoti & Company. Mike holds a B.B.A in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.

Ami Fadia

Senior Analyst

212-705-0445 afadia@needhamco.com

Ami Fadia joined Needham and Company in May 2021 covering Neuroscience and Biotechnology. Prior to joining Needham, Ami spent four years as a Managing Director and Senior Analyst at SVB Leerink and previous to that spent six years at UBS where she most recently held the position of Senior Analyst. Ami also spent time working in industry as Head of Strategy & Operations at Sandoz where she was responsible for building a high performing team responsible for strategic planning, sales force strategy, training, project management, budgeting, and business development. Ami began her career in consulting working at KPMG and then McKinsey & Company in their healthcare practice. Ami holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, her Bachelor’s of Commerce from the Shri Ram College, Delhi University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Rajvindra Gill

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0355 rgill@needhamco.com

Rajvindra Gill joined Needham & Company’s Semiconductor Research Group in August 2008. Prior to Needham, Rajvindra was an analyst at Jefferies & Company and Credit Suisse where he covered the communication equipment and IT Hardware industries, respectively. Before coming to Wall Street, Rajvindra spent five years at Lucent Technologies where he was a business development manager in the mobile applications division and CFO for the SONET optical product line. According to TipRanks.com, Rajvindra has a five-star ranking among Wall Street analysts globally and was one of the top 100 Wall Street analysts in both 2017 and 2019 (ranked 46 out of 6,000 analysts in 2019, and ranked 20 in 2017). He has been interviewed on CNBC’s Squawk Alley, Squawk on the Street, Closing Bell, Power Lunch, Fast Money, Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNBC Asia, for his insights on the semiconductor industry and is quoted extensively in leading business publications including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Forbes and Reuters. Rajvindra received a Master of Science in Finance from Babson College and undergraduate degrees in Finance and Information Technology from George Washington University.

Alex Henderson

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0432 ahenderson@needhamco.com

Alex Henderson joined Needham & Company in 2012, where he covers the networking and security technology industries. Prior to joining Needham, Alex worked at Miller Tabak, Citigroup and Prudential Securities, where he worked as a senior research analyst and served as Prudential’s director of technology research. He has been a senior technology analyst for over 25 years and ranked in the Institutional Investor All-Star Poll 17 times with #1 rank 11 times. He has also been elected to the Institutional Investor Hall of Fame. Alex was ranked #1 in the 2013 FT/StarMine Analyst Awards for stock picking in the Communications Equipment category. He started his career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. He received a B.A. in Physics and Applied Mathematics from Bard College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.

Ryan Koontz

Senior Analyst

650-561-2226 rkoontz@needhamco.com

Ryan Koontz joined Needham & Company in 2021, covering the cloud communications and broadband sectors. Prior to joining Needham, Ryan covered the cloud communications and networking equity sectors at Rosenblatt Securities for 3 years and previously founded two independent research businesses at Woodside Capital and Inflection Point Research. Prior to equity research, Ryan held key management positions at Advanced Fibre Communications, Ericsson, and AT&T. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering as well an M.B.A. and M.S. in Engineering Management from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Ryan MacDonald

Senior Analyst

(763) 226-3120 rmacdonald@needhamco.com

Ryan MacDonald joined Needham & Company in 2018, where he covers the enterprise software market with a focus on vertical SaaS applications. Ryan joined Needham from Dougherty & Company, where he was a senior research analyst covering vertical SaaS and business services. Prior to Dougherty, he was a senior research analyst at Wunderlich Securities, an associate research analyst at Sterne, Agee & Leach, and a research analyst/associate at Northland Capital Markets, covering a number of technology subsectors. Ryan holds a B.A. in Financial Management from the University of St. Thomas.

Patrick Malloy

Managing Director, Co-Director of Equity Research

(617) 457-0915 pmalloy@needhamco.com

Patrick Malloy joined Needham & Company, LLC in 2017, where he led our equity sales effort in the Boston region prior to being named Co-Director of Equity Research in November 2018. Before joining Needham, Pat spent seven years at UBS as a senior producer, and nearly four years at Cowen and Company. Prior to that, he spent two years as an equities trader at Longwood Investments. He received his BA from Trinity College in History and was Captain of the school’s National Championship Squash team in 2004. Pat is active in the Boston community, including New England Aquarium, Board of Overseers; Squash Busters, Advisory Council; and University Club of Boston, Board of Governors & Admissions Committee.

Thomas Maloney, CFA

Managing Director, Co-Director of Equity Research

(212) 705-0366 tmaloney@needhamco.com

Tom Maloney joined Needham & Company in 1999. He is a member of the firm’s Operating Committee and Investment Policy Committee. Prior to being named Director of Equity Research in 2006, he worked on the institutional sales desk at Needham, helping to disseminate the firm’s research ideas to institutional investors. Tom held similar roles at Tucker Anthony, Smith Barney, and Oppenheimer before joining Needham. His career began at Pepsi Cola as a business manager. He received a B.A. in Economics from Brown University in 1988 and also earned an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School in 1993.

Laura Martin, CFA & CMT

Senior Analyst

(917) 373-3066 lmartin@needhamco.com

Laura Martin received her BA from Stanford, her MBA from Harvard Business School, and she holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) as well as a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation. Since 2009, Martin has been the senior entertainment and internet analyst at Needham & Company, where she publishes research on the largest internet and media stocks in the US. Prior to Needham, Martin was the senior media analyst at Soleil Securities, where she was nationally ranked by Institutional Investor magazine as “Best of the Independent Research Boutiques” for many years, and at Credit Suisse First Boston, where she was nationally ranked by Institutional Investor in 1999, 2000, and 2001 as one of the top cable and entertainment analysts in the US.

Mike Matson, CFA

Senior Analyst

(617) 457-0949 mmatson@needhamco.com

Mike Matson joined Needham & Company in 2013 covering medical technologies. Prior to joining Needham, Mike spent nine years covering the medical supplies and devices industry for Mizuho Securities and Wells Fargo Securities. He previously worked in the medical device industry for Stryker’s Orthopaedics and Endoscopy divisions in marketing and product development. Mike has received multiple awards for stock picking and earnings estimate accuracy. Most recently, he was ranked first for stock picking in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector in the 2017 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards. He was also ranked tenth in the TipRanks Top Ten Analysts of 2016 (across all sectors), third for earnings estimate accuracy in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector in the 2014 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards, first for earnings estimate accuracy in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector in the 2013 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards, second for stock picking in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector in the 2008 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards, and fourth in the medical device sector for stock picking in the 2007 Wall Street Journal “Best on the Street.” Mike has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University with a minor in Economics and  MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business with a concentration in Health Sector Management. Mike holds a medical device patent (U.S. patent 6,919,914).

Matt McGinley

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0440 mmcginley@needhamco.com

Matt McGinley joined Needham & Company in 2019, where he covers the cannabis industry. He previously worked at Evercore ISI and Morgan Stanley covering consumer stocks where he was primarily focused on restaurants and retail. Prior to business school, he worked in brand management at Kraft Foods in the beverage category, and was an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army before leaving the military in 2004 at the rank of Captain. He holds an M.B.A. from New York University and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh.

Bernie McTernan, CFA

Senior Analyst

781-975-6571 bmcternan@needhamco.com

Bernie joined Needham & Company in 2021 as a Senior Research Analyst based in NYC covering the Internet & Consumer Technology sector. Bernie has 11 years of equity research experience on the sell and buyside. Most recently Bernie was a Senior Analyst at Rosenblatt Securities, prior to that he worked as an analyst at PineView Asset Management a TMT Hedge Fund in CT, and before that he worked in equity research at Morgan Stanley covering the TMT space.

Kyle Peterson, CFA, CPA

Senior Analyst

617-457-0925 kpeterson@needhamco.com

Kyle Peterson joined Needham & Company in 2018 covering the financial technology sector and currently focuses on the financial data and information space. Previously, Kyle was an equity research associate at FBR Capital Markets covering regional banks and online lenders. Prior to FBR, he served as an analyst for The McLean Group, a boutique investment bank focusing on the government services industry. Kyle is a CFA Charterholder and a licensed CPA in Virginia. He holds a BA in Economics and a BS in Accounting from the University of Richmond.

Chris Pierce

Senior Analyst

(917) 701-8427 cpierce@needhamco.com

Chris Pierce joined Needham & Company, LLC in 2020 as a research analyst covering Internet Services, transitioning from an equity trading background. Most recently, he spent four years Balyasny Asset Management trading TMT & HC out of their San Francisco office. Prior to that he spent 10 years as a trader at Ascend Capital LLC. He received his B.B.A. in Marketing from UMASS-Amherst in 1997, and an M.B.A from Pepperdine University in 1999.

Joshua Reilly, CFA

Senior Analyst

612-386-4640 jreilly@needhamco.com

Joshua Reilly joined Needham & Company in August 2018. He covers SaaS, application software and GovTech industries. Joshua joined Needham from Canaccord Genuity, where he was a research associate covering IoT, mobile devices and semiconductor industries. Prior to Canaccord, he was a research associate at Northland Securities, covering enterprise software. Joshua began his career at Okabena Investment Management. Joshua holds a B.B.S in Finance and Accounting from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota cum laude. In addition, Joshua was an undergraduate member of the Carlson Funds Enterprise. Joshua is a CFA charterholder.

James Ricchiuti

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0381 jricchiuti@needhamco.com

Jim Ricchiuti joined Needham & Company’s equity research team in May 1999. Prior to joining Needham, Jim was with Lehman Brothers for over five years, where he focused on technology companies in the imaging and electronics businesses. His previous experience includes Bear Stearns from 1986 to 1993 covering a number of small-cap and mid-cap companies. He was ranked #3 for stock picking in the Electronic Equipment & Instruments sector in the 2017 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards. He also worked at Argus Research in the mid-1980s. Jim is a graduate of St. John’s University.

David Saxon, CFA

Senior Analyst

617-457-0922 dsaxon@needhamco.com

David Saxon joined Needham & Company in 2017 covering medical technologies. Prior to joining Needham, David worked in asset management at firms including Merrill Lynch and Baker Avenue Asset Management. David holds an MBA from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and a BA in Economics from Boston University. David is a CFA charterholder.

Charles Shi

Senior Analyst

415-262-4868 cshi@needhamco.com

Charles Shi joined Needham & Company in 2019. He became a research analyst in 2021 covering Semiconductors and Semicap Equipment. Prior to Needham, Charles spent six years at Applied Materials, where he started as a global product manager in the metal deposition products division, and later became a business development manager covering the division’s foundry accounts. Charles received a PhD in materials science and engineering and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University.

Joseph Stringer, Ph.D.

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0346 jstringer@needhamco.com

Joseph Stringer joined Needham & Company in 2017, where he covers biotechnology companies. Prior to Needham, Joseph worked as a research scientist at Ra Pharmaceuticals. He conducted postdoctoral work at Yale University, earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and received a B.S. in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale.

Mayank Tandon

Senior Analyst

(617) 457-0943 mtandon@needhamco.com

Mayank Tandon joined Needham & Company in 2011, where he covers the financial technology and payments software and services industries. Previously, Mayank was a research analyst at Signal Hill covering the financial technology/IT services and BPO sectors. Prior to Signal Hill, he was the software and services equity research analyst/select portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, where he led the software and services research effort and managed the select software and computer services fund for two years. Before joining Fidelity, Mayank spent several years at Janney Montgomery Scott as an analyst covering IT services companies with a focus on consulting and outsourcing. He was ranked #1 in the 2013 FT/StarMine Analyst Awards for earnings estimating in the IT Services category. He holds an M.A. in Economics from Northeastern and a B.A. in Economics from University of Bombay.

John Todaro

Senior Analyst

212-705-0446 jtodaro@needhamco.com

John Todaro joined Needham & Company in 2021 to cover the Crypto asset and Blockchain sector. John joined Needham from TradeBlock, a crypto asset research, indexes, and analytics provider, where he was the Director of Research & Markets managing a team that conducted, analyzed, and distributed blockchain and crypto asset research. Prior to TradeBlock, he co-founded a crypto asset management fund. He has been active in the crypto and blockchain community since 2014 and has been quoted in various major media publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Reuters, CNBC, CoinDesk and others discussing his insights on the space. John began his career at Citigroup where he spent time on the Equity Sales and Residential Mortgage Securities Trading desks. John holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Patrick Malloy

Managing Director, Co-Director of Equity Research

Thomas Maloney, CFA

Managing Director, Co-Director of Equity Research
Patrick Malloy

Managing Director, Co-Director of Equity Research

(617) 457-0915 pmalloy@needhamco.com

Patrick Malloy joined Needham & Company, LLC in 2017, where he led our equity sales effort in the Boston region prior to being named Co-Director of Equity Research in November 2018. Before joining Needham, Pat spent seven years at UBS as a senior producer, and nearly four years at Cowen and Company. Prior to that, he spent two years as an equities trader at Longwood Investments. He received his BA from Trinity College in History and was Captain of the school’s National Championship Squash team in 2004. Pat is active in the Boston community, including New England Aquarium, Board of Overseers; Squash Busters, Advisory Council; and University Club of Boston, Board of Governors & Admissions Committee.

Thomas Maloney, CFA

Managing Director, Co-Director of Equity Research

(212) 705-0366 tmaloney@needhamco.com

Tom Maloney joined Needham & Company in 1999. He is a member of the firm’s Operating Committee and Investment Policy Committee. Prior to being named Director of Equity Research in 2006, he worked on the institutional sales desk at Needham, helping to disseminate the firm’s research ideas to institutional investors. Tom held similar roles at Tucker Anthony, Smith Barney, and Oppenheimer before joining Needham. His career began at Pepsi Cola as a business manager. He received a B.A. in Economics from Brown University in 1988 and also earned an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School in 1993.

Matt McGinley

Senior Analyst
Matt McGinley

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0440 mmcginley@needhamco.com

Matt McGinley joined Needham & Company in 2019, where he covers the cannabis industry. He previously worked at Evercore ISI and Morgan Stanley covering consumer stocks where he was primarily focused on restaurants and retail. Prior to business school, he worked in brand management at Kraft Foods in the beverage category, and was an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army before leaving the military in 2004 at the rank of Captain. He holds an M.B.A. from New York University and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mike Cikos, CFA

Senior Analyst

Alex Henderson

Senior Analyst

Ryan Koontz

Senior Analyst
Mike Cikos, CFA

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0382 mcikos@needhamco.com

Mike Cikos joined Needham & Company, LLC’s equity research team in March 2019, and covers the Infrastructure & Analytics and Security Technology sectors. Mike joined Needham from Systematic Financial Management, where he was an equity analyst covering the technology, industrial and retail sectors. Prior to Systematic, he was a senior equity analyst at Macquarie, an equity research associate at RS Investments and an equity research analyst at Sidoti & Company. Mike holds a B.B.A in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.

Alex Henderson

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0432 ahenderson@needhamco.com

Alex Henderson joined Needham & Company in 2012, where he covers the networking and security technology industries. Prior to joining Needham, Alex worked at Miller Tabak, Citigroup and Prudential Securities, where he worked as a senior research analyst and served as Prudential’s director of technology research. He has been a senior technology analyst for over 25 years and ranked in the Institutional Investor All-Star Poll 17 times with #1 rank 11 times. He has also been elected to the Institutional Investor Hall of Fame. Alex was ranked #1 in the 2013 FT/StarMine Analyst Awards for stock picking in the Communications Equipment category. He started his career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. He received a B.A. in Physics and Applied Mathematics from Bard College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.

Ryan Koontz

Senior Analyst

650-561-2226 rkoontz@needhamco.com

Ryan Koontz joined Needham & Company in 2021, covering the cloud communications and broadband sectors. Prior to joining Needham, Ryan covered the cloud communications and networking equity sectors at Rosenblatt Securities for 3 years and previously founded two independent research businesses at Woodside Capital and Inflection Point Research. Prior to equity research, Ryan held key management positions at Advanced Fibre Communications, Ericsson, and AT&T. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering as well an M.B.A. and M.S. in Engineering Management from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

John Todaro

Senior Analyst
John Todaro

Senior Analyst

212-705-0446 jtodaro@needhamco.com

John Todaro joined Needham & Company in 2021 to cover the Crypto asset and Blockchain sector. John joined Needham from TradeBlock, a crypto asset research, indexes, and analytics provider, where he was the Director of Research & Markets managing a team that conducted, analyzed, and distributed blockchain and crypto asset research. Prior to TradeBlock, he co-founded a crypto asset management fund. He has been active in the crypto and blockchain community since 2014 and has been quoted in various major media publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Reuters, CNBC, CoinDesk and others discussing his insights on the space. John began his career at Citigroup where he spent time on the Equity Sales and Residential Mortgage Securities Trading desks. John holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Serge Belanger

Senior Analyst

Gil Blum, Ph.D.

Senior Analyst

Ami Fadia

Senior Analyst

Mike Matson, CFA

Senior Analyst

David Saxon, CFA

Senior Analyst

Joseph Stringer, Ph.D.

Senior Analyst
Serge Belanger

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0407 sbelanger@needhamco.com

Serge Belanger joined Needham & Company in 2009, where he covers the Biotech and Biopharmaceuticals industries. Prior to Needham, Serge worked as a research associate at Fulcrum Global Partners and Susquehanna International Group covering the biotech and specialty pharma healthcare sectors. Previously, Serge joined Adolor Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, as a senior research scientist, where he was involved with the discovery and development of novel opioid receptor targeted molecules and non-opioid pain therapeutics. Serge graduated from McGill University with a BSc, Biochemistry/Pharmacology, and an MSc, Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He obtained his MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Gil Blum, Ph.D.

Senior Analyst

212-705-0383 gblum@needhamco.com

Gil Blum, Ph.D., joined Needham & Company’s Biotech research team in August 2017. Gil joined Needham from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, New York oldest law firm where he was a Scientific Advisor in intellectual property law and prosecution. Prior to Cadwalader, Gil held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, developing early drug candidates. Gil holds a Doctoral degree in Chemical Biology from Cornell University and a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Tel-Aviv University.

Ami Fadia

Senior Analyst

212-705-0445 afadia@needhamco.com

Ami Fadia joined Needham and Company in May 2021 covering Neuroscience and Biotechnology. Prior to joining Needham, Ami spent four years as a Managing Director and Senior Analyst at SVB Leerink and previous to that spent six years at UBS where she most recently held the position of Senior Analyst. Ami also spent time working in industry as Head of Strategy & Operations at Sandoz where she was responsible for building a high performing team responsible for strategic planning, sales force strategy, training, project management, budgeting, and business development. Ami began her career in consulting working at KPMG and then McKinsey & Company in their healthcare practice. Ami holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, her Bachelor’s of Commerce from the Shri Ram College, Delhi University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Mike Matson, CFA

Senior Analyst

(617) 457-0949 mmatson@needhamco.com

Mike Matson joined Needham & Company in 2013 covering medical technologies. Prior to joining Needham, Mike spent nine years covering the medical supplies and devices industry for Mizuho Securities and Wells Fargo Securities. He previously worked in the medical device industry for Stryker’s Orthopaedics and Endoscopy divisions in marketing and product development. Mike has received multiple awards for stock picking and earnings estimate accuracy. Most recently, he was ranked first for stock picking in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector in the 2017 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards. He was also ranked tenth in the TipRanks Top Ten Analysts of 2016 (across all sectors), third for earnings estimate accuracy in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector in the 2014 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards, first for earnings estimate accuracy in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector in the 2013 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards, second for stock picking in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector in the 2008 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards, and fourth in the medical device sector for stock picking in the 2007 Wall Street Journal “Best on the Street.” Mike has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University with a minor in Economics and  MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business with a concentration in Health Sector Management. Mike holds a medical device patent (U.S. patent 6,919,914).

David Saxon, CFA

Senior Analyst

617-457-0922 dsaxon@needhamco.com

David Saxon joined Needham & Company in 2017 covering medical technologies. Prior to joining Needham, David worked in asset management at firms including Merrill Lynch and Baker Avenue Asset Management. David holds an MBA from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and a BA in Economics from Boston University. David is a CFA charterholder.

Joseph Stringer, Ph.D.

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0346 jstringer@needhamco.com

Joseph Stringer joined Needham & Company in 2017, where he covers biotechnology companies. Prior to Needham, Joseph worked as a research scientist at Ra Pharmaceuticals. He conducted postdoctoral work at Yale University, earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and received a B.S. in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale.

James Ricchiuti

Senior Analyst
James Ricchiuti

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0381 jricchiuti@needhamco.com

Jim Ricchiuti joined Needham & Company’s equity research team in May 1999. Prior to joining Needham, Jim was with Lehman Brothers for over five years, where he focused on technology companies in the imaging and electronics businesses. His previous experience includes Bear Stearns from 1986 to 1993 covering a number of small-cap and mid-cap companies. He was ranked #3 for stock picking in the Electronic Equipment & Instruments sector in the 2017 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards. He also worked at Argus Research in the mid-1980s. Jim is a graduate of St. John’s University.

Anna Andreeva

Senior Analyst

Laura Martin, CFA & CMT

Senior Analyst

Bernie McTernan, CFA

Senior Analyst

Chris Pierce

Senior Analyst
Anna Andreeva

Senior Analyst

212-705-0443 aandreeva@needhamco.com

Anna Andreeva joined Needham & Company in 2021. Anna has spent 15+ years as a Research Analyst and Investment Banker covering the Consumer space. As an Analyst at J.P. Morgan, Anna was a member of the # 1 I.I. ranked Equity Research team covering the Specialty Retail sector; during her tenure at Oppenheimer, she was recognized as a top Analyst by both client votes and sales force and trading. Most recently at B Riley FBR, Anna was a Senior Consumer Investment Banker with coverage across Retail, Apparel, Consumer Products and Services, Food & Beverage, Beauty, and Footwear industries. Anna is passionate about the Consumer space and has consulted both public and private early stage consumer/technology companies. Anna received her MBA from the Stern School of Business and also attended College of Charleston and Moscow University of Foreign Affairs.

Laura Martin, CFA & CMT

Senior Analyst

(917) 373-3066 lmartin@needhamco.com

Laura Martin received her BA from Stanford, her MBA from Harvard Business School, and she holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) as well as a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation. Since 2009, Martin has been the senior entertainment and internet analyst at Needham & Company, where she publishes research on the largest internet and media stocks in the US. Prior to Needham, Martin was the senior media analyst at Soleil Securities, where she was nationally ranked by Institutional Investor magazine as “Best of the Independent Research Boutiques” for many years, and at Credit Suisse First Boston, where she was nationally ranked by Institutional Investor in 1999, 2000, and 2001 as one of the top cable and entertainment analysts in the US.

Bernie McTernan, CFA

Senior Analyst

781-975-6571 bmcternan@needhamco.com

Bernie joined Needham & Company in 2021 as a Senior Research Analyst based in NYC covering the Internet & Consumer Technology sector. Bernie has 11 years of equity research experience on the sell and buyside. Most recently Bernie was a Senior Analyst at Rosenblatt Securities, prior to that he worked as an analyst at PineView Asset Management a TMT Hedge Fund in CT, and before that he worked in equity research at Morgan Stanley covering the TMT space.

Chris Pierce

Senior Analyst

(917) 701-8427 cpierce@needhamco.com

Chris Pierce joined Needham & Company, LLC in 2020 as a research analyst covering Internet Services, transitioning from an equity trading background. Most recently, he spent four years Balyasny Asset Management trading TMT & HC out of their San Francisco office. Prior to that he spent 10 years as a trader at Ascend Capital LLC. He received his B.B.A. in Marketing from UMASS-Amherst in 1997, and an M.B.A from Pepperdine University in 1999.

Quinn Bolton, CFA

Senior Analyst

Rajvindra Gill

Senior Analyst

Charles Shi

Senior Analyst
Quinn Bolton, CFA

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0322 qbolton@needhamco.com

Quinn Bolton has been with Needham & Company since 2004 covering communication ICs and consumer semiconductor companies. Prior to Needham, he was a senior semiconductor analyst at Oppenheimer & Co., covering large capitalization, diversified semiconductor companies. Before joining Oppenheimer, Quinn was a senior analyst at CIBC World Markets, where he covered large capitalization semiconductor, personal computer device and communication IC companies. Prior to at CIBC, he was a research associate at BT Alex. Brown and held various positions in corporate finance, equity capital markets, and equity research at Salomon Brothers. He received undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Quantitative Economics from Stanford University in 1993 and is a CFA.

Rajvindra Gill

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0355 rgill@needhamco.com

Rajvindra Gill joined Needham & Company’s Semiconductor Research Group in August 2008. Prior to Needham, Rajvindra was an analyst at Jefferies & Company and Credit Suisse where he covered the communication equipment and IT Hardware industries, respectively. Before coming to Wall Street, Rajvindra spent five years at Lucent Technologies where he was a business development manager in the mobile applications division and CFO for the SONET optical product line. According to TipRanks.com, Rajvindra has a five-star ranking among Wall Street analysts globally and was one of the top 100 Wall Street analysts in both 2017 and 2019 (ranked 46 out of 6,000 analysts in 2019, and ranked 20 in 2017). He has been interviewed on CNBC’s Squawk Alley, Squawk on the Street, Closing Bell, Power Lunch, Fast Money, Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNBC Asia, for his insights on the semiconductor industry and is quoted extensively in leading business publications including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Forbes and Reuters. Rajvindra received a Master of Science in Finance from Babson College and undergraduate degrees in Finance and Information Technology from George Washington University.

Charles Shi

Senior Analyst

415-262-4868 cshi@needhamco.com

Charles Shi joined Needham & Company in 2019. He became a research analyst in 2021 covering Semiconductors and Semicap Equipment. Prior to Needham, Charles spent six years at Applied Materials, where he started as a global product manager in the metal deposition products division, and later became a business development manager covering the division’s foundry accounts. Charles received a PhD in materials science and engineering and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University.

Scott Berg

Senior Analyst

Mike Cikos, CFA

Senior Analyst

Ryan MacDonald

Senior Analyst

Ryan Koontz

Senior Analyst

Joshua Reilly, CFA

Senior Analyst

Mayank Tandon

Senior Analyst
Scott Berg

Senior Analyst

(763) 350-4027 sberg@needhamco.com

Scott Berg joined Needham & Company in 2015, where he covers the SaaS, application software, and human capital management industries. Previously, he was senior research analyst at Northland Capital Markets covering enterprise/application software. Prior to Northland, he was senior research analyst with Feltl & Company and research analyst/associate with ThinkEquity, both with a focus on enterprise software. Before his Wall Street career, Scott held a variety of internal IT management positions for 10 years. He holds an MBA in Finance and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

Mike Cikos, CFA

Senior Analyst

(212) 705-0382 mcikos@needhamco.com

Mike Cikos joined Needham & Company, LLC’s equity research team in March 2019, and covers the Infrastructure & Analytics and Security Technology sectors. Mike joined Needham from Systematic Financial Management, where he was an equity analyst covering the technology, industrial and retail sectors. Prior to Systematic, he was a senior equity analyst at Macquarie, an equity research associate at RS Investments and an equity research analyst at Sidoti & Company. Mike holds a B.B.A in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.

Ryan MacDonald

Senior Analyst

(763) 226-3120 rmacdonald@needhamco.com

Ryan MacDonald joined Needham & Company in 2018, where he covers the enterprise software market with a focus on vertical SaaS applications. Ryan joined Needham from Dougherty & Company, where he was a senior research analyst covering vertical SaaS and business services. Prior to Dougherty, he was a senior research analyst at Wunderlich Securities, an associate research analyst at Sterne, Agee & Leach, and a research analyst/associate at Northland Capital Markets, covering a number of technology subsectors. Ryan holds a B.A. in Financial Management from the University of St. Thomas.

Ryan Koontz

Senior Analyst

650-561-2226 rkoontz@needhamco.com

Ryan Koontz joined Needham & Company in 2021, covering the cloud communications and broadband sectors. Prior to joining Needham, Ryan covered the cloud communications and networking equity sectors at Rosenblatt Securities for 3 years and previously founded two independent research businesses at Woodside Capital and Inflection Point Research. Prior to equity research, Ryan held key management positions at Advanced Fibre Communications, Ericsson, and AT&T. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering as well an M.B.A. and M.S. in Engineering Management from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Joshua Reilly, CFA

Senior Analyst

612-386-4640 jreilly@needhamco.com

Joshua Reilly joined Needham & Company in August 2018. He covers SaaS, application software and GovTech industries. Joshua joined Needham from Canaccord Genuity, where he was a research associate covering IoT, mobile devices and semiconductor industries. Prior to Canaccord, he was a research associate at Northland Securities, covering enterprise software. Joshua began his career at Okabena Investment Management. Joshua holds a B.B.S in Finance and Accounting from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota cum laude. In addition, Joshua was an undergraduate member of the Carlson Funds Enterprise. Joshua is a CFA charterholder.

Mayank Tandon

Senior Analyst

(617) 457-0943 mtandon@needhamco.com

Mayank Tandon joined Needham & Company in 2011, where he covers the financial technology and payments software and services industries. Previously, Mayank was a research analyst at Signal Hill covering the financial technology/IT services and BPO sectors. Prior to Signal Hill, he was the software and services equity research analyst/select portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, where he led the software and services research effort and managed the select software and computer services fund for two years. Before joining Fidelity, Mayank spent several years at Janney Montgomery Scott as an analyst covering IT services companies with a focus on consulting and outsourcing. He was ranked #1 in the 2013 FT/StarMine Analyst Awards for earnings estimating in the IT Services category. He holds an M.A. in Economics from Northeastern and a B.A. in Economics from University of Bombay.

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