Harry Blount, with Lehman Brothers since November 2000, has over 18
years of experience as a sell-side analyst with a variety of firms including
Oppenheimer, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, and Credit Suisse First Boston.
Mr. Blount has provided
in-depth research coverage on over 100 companies in a variety of industry
disciplines including – enterprise hardware, wireline and wireless
telecommunication services, wireless distribution, competitive local exchange
services, internet infrastructure, enterprise storage networking, hard disk
drives, environmental services, restaurants, hotels, entertainment, and
consumer products.
Mr. Blount was named to
the Institutional Investor All-American analyst teams in 2000 and 2001 for the
Internet Infrastructure Services category.
In 2002, Mr. Blount received his third Wall Street Journal award, when
he was named a top stock picker in the Computer Hardware sector. He has appeared on CNBC and Reuters and been
quoted in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Barrons,
Forbes, Fortune, and Business Week. He
most recently delivered the keynote address to IDEMA, the global hard drive
industry association. Mr. Blount currently serves on the advisory board of
Innovent, a Nokia Ventures Organization company. Innovent evaluates emerging technologies such as dynamic mesh
networks, Peer-to-peer computing, and intelligent agents.
Mr. Blount is a
Chartered Financial Analyst who holds the Series 7 and Series 63 licenses. He
earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from
the University of
Wisconsin – La Crosse in 1986.
Current research coverage includes:
O Akamai Apple Brocade Dell
O Dot Hill EMC Emulex Hewlett-Packard
O IBM Iron
Mountain Maxtor McDATA
O Network Appliance QLogic Quantum Seagate
O StorageTek Sun
Microsystems Western Digital