Interview with
Equity Research Analyst Team Members
Andrew J. Deniken, Director of Marketing
Andrew J. Deniken has 13 years experience as an Institutional Equity Sales Person on Wall Street. Over the last 2 years, Mr. Deniken has worked as a consultant to public companies assisting them on numerous projects, while simultaneously building upon and maintaining his buy and sell-side relationships with Wall Street institutions. Prior to that, Mr. Deniken was a Vice President with Dresdner Kleinwort, EVEREN Securities (now Wachovia Bank) and BT Alex Brown (now Deutsche Bank Alex Brown) as an institutional equity sales person, with a focus on healthcare and technology companies. Mr. Deniken started his career as a retail broker at Merrill Lynch. He received a B.S. in Business Management, International Finance from the University of Southern California.
Laura Swartz, Senior Research Writer
Laura Swartz is a research writer at Crystal Research Associates. Prior to her employment with Crystal Research, Ms. Swartz worked as a part-time editor of university publications for the University of Florida Registrar's Office. Through the Gatornest program at UF, Ms. Swartz performed market research and analysis on various industries for outside organizations. She has also been very active with Alpha Kappa Psi, an international professional business fraternity; the Florida Blue Key Speaker's Bureau, a division of Florida Blue Key; and Habitat for Humanity. She recently traveled to Zambia, Africa as a global volunteer for Habitat. Ms. Swartz graduated cum laude from UF with a B.S. in business administration and a concentration in business management, as well as with a B.A. cum laude in liberal arts, with a concentration in English.
Colleen Koski, Research Writer
Colleen K. Koski is a research writer at Crystal Research Associates. Prior to working with Crystal Research, Ms. Koski served as a marketing intern with the Stephen C. O'Connell Center at the University of Florida, in addition to serving as an executive intern with Target Corporation in Greenacres, Florida. In 2007, Ms. Koski served as a teaching assistant for the Warrington College of Business's Principles of Marketing course. Through Warrington, she also had the opportunity to write an honors thesis entitled "Green Washing," which focused on the literature review of environmental marketing research. Ms. Koski graduated magna cum laude from the University of Florida with a B.S. in business administration and a concentration in marketing, as well as with a minor in mass communication studies.
Samy Goldfarb, Research Writer
Samy Goldfarb is a research writer at Crystal Research Associates. Prior to joining Crystal Research Associates, Mr. Goldfarb served as an Investment Advisor Representative and Financial Advisor with ING Financial Partners and American Express. Previously, he was Business Development Manager with gMed, Inc, a medical software company. Mr. Goldfarb began his career with Procter and Gamble as an Assistant Brand Manager and brings to Crystal Research Associates extensive international business experience in Latin America and the U.S. Mr. Goldfarb holds an honor's B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Lehigh University and completed academic requirements for a M.S. in biomedical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Ana Leon Bella, Vice President of International Business Development
Ana Leon Bella is a facilitator in international business negotiations and works as Vice President of International Business development for Crystal Research Associates. She is based in New York City and has worked for international trading companies worldwide. Ana is fluent in several languages including: Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and English. She holds a B.A. in Asian Studies from Cornell University and a M.A. in Dance Education from New York University. Her combination of language skill and international business experience has proven itself invaluable when integrated with fellow team members at Crystal Research Associates.
Holly Bromer, CFA, Research Writer
Holly Bromer is a research writer at Crystal Research Associates. Prior to working with Crystal Research, Ms. Bromer was head of U.S. Consultant Relations for Gartmore Group, responsible for fostering relationships with institutional investment consultants. Previously, Ms. Bromer worked in Gartmore's marketing department as an investment writer, developing key messages for institutional marketing literature and creating white papers for external distribution. She began her career with Merrill Lynch as a quantitative analyst in the Defined Asset Funds business unit. She received a B.B.A. from Emory University, Goizueta School of Business. Ms. Bromer is also a Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA).
Tom Michael, Research Writer
Tom Michael is a research writer at Crystal Research Associates. For more than 12 years, Mr. Michael was an editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the world's oldest and largest English-language reference source. Noted for his editorial integrity and research abilities, he specialized in American and European affairs, working with leading scholars in several countries. In addition to the flagship product, Mr. Michael helped create many new books, DVDs/CDs, and online features for the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster, a subsidiary company.
Mark Weller, Director
Mark Weller is the founder and publisher of Montreal Business Magazine. Launched in 1986, the magazine is distributed in The Globe and Mail and has grown into a highly respected voice of Quebec business. In 1997, Mr. Weller established a French-language sister publication, Montreal inc., and in 2001 launched a series of publications under the banner of the CANADIAN SUCCESS SERIES. Most notably, he has published two highly successful comprehensive reports on the Canadian biotech industry (BioCanada 2002 and BioCanada 2003, both distributed nationally in The Globe and Mail as well as in the U.S. in the Boston Globe and San Diego Union Tribune). In 2003, he published a survey of the Canadian shipping industry, and has plans underway for magazines involving the country's aerospace, medical device, and high tech sectors.
Scott Lawrence, Research Writer
Scott Lawrence is a Montreal freelance writer and editor who has produced hundreds of articles for business publications dealing with an array of industries and personalities, as well as countless annual reports for companies in Canada. Most recently, he has also undertaken projects in corporate communications and investor relations. A former university educator in Creative Writing, he is the author of two books.
George Mahmourides, Research Writer
George Mahmourides joins Crystal Research Associates with over a quarter century of experience in the public, para-public, and private biotechnology-healthcare-pharma sectors, having recently established a private business practice, Knowledge Leads, Wisdom Follows, to help biotech companies address competitive intelligence and strategic planning issues. Mr. Mahmourides was previously a senior biotech analyst with Desjardins Securities and Groome Capital.com. With a doctoral degree in microbial physiology and an MBA from McGill University, Mr. Mahmourides started his career as a bench scientist at the National Research Council of Canada, followed by another appointment at the Biotechnology Research Institute in Montreal. He eventually accepted a tenure track position as a university professor in Nova Scotia. He has also taught at universities in Montreal and Toronto. Within the last 10 years, he has acted both as a director of R&D and director of business development for various firms in Toronto and Montreal.