Mr David Thomas

KANDO id: 22299

Bio

David began his career in New York at Hambrecht & Quist in 1983 as an associate software and services industry analyst. After moving to San Francisco in 1987, he was promoted to senior analyst, then the youngest ever at the firm. After a stint as a software analyst at Prudential Securities from 1991 to 1993, Mr. Thomas took a sell side position with O’Connor & Associates (a division of Swiss Bank Corp.) as a portfolio manager/analyst. He managed a $20 million hedge fund and guided the options trading operations for the firm’s software arbitrage group. Mr. Thomas has also held positions at Oracle Corporation and First Albany/META Group Technology Research, and launched a start up company in 1998. David graduated from Brown University in 1984 with a degree in economics.

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