NEW YORK, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaufman Bros. (KBRO, www.kbro.com), a leading investment bank, announces the addition of Vivian Cervantes, Senior Analyst - Medical Technology, Healthcare Services & IT.
Ms. Cervantes brings with her a broad knowledge and experience across sub-sectors, including cardiovascular, orthopedic wound management, women's health, respiratory, ophthalmology, and diversified companies. Her expertise integrates nearly 10 years of financial analysis and investment experience in the Information Technology industry with profound analysis and understanding of medical technology and healthcare services.
Before joining Kaufman Bros., she held positions with Maxim Group, Rodman & Renshaw, BMO Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
Vivian received her MBA from Columbia Business School and obtained her Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation following a BS degree in Accounting from Seton Hall University.
"We are excited to have someone of Vivian's experience and industry knowledge join our research efforts," said Benny Lorenzo, Chairman & CEO. "With the healthcare industry representing one-sixth of the U.S. economy, the addition of Vivian to our research team reflects our firm's commitment to this important sector."
"Vivian is well known in the investment community for her detailed analysis of the healthcare sector, coupled with prescient stock picks. This will allow us to continue to provide strong, actionable ideas to our investor clients," said Director of Research Jeff Bencik.
Ms. Cervantes will moderate the Healthcare track at the Kaufman Bros. Fourteenth Annual Investor Conference being held in New York on September 7-8, 2011.
About Kaufman Bros., L.P. - KBRO offers proprietary research, equity and fixed income sales and trading, corporate services, and investment banking support to the Technology, Media, Telecom (TMT), Green Tech, and Healthcare sectors.
The firm is the largest minority-owned/operated investment bank and broker-dealer in the United States focusing on the TMT and Healthcare verticals. KBRO's Institutional clients manage more than $5 trillion. KBRO has helped advisory clients raise more than $50 billion since 1999.
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