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Lambert, Edwards & Associates Appoints Director of Research
12 July 05
Sell-Side Equity Research Veteran Joining Investor Relations Practice
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 12, 2005 – Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc. (LE&A), Michigan’s largest investor relations firm and one of the region’s leading public relations firms, today announced the addition of Noel Ryan III as Director of Research.
In his new post, Ryan will provide strategic counsel across the firm’s roster of publicly traded clients, with a focus on the technology, capital equipment, consumer and financial services industries. In addition to his role as a senior investor relations counselor, Ryan has been appointed to manage the firm’s equity research product, a separate division of LE&A. Ryan will report to managing partner, Jeff Lambert.
“Noel’s breadth of transactional and market-related expertise makes him a valuable addition to our investor relations practice,” said Jeff Lambert. “His extensive knowledge of the equity markets, honed by many years within the investment banking community as a sell-side research analyst, will enable us to provide our clients with research and advisory services of an increasingly analytical nature. Noel’s addition epitomizes our commitment to investing in national talent – a strategy that will allow us to continue to provide small- and mid-cap companies with the counsel they need to successfully tell their stories on Wall Street.”
Previously, Ryan was an equity research analyst at Pacific Growth Equities LLC in San Francisco, where he specialized in small- and mid-cap technology companies with a focus on communications semiconductors. During his tenure at Pacific Growth, Ryan’s coverage spanned more than 20 semiconductor design and fabrication houses, including names such as Cypress Semiconductor, Skyworks Solutions, RF Micro Devices, Integrated Device Technology and Silicon Laboratories.
Prior to joining Pacific Growth, Ryan spent several years in equity research at Banc of America Securities, LLC as a member of the enterprise hardware and electrical manufacturing services research teams. While at Banc of America, Ryan focused on large-cap technology companies such as IBM, Dell Computer, Flextronics International and Jabil Circuit.
Ryan began his career at Thomson Financial, where he worked as an analyst in the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) Consulting Group. Ryan’s focus at Thomson included creating predictive analytical forecasts to aid major investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, among others, in successfully executing IPO’s, secondary offerings, M&A transactions, spin-offs and other divestitures. Ryan’s primary analysis involved the correlations between turnover in institutional shareholder bases and in-house fundamental analysis.
Ryan holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley. While at Pacific Growth Equities LLC, a registered broker-dealer with the NASD, Ryan earned his Series 7, 63, 86 and 87 licenses.
About Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc.
Founded in 1998, Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc. (www.lambert-edwards.com) is Michigan’s largest investor relations firm and one of the top independent public relations firms in the Midwest. Based in Grand Rapids, LE&A provides strategic counsel to publicly traded and privately held companies throughout the United States. The firm’s industry sector focus includes business and financial services, health care, manufacturing, consumer products, retail, technology and entertainment.
