Frank Sparacino is a vice president specializing in research and investment in enterprise software and health care information technology. He provides research coverage of leading private and publicly traded companies in his sectors. Prior to joining First Analysis in 2000, he spent four years as a sell-side equity research analyst with Barrington Research Associates Inc., where he covered the enterprise and Internet infrastructure software market. Earlier, he was with Brinson Partners, a global money management firm, performing a wide range of duties from portfolio implementation and client service to developing derivative functionality for the firm�s portfolio management accounting system. Before that, he worked for KPMG as a corporate tax specialist. Mr. Sparacino earned a bachelor�s degree in accounting from Northern Illinois University. He is a certified public accountant and a CFA charterholder. |