Robert Faulkner joined JMP Securities in April 2005 as Managing Director and Sr Analyst covering the medical device industry. Prior to joining JMP, Rob was Sr Vice President and Sr Equity Analyst at Prudential Equity Group. From 1995 until 2001, Rob was Managing Director and Sr Research Analyst at JPMorgan and Hambrecht & Quist. Rob served as Vice President and Biotechnology Analyst at S. G. Warburg from 1992 to 1995 and previously worked as a consultant at The Wilkerson Group. He began his career in the healthcare industry at SmithKline Beckman. Rob holds an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA from Harvard University.