My name is Larry Smith. I spent the first 25 years of my career working on Wall Street as an analyst with a primary focus on biotechnology and pharmaceutical stocks. However, I have also covered companies in several other industries. Most of this time was spent with Smith Barney and Hambrecht ...more

My name is Larry Smith. I spent the first 25 years of my career working on Wall Street as an analyst with a primary focus on biotechnology and pharmaceutical stocks. However, I have also covered companies in several other industries. Most of this time was spent with Smith Barney and Hambrecht & Quist. Early in my career as an analyst, I was voted on the Institutional Investors All-Star team for pharmaceutical research for nine years in a row with my highest ranking being #2. I became very interested in biotechnology in its infancy. I actually called on Genentech before they came public. I was also the analyst at Smith Barney when Amgen came public and was the first analyst to cover that company. The Wall Street Journal selected me as #2 in biotechnology stock picking earlier in my career. Later in my career at Smith Barney, I was Executive Vice President, Director of Equities and Fixed Income Research, Chairman of the Investment Policy Committee, a member of the Board of Directors, on the Operating Committee and on the Commitment Committee. At Hambrecht & Quist, I was a Managing Director, Manager of Life Sciences Research, on the Operating Committee, on the Commitment Committee and was also Chairman of Annual H&Q Life Sciences Conference for six years. In 2003, I founded DLS Research, LLC, a subscription research firm that performs due dilligence for institutional investors. Since 2003, I have interacted with over 150 biotechnology companies and track another 100 to some extent. SmithOnStocks is a new business direction for DLS Research. I received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Columbia University.less