Analysts Information

Murphy, Mark

Sr. Research Analyst

Mark Murphy is a managing director and senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray, focusing on the enterprise software sector. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray, Murphy covered enterprise software for First Albany, and prior to that he worked in equity research at B.T. Alex Brown and Bankers Trust. Murphy has written software applications in various programming languages including BASIC, Pascal, and COBOL. He has also been recognized in The Wall Street Journal's "Best on the Street" survey and was recently recognized by Forbes Magazine as the No. 1 sell-side stock picker in the software industry for the prior five years, with returns of 115% versus 26% for the software industry. Murphy graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Business Management and Economics.

Associates:

Schwartz, Brian
Research Analyst

Universe Coverage:
Technology:   Enterprise Software
CNQRConcur Technologies, Inc.
CNVOConvio, Inc.
INFAInformatica Corp.
JCOMj2 Global Communications Inc.
KNXAKenexa Corporation
LWSNLawson Software, Inc.
NNetSuite, Inc.
NOVLNovell, Inc.
NUANNuance Communications, Inc.
ORCLOracle Corporation
RHTRed Hat Inc.
RNOWRightNow Technologies, Inc.
CRMsalesforce.com, inc.
TIBXTIBCO Software Inc.
ULTIUltimate Software Group, Inc. (The)