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Richard Kramer

Richard is the main founder of Arete (formed in 2000), the pioneer of the independent equity research space (prior to the Wall Street scandals of 2001-2003) and is based in London. For over 20 years he has focused on the wider mobile internet space, including smartphones, digital consumer products, advertising technology and other internet services. He is a frequent and highly rated speaker at industry conferences, known for his frank dissection of industry hype and willingness to offer critical as well as positive comments on leading tech companies. Prior to founding Arete, Richard was for four years #1 ranked technology analyst in Europe at Goldman Sachs, and prior to that, worked for Nortel and at a prestigious Columbia University economics think tank.

Email: richard.kramer@arete.net

Phone: +44 (0)20 7959 1303

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Nam Hyung Kim

Nam joined Arete in 2009 and is based in the firm's US office. Nam focuses on global memory, display, PC and battery sectors, working with Brett and Jim. Prior to Arete, Nam spent nine years with IHS (formerly iSuppli), and led IHS memory research team to become one of the highest respected research groups in the industry. Before IHS, Nam was a product engineer in technical marketing and sales at SK Hynix Semiconductor and served as logistics manager for the IBM and Sun Microsystems Worldwide accounts. Nam earned his MBA at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a CFA charter holder and is FINRA Series 7, 24, 86, and 87 registered.

Email: nam.kim@arete.net

Phone: +1 424 228 7914

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