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Note:Precursor® LLC has repurposed its research focus on industry and policy research for companies.
- Unlike our predecessor firm Precursor Group Inc., we no longer provide investment advice nor produce investment research.
- Like our predecessor firm, we do no investment banking or proprietary trading, and have no direct ownership in any public or private company other than Precursor® LLC.
- After serving as the Founding Chairman of the Investorside Research Association and a Director on the board, Cleland stepped down from the board and membership of Investorside in March 2006.
Cleland is frequently interviewed by CNBC, CNN, National Public Radio, PBS, and Bloomberg TV, and has been quoted on Fox, ABC, CBS, and NBC news. Cleland is also widely quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, USA Today, Investors’ Business Daily, Barrons, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, and the leading trade press, among other publications.
Selected Notable Media:
CSPAN, “The Communicators Series” January 2006, Cleland was the first industry analyst overall to be selected to be interviewed for this weekly half-hour interview program that features leading voices in the field of communications.
Bureau of National Affairs, Annual Legislative and Regulatory Outlook, January 2006, Cleland was the lead analyst to describe the legislative outlook for communications for this preeminent “inside the beltway” publication.
Institutional Investor, “Small and Savy, the “Best of Independents” December 2005, Precursor Group was ranked #1 in telecom independent research in the U.S.
Wall Street week with Fortune, February 2005, feature interview on telecom consolidation.
Institutional Investor, “Best of Independents” December 2004, Precursor Group was ranked #1 in telecom and #3 in tech independent research in the U.S.
Barrons, “Clarion Call” An interview with Scott Cleland and Bill Whyman, 2003.
PBS Frontline Special, “The Wall Street Fix”, 2003, Cleland served as lead source and primary analyst for this Hedrick Smith Productions Emmy Award winning TV documentary.
Now With Bill Moyers, PBS, 2003, interview on WorldCom.
Diane Rehm Show, National Public Radio, 2003 interview “On Wall Street.”
Washington Business Journal, Personal Feature, “The Idiot Washington Analyst,” 2003 profile of Scott Cleland, CEO of Washington-based Precursor Group.
Fortune, Profile: “Calling WorldCom’s Woes” profiled Cleland as “ahead of the pack in raising questions about WorldCom’s debt, profitability, and survival.”
Barrons, “Stunted Growth” An Interview with Scott Cleland and Bill Whyman, 2002 described Precursor Group as “not only…plugged in, but…impartial…that’s the critical difference from the rest of the pack.”
National Journal, Profile: The Profits of Being Less Clueless, 2001, feature on Scott Cleland and Bill Whyman’s launch of Precursor Group.
Barrons, “Telecom’s Future” an interview with Scott Cleland and Bill Whyman, March 2001.
Selected Congressional Testimony:
On Video & Telecom Competition and Recommendations for Telecom Reform Legislation: October 19, 2005, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, hearing on “Video Competition in 2005 – More Consolidation or New Choices for Consumers?”
- Written Testimony of Scott C. Cleland, Chairman and CEO, The Precursor Group®
- “Video and Telecom Competition is Increasingly Vibrant and Here to Stay & Recommendations on Telecom Reform Legislation”
On Global Crossing Bankruptcy: March 21, 2002, before the House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the “Effects of Global Crossing’s Bankruptcy on Investors, Financial Markets, and Employees”
- “Global Crossing’s Bankruptcy: A Window into a Broken System of Protecting Investors.”
On Enron: December 18, 2001, before Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on “Enron Corporation and the Methods it Used to Market It’s Shares to Unsophisticated Investors and Company Employees”
- Written Testimony of Scott C. Cleland, Chairman and CEO, The Precursor Group®
- “Conflicts of Interest Are Eroding the Market’s Integrity and the Market’s System of Internal Controls: Enron Is Not Unique, But Part of a Growing Pattern of Missed Warning Signs”
- “Conflicts of Interest Are Eroding the Market’s Integrity and the Market’s System of Internal Controls: Enron Is Not Unique, But Part of a Growing Pattern of Missed Warning Signs”
