Blake Bath is managing director and senior equity research analyst for Lehman Brothers. Bath is the firm's lead analyst covering wireline and wireless telecommunications services, concentrating on regional Bell operating companies, rural local exchange carriers, and tower companies. He also coordinates the firm's telecom research activities. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Bath served as primary telecom analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein and was an analyst with MCI Communications. He received his M.B.A from Columbia University and a B.S. from the University of Michigan.