Janet joined Al Petrie Advisors in 2002 after spending most of her career as a senior sell-side analyst covering oil service and offshore drilling stocks at Merrill Lynch & Co., including receiving Institutional Investor All Star recognition for her coverage of small cap oil service stocks. She also supported several private placement and high yield financings for private oil service and offshore support companies and research on oil service initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Al Petrie Advisors, Janet was the energy industry equity trading specialist for Merrill Lynch’s institutional block trading desk, implementing trading strategies for all NYSE traded energy stocks (integrated oils, exploration & production and oil service). She holds a BA from Fordham University and an MA from New York University.