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DSTi Adds to U.K., French teams

Buy side solutions firm DST International (DSTi) has added two people to its sales teams. Vincent Stefanovic joins DSTi in Paris as business development manager for France, focusing on expanding DSTi’s presence in France and French-speaking markets. Alan Williamson, meanwhile, joins as sales executive, where he will focus on DSTi’s risk performance solutions in the…

Ex-Reuters Senior Exec Ken Byrne Joins Calypso

Ken Byrne has been appointed executive vice president of worldwide field operations for Calypso Technology, a provider of front-to-back-office trading solutions. Based in New York, Byrne will be responsible for global sales and professional services worldwide. His experience includes running his own consulting practice in addition to holding senior roles at Reuters during 13 years…

iSpheres Hires Burgos from SunGard STP Area

Tick data management provider iSpheres has hired John Burgos as senior sales engineer. Burgos, with experience in networks, STP and payments systems, was previously with SunGard. He will support New York area clients.

Reuters Datascope’s Ken Barnes Appointed VP, Business and Planning, at Wombat

Ken Barnes, formerly of Reuters’ DataScope reference data product group, has joined Wombat Financial Software, a low-latency data delivery provider. Reporting to Danny Moore, COO, he assumes responsibility for global marketing and communications, competitor and market analysis, sales process management and channel development and management. He will also manage several Tier 1 accounts in the…

Wang Departs Capco for Citigroup

Samuel Wang, managing principal and head of global marketing at Capco, has left the company to join Citigroup in an undisclosed role.

Northern Trust Names Krishnamurthy CTO

Northern Trust has named Nirup Krishnamurthy executive vice president and chief technology officer. Krishnamurthy was previously vice president and chief information officer of UAL Corp. Based in Chicago, he will report to Timothy Theriault, president, worldwide operations and technology, at Northern Trust.

Standard & Poor’s Appoints James Price to Senior European Role

James Price has been appointed director of business development and marketing for Standard & Poor’s European Securities Services. Based in London, he reports to Krishna Biltoo, managing director of European data and information and oversees a team of five. Price’s main focus will be to raise Standard & Poor’s profile in the credit markets. He…

Growth Spurs Senior Management Shuffle at Xenomorph

Xenomorph, a provider of enterprise-wide data management platforms, has reorganized senior management. The company cites strong growth in credit data analytics, tick data storage and derivatives data management. Under the reshuffle, Brian Sentance becomes CEO and Greg Johnson becomes COO. Chris Budgen, Matthew Skinner and Mark Woodgate, all founder directors, are now chief technical architect,…

Checkfree Appoints Hoffman, Thomas, Belluche to Senior Roles

Checkfree has appointed three new senior-level executives. Preston Hoffman, a long-time employee, heads up the global team as senior vice president and managing director for the securities channel, reporting to Checkfree software executive vice president and general manager Randy McCoy. Paul Thomas, from Surecomp and previously ADP Wilco, joins Checkfree as vice president and sales…

Mahoney Changes to Consulting Role for Cicada; Tse, Trostinsky Join

More changes at Cicada. Carole Mahoney, former vice president of European sales at Cicada, has left and taken on an external sales consulting role, working with both Cicada and CounterpartyLink. In this new position, Carole will focus on market intelligence and lead generation activities. Michael Tse has joined Cicada as sales liaison executive, providing pre-sales…