Mixit, an order management provider, hired two senior project managers. Alexander Silenok joins as project manager for equities. Silenok, a 15-year veteran, previously spent six years with NYFIX in account management and implementing platforms. Jack O’Donnell also joins as a project manager for options. A 26-year veteran, O’Donnell previously spent three years at BNY ConvergEx’s Liquidpoint, where he worked on the trading floor and in the back office. Both report to Walter Fitzgerald.
Dave Wetzstein joins Susquehanna Financial Group in New York as a sales trader in derivatives. Wetzstein, a 14-year veteran, spent two years at Societe Generale, where he was a director. Wetzstein spent his first 12 years on the floor of the American Stock Exchange trading derivatives for various firms.
Todd Lombra joins Robert W. Baird as a managing director on the firm’s principal trading desk. Lombra, a member of the health-care trading team, is based in Baird’s Stamford, Conn. office. Prior to joining Baird, Lombra spent 12 years at UBS Investment Bank, where he was most recently the head of the health-care trading pod.
Pierre Conner has been named head of sales, trading and research at Capital One Southcoast Inc., a wholly-owned non-bank subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corp. Conner had been a research analyst at the firm since 2003. He will now oversee all aspects of the sales, research and trading functions.
Ticonderoga Securities has added four sales trading professionals in New York. Dennis Powell joins as a senior managing director. A 35-year veteran, he was previously at FTN Midwest for eight years. Michael Powell also joins as a senior managing director. A 15-year veteran, Michael Powell was also with FTN Midwest for eight years. Ticonderoga also hired Michael Fenske and Michael Stephans as sales traders. Fenske, a 12-year veteran, was previously a senior trader at ING Investment Management after starting on the buyside at AllianceBernstein. Ten-year veteran Stephans was previously at Buckingham Research, where he spent six years. They all report to Kevin Backus, who heads cash equity trading.
Keith Jamaitis joins post-trade solutions provider ESP Technologies as chief operating officer. Jamaitis, a 12-year veteran, was previously at SunGard Trading, overseeing global institutional electronic product management, development and sales. Jamaitis was also president at NYFIX. Jack Kindregan also joins the firm as managing director of sales. Kindregan, a 25-year veteran, was formerly a senior vice president of sales at SunGard Trading. Prior to that, he spent six years at NYFIX in sales and marketing. Both Jamaitis and Kindregan report to Joshua Levine, chief executive at ESP Technologies.
The firm also hired 13-year veteran Matthew Brown as a salesman. Brown is also a NYFIX alum and spent five years at NYFIX as a business development manager. He reports to Kindregan.
Raymond Velazquez joins Mizuho Securities USA as head of U.S. equity sales and trading. A 29-year veteran, he spent the previous four years running the trading department at Merriman Curhan Ford. Velazquez, a longtime Nasdaq trader at Goldman Sachs, reports to Robert Betack, an executive managing director and Mizuho’s head of equities. Also, John Lombardo joins Mizuho Securities USA as a sales trader. Lombardo, an eight-year pro, was previously with Morgan Joseph.
