Ballista Appoints Dax Rodriguez as Vice President, Client Relations.NEW YORK -- Ballista ballista Ancient missile launcher designed to hurl long arrows or heavy balls. The Greek version was basically a huge crossbow fastened to a mount. The Roman ballista was powered by torsion derived from two thick skeins of twisted cords through which were thrust two separate Securities announced today the appointment of Dax Rodriguez to the newly created position of Vice President, Client Relations. Mr. Rodriguez has eight years experience in derivatives related marketing and business development. In this new role, Mr. Rodriguez will work directly with Ballista's clients to ensure that they receive service and support of the highest quality. Mr. Rodriguez will also be tasked with improving various account management processes and streamlining user feedback to the appropriate channels within Ballista's product development and customer service teams. Robert Newhouse, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Ballista, said of the appointment, "Dax understands that Ballista's continued growth is entirely dependent upon the satisfaction of our customers. His considerable experience and success in the derivatives space will allow him to effectively identify our customers needs and deliver comprehensive solutions." Prior to his appointment at Ballista, Mr. Rodriguez was the Head of Business Development for US Futures Exchange where he led all sales marketing and strategic initiatives for the exchange. Mr. Rodriguez also held IT and business development positions at Deutsche Borse Group Deutsche Borse Group A diversified German financial group that operates securities and derivatives exchanges, provides clearing services, and markets capital market information. See also Xetra. , E*TRADE, and the Chicago Board of Trade Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) The second largest futures exchange in the US, and a pioneer in the development of financial futures and options. . About Ballista Securities LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control Ballista Securities, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. conceived in early 2007, is dedicated to advancing the execution of institutional options trading, specifically delta-neutral strategies, complex transactions and directional option trades. The Ballista Alternative Trading System (ATS) offers institutional equity options traders a level playing field See net neutrality. for the execution of these types of trades. With an innovative, two-phase auction and negotiation functionality, the goal of Ballista ATS is to offer liquidity seekers unprecedented efficiency and a direct communication link to liquidity providers. Ballista offers specialty order types to help limit information leakage, while at the same time tapping into deep liquidity through a pool of vetted manual and electronic liquidity providers. Users may use the Ballista ATS through multiple execution pathways, including Ballista's own intuitive front-end trading platform; a FIX-based interface supporting programmatic order flow; or a variety of OMS OMS - Opportunity Management System , EMS, and DMA platforms. For more information, please contact Keith Landsberg, Executive Vice President of Business Development, at 646.307.4717 or via email at klandsberg@ballistasecurities.com. www.ballistasecurities.com |
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