DASH Financial Technologies has appointed Steven Bonanno as Chief Information Officer. Reporting to CEO Peter Maragos, Steven will be responsible for IT infrastructure and technology platform operations.

Steven brings over 25 years’ of experience working in the equities trading technology industry. He joins DASH from Bloomberg, where he served as Global Head of Risk Operations for Tradebook, and as the Global Head of Alliance Support. Prior to this he was Chief Technology Officer at Direct Edge, where he was responsible for the trading operations and technology of the firm. He has also held senior technology positions at NASDAQ, BRUT ECN, MarketXT and Instinet.

“Steve is one of the most well-regarded technology executives in the capital markets, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome him to the DASH family,” said Peter Maragos, Co-Founder and CEO of DASH Financial Technologies. “He has headed the technology organizations at several of the most innovative and disruptive firms in our industry, and we are thrilled at the prospect of him leading our technology operation teams as we continue to empower our clients with bespoke, performance-driven solutions.”