MARK MONAHAN
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Monahan joins Ballista after serving as CEO of Asia for ICAP Electronic Brokerage. He came to ICAP with their acquisition of FX broker EBS Ltd., where he was Global Head of Sales and Service. Mr. Monahan started his career in electronic banking, where he held several senior positions with Citigroup and ABN Amro. Working with a global perspective, his career has based him in San Francisco, Amsterdam, London, Hong Kong and back to New York.

DON MARTOCCHIO
Global Head of Sales and Marketing
Don Martocchio joins Ballista after serving as the Co-Head of Sales for the Global Equity Division at the Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. In this capacity, he worked on the integration and coordination of all client sales activities across the domestic and international cash equity, equity derivatives, portfolio trading, risk arbitrage, prime brokerage, and broker dealer/investment advisor services product areas. Also during Mr. Martocchio’s 14-year tenure at Bear Stearns, he served as the Global Head of Sales for Structured Equity Products, helping to found the group. Furthermore, as a Principal of Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.’s Synthetic Equity Group, Mr. Martocchio was responsible for designing and marketing synthetic equity products in North America.

DR. DANIEL MARQUES
Chief Technology Officer
Prior to joining Ballista Dr. Marques served as a Research Associate at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at the University of Texas at Austin, and as a Postdoctoral Associate at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. Dr. Marques earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University.

TODD M. KENNEY
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Kenney brings 10+ years of experience in the financial industry with an underlying concentration in electronic trading and back-office brokerage operations. He has held executive positions at TORC Financial and Arrowhead Solutions—a financial technology firm recently acquired by Thinkorswim. He holds Series 4, 7, and 24 licenses, and earned his B.A. from Amherst College.

STEPHEN JOHNSON
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Johnson has 12 years of experience in the securities industry having served as a Registered Options Market Maker on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and as a Compliance Examiner with NASD. He has held the title of CCO for multiple PHLX, NYSE, and NASD members. Mr. Johnson holds an M.S. in Finance from Temple University and a B.A. in Economics from Providence College, and is Series 4, 7, 14, 24, 27 and 53 licensed.

STUART POLANSKY
Head of Finance
Stuart Polansky has 20+ years of experience in managing financial departments for Broker Dealers and Investment Banking firms including Cantor Fitzgerald and Nomura Securities. Mr. Polansky was also a Founding Partner of a New York based hedge fund. He is a graduate of Brooklyn College with a BBA in finance.