Pivot Solutions Announces David Levine as New VP of Engineering

Pivot Solutions, Inc., a leader in innovative technologies to automate and streamline the process for sell-side brokers to trade real-time with their hedge fund and mutual fund customers, announces the appointment of David Levine as Vice President of Engineering.

Boston, MA (PRWEB) November 3, 2004 -- Pivot Solutions®, Inc., a leader in innovative technologies to automate and streamline the process for sell-side brokers to trade real-time with their hedge fund and mutual fund customers, announces the appointment of David Levine as Vice President of Engineering.

With over 17 years of experience in software engineering, Mr. Levine joins Pivot Solutions from IMLogic, a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure software solutions for Instant Messaging. At IMLogic, he served as the Director of Professional Services and was responsible for defining and building their services organization and its suite of services. Prior to IMLogic, he served two years on the advisory board of Life Harbor Investments prior to joining the company as the Director of Solutions Architecture.

David is a tremendous talent with extensive experience within financial services and we're excited to have him join the Pivot Solutions team," said Furqan Nazeeri, CEO of Pivot Solutions. His expertise with financial service and collaborative technologies will help Pivot Solutions positions itself as the leader within the industry.

During his time with IMLogic, Mr. Levine co-managed the IMLogic early adopter program for its IM Linkage product, building the program from its inception to over 70 firms comprised of the worlds most prominent ISVs and enterprises.

Prior to his time at IMLogic, Mr. Levine held senior positions at Cambridge Technology Partners, Scient Corporation and as an independent consultant to Wellington Management Company in Boston. He is a sought after public speaker and industry expert on standards for the financial services industry and object-oriented technologies; having participated on several standards bodies including OSF, OMG, FIX, and MMI.

Mr. Levine earned a BA in Computer Science and Mathematics from University of Rochester and a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from Boston University. He currently resides in Westborough, MA.

About Pivot Solutions

Pivot Solutions (http://www.pivotsolutions.com/) is the developer of IMTrader, a revolutionary securities trading platform that combines instant messaging and multi-network trading. Pivot Solutions is the recognized leader in the development and implementation of innovative technologies to automate and streamline electronic trading and instant messaging delivering value and results for the trading community. For more information, please visit http://www.pivotsolutions.com/.

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