Zealous Trading Group (OTCBB: ZLST, ZATS;; see merger information in About Zealous Trading Group below), has appointed Joseph S. Ranieri as the Managing Director of Equity Capital Markets.
Mr. Ranieri has spent the last 12 years at Canaccord Adams (and its predecessor Adams Harkness Hill) in Boston where he served as an Equity Trader, Vice President, Principal, and most recently Managing Director of U.S. Equity Trading for the last 7 years. Prior to joining Adams Harkness in 1995, he was an Equity Trader at Weeden and Company as well as Troster, Singer & Company.
Mr. Ranieri is recognized as a trading expert at leading news outlets and has been frequently seen on CNBC, Fox Business and Bloomberg TV. In addition, he has often been quoted in daily publications such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNBC.com, and the Financial Times. He graduated from Bentley College with a B.S. in Economics, and earned an MBA in Financial Management from Binghamton University.
"We look forward to moving ahead with Joe joining our senior management team," commented Milton "Todd" Ault III, Zealous Trading Group Chief Executive Officer. "Joe has tremendous trading and equity markets experience and we look forward to working with him as he helps us establish and build our U.S. capital markets efforts in Boston, New York, and the rest of the country."
"In anticipation of the launch of the second generation of ZATS, we continue to strengthen our infrastructure to support the demand for the ZATS platform, which has become dramatically evident during the BETA phase of our development. With the opening of our New York and Boston offices, we look forward to utilizing Joe's leadership to help us move forward and prepare to bring the next phase of ZATS to the vast and untapped restricted securities marketplace."