Progress Software hires Grayson to drive sales of Apama capital markets products

With over 20 years of sales and trading experience, Grayson is charged with leading the Progress Apama platform's growth as the Capital Market's dominant complex event processing (CEP) platform.

"The appointment of Scott Grayson to the Apama management team is a key element in our strategy to expand the Apama leadership position," said Dr. John Bates, Founder and General Manager of Progress Apama. "Throughout his career, Scott has delivered an impressive track record of sales achievement, demonstrating a keen ability to build long-lasting business relationships. The combination of his sales acumen and his understanding of Capital Markets are a great addition to the Apama sales team."

"We are seeing a tremendous growth opportunity for the Progress Apama platform in Capital Markets, both in algorithmic trading, as well as other applications like market surveillance and risk management," said Grayson. The complexity of high-performance trading infrastructures, coupled with the exponential growth in data volumes demand the power and flexibility offered by the Apama platform. I look forward to leading our sales initiatives to fully exploit this growth potential."

Prior to joining Progress Software, Grayson served as Managing Director and Head of North American Sales for Algorithmics where he ran the North American sales operations for the prominent risk management software firm. Before Algorithmics, Scott served as a partner at Cobb Trading, a boutique equities and options trading firm. Scott has also served as Director of Sales at NumeriX, a provider of complex analytics products to the world's leading commercial and investment banks. His career includes sales management roles at Institutional Investor, Bankers Trust, and Bank of America where he helped those firms successfully introduce sophisticated new products into the market.