Eventus scales up recruitment drive

Surveillance firm Eventus Systems, which plans to double its staff to more than 30 by the end of this year, has added four market technology professionals to its team.

Eventus began its recruitment drive in March after completing a Series A funding round that raised $10.5 million. Investors include Jump Capital, LiveOak Venture Partners and the investment arm of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.

“These key hires will be critical in support of the rapid growth we’ve already seen and will help drive our aggressive expansion plans for 2020 and beyond throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia,” said chief executive Travis Schwab (pictured). “Bringing on this additional talent will help us continue to meet our clients’ high expectations and execute on our strategic growth plans.”

The Texas-based firm’s latest hires are Perry Barth, who joins as chief financial officer, Dan Burton who is vice president of engineering, director of relationship management Nolan Schiff and sales engineer Sharad Kumar.

Barth and Burton will be based in Austin reporting to Schwab, while Schiff and Kumar will operate out of Chicago.

Last month, Eventus established its first presence in Europe with the appointment of Roger Chandler as senior sales engineer in the UK, the third appointment since securing the funding.

Barth joins Eventus from software-as-a-service firm Alchemy Systems, where he was vice president and chief financial officer. Burton most recently served as managing director, development, for prop trading firm DRW, while Schiff has spent the past seven years at INTL FCStone in Chicago. Kumar joins from communications software firm Telnyx, where he was director of vendor relations.

“Perry, Dan, Nolan and Sharad all bring a wealth of outstanding experience and relationships, and they’ll each play important roles as we scale up the organisation,” Schwab said.