Rapid Addition Strengthens Technology Team by Appointing Deepak Dhayatker as CTO

Deepak Dhayatker joins from Commerzbank to lead technology organisation expansion

London, January 31^st, 2022 – Rapid Addition is delighted to announce the appointment of Deepak Dhayatker as Chief Technology Officer. In this role he will lead the technology organisation and drive its expansion in support of the company’s growth plans.

Deepak joins from Commerzbank, where he was responsible for building electronic trading and platform development teams across multiple locations. An agile evangelist, he implemented processes and systems to ensure the development and deployment of superior-quality code with a high degree of automation. Deepak also has hands-on experience with migrating electronic trading components to a cloud-native environment, an area that Rapid Addition believes is increasingly gaining traction. Prior to Commerzbank, he held senior software engineering roles at BNP Paribas, Dresdner Bank, and CMC Markets.

Deepak will split his time between London and Prague, Rapid Addition’s core development hub. He will report to CEO Mike Powell as part of the senior leadership team. His role includes scaling engineering and professional services while driving best practices across operations. He leverages experience from leading financial organisations. Deepak will collaborate with the senior architect team to advance Rapid Addition’s high-performance middleware platform and electronic trading technologies.

Mike Powell, CEO at Rapid Addition commented that “as an engineering driven organisation it is important that our senior technology hires have deep domain expertise in the world of trading platform development. Deepak not only meets this criterion, but also brings with him a unique customer perspective. He has a highly collaborative and mentoring-orientated approach to building and leading teams. I am delighted to have him on board to strengthen our leadership team as we look to accelerate the growth of the last few years.”

“I am thrilled to be joining Rapid Addition, a company with a strong history of innovation in electronic trading that is committed to building high-performance enterprise platform technology”, says Deepak. “Rapid Addition has a great culture, employees, and vision, which is the perfect formula for a successful company. I look forward to contributing to the company’s growth and developing my team to ensure that Rapid Addition remains a compelling workplace for tech talent. I am also excited to work with our customers and partners to deliver solutions that underpin their business strategies.”