Mr. Bob Williamson

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lava Trading Inc., the innovative technology firm that develops high-performance trading solutions for the financial services industry, today announced that Matthew Weiss and Robert Williamson have joined the firm's sellside management team.
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Mr. Weiss and Mr. Williamson will both have the title of Vice President of Sellside Equities Sales.
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Mr. Williamson joins Lava from AFA, Inc. where he served as vice president of broker dealer sales.Previously, Mr. Williamson spent 12 years at NYFIX, contributing significantly to the company's growth.In his role as senior vice president of sales, Mr. Williamson was responsible for the firm's core products group, including new business development, relationship management and client retention.Prior to NYFIX, Mr. Williamson held sales positions at Comverse and VBAND.

Advanced Financial Applications, a New York-based provider of trade processing technology to both the buy and sell sides, announced the arrival of Bob Williamson, a former SVP of Nyfix, as VP of broker-dealer sales.

*Bob Williamson joined Advanced Financial Applications (AFA) as vice president of broker-dealer sales.Williamson, a 20-year Wall St. veteran, was previously with NYFIX, where he was a senior vice president.He rejoins his former boss, Dean Stamos, a managing director at AFA, which offers trade order management and trading solutions.

Williamson Joins AFASignals Move in Broker-Dealer Business Development

New York, January 18, 2006 , Advanced Financial Applications (AFA), a leading provider of Integrated Order ProcessingÔ trading technologies to buy- and sell-side financial organizations, today announced that Bob Williamson has joined the firm as Vice-President, Broker-Dealer Sales.

Mr. Williamson brings 20 years of experience in client development, relationship management, service and retention for the sell side.He served as Senior Vice President of NYFIX at a time of exponential growth in the firm's client and revenue bases.Prior to than, he served as a senior sales executive with VBAN.

Commented Dean Stamos, Managing Director, AFA: "Through the use of AFA's trader-driven technology, broker-dealers are able to garner more order flow, while simultaneously providing their clients with access to a proven front-to-back, neutral processing application.Because of this, it is my belief that AFA is poised for rapid growth.Bob and I have worked together in the past to secure and manage such growth.The skills and expertise he brings to AFA should enable us to grow as a firm, giving broker-dealers a platform on which they can provide leading-edge services to their end-clients."

Said Bob Williamson, Vice-President, AFA: "Broker-dealers are faced every day with a range of technology choices.

Williamson Joins AFASignals Move in Broker-Dealer Business Development

New York, January 18, 2006 , Advanced Financial Applications (AFA), a leading provider of Integrated Order ProcessingÔ trading technologies to buy- and sell-side financial organizations, today announced that Bob Williamson has joined the firm as Vice-President, Broker-Dealer Sales.

Mr. Williamson brings 20 years of experience in client development, relationship management, service and retention for the sell side.He served as Senior Vice President of NYFIX at a time of exponential growth in the firm,s client and revenue bases.Prior to than, he served as a senior sales executive with VBAN.

Commented Dean Stamos, Managing Director, AFA: ,Through the use of AFA,s trader-driven technology, broker-dealers are able to garner more order flow, while simultaneously providing their clients with access to a proven front-to-back, neutral processing application.Because of this, it is my belief that AFA is poised for rapid growth.Bob and I have worked together in the past to secure and manage such growth.The skills and expertise he brings to AFA should enable us to grow as a firm, giving broker-dealers a platform on which they can provide leading-edge services to their end-clients.,

Said Bob Williamson, Vice-President, AFA: ,Broker-dealers are faced every day with a range of technology choices.