Blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings poaches employees, SWIFT also caught in the act

Blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings has hired two top executives from software maker SunGard and international payments network SWIFT.

According to a press release from the company, former SunGard President and CEO Cristóbal Conde will serve as a non-executive director of the company. SunGard, founded in 1982, was recently acquired by Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) for $5.1 billion.

Image: Cristóbal Conde, former SunGard president and CEO

Chris Church, previously head of securities and CEO of the Americas at SWIFT, will become chief business development officer at Digital Asset Holdings.

Image: Cristóbal Conde, former head of SWIFT's securities department

“Cris and Chris have a combined experience in finance and technology of over 50 years and will be invaluable as we grow our business with a deep understanding of not only the markets but also what we are building,” Digital Asset Holdings CEO Blythe Masters said in the statement.

It is reported that since this summer, the company has successively acquired blockchain startups Hyperledger, Bits of Proof and Blockstack.io, becoming one of the most active companies in the blockchain industry.

Original article: http://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-digital-asset-swift-sunguard/
By Stan Higgins
Compiled by: Satuoxi
Source (translation): Babbitt Information (http://www.8btc.com/swift-sunguard)