Marketcetera, developer of an open source automated trading platform, has appointed Christopher Grandi to its advisory board, to provide advice on hedge fund technology and investment services. Grandi is founder of The Abacus Group, which provides high level strategy and consulting services to hedge funds and other investment firms. Prior to founding Abacus, he completed a seven-year tenure at Eze Castle Integration, where he served as managing director of business development and then president.

Prior to Eze Castle Integration, Grandi founded and ran Dynamic Transactions, an Internet holding company that was acquired by eTimeCapital (a Deutsche Bank subsidiary) in 2000. Previously, he was an associate at Goldman Sachs.