Tech Bytes: Web Bond Broker Hires Credit Suisse Exec

Caroline Watteeuw has left Credit Suisse First Boston to join Trading Edge Inc. as executive vice president and chief technical officer.

Ms. Watteeuw will oversee the fixed-income securities broker's enhancements to Bondlink, a Trading Edge system that enables high-yield bond trading over the Internet.

She also will manage development of on-line trading software.

As a managing director in Credit Suisse First Boston's global information technology organization, Ms. Watteeuw led a year-2000 effort, organizing and managing a global team of more than 500 people from technology, operations, finance, and front-office groups during 1998 and 1999. She also executed Credit Suisse's conversion to the euro, one of the largest projects ever undertaken by the bank.

Before joining Credit Suisse, Ms. Watteeuw was with Bankers Trust Co. as the managing director of risk management. And she spent 15 years with Office of the Future Inc., where her positions included chief executive officer, president, and chief technology officer.

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