New York, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AlphaPoint, a global blockchain company focused on enabling institutions to digitize assets and launch, scale, and operate digital asset exchanges all over the world, today announced expansion of its executive and senior leadership team. Michael Schmidt has joined AlphaPoint as the company’s first Chief Human Resources Officer.  

Schmidt joins AlphaPoint with more than 25 years of HR experience including his most recent role as the Vice President, HR at Nasdaq, where he supported the Executives that oversaw the  Global Information Services, Corporate Solutions, Market Technology, and Listing Services businesses. Schmidt has also held executive and senior roles at Bloomberg BNA, Vertrue, and Reuters.  

“We are excited to welcome Michael to the team. Human Capital is the most important capital we need and is fundamental to our growth and success. We want to attract and retain top talent globally; highly qualified employees that fit our culture of innovation and success. Only with great employees will we drive the success of our customers,” said Salil Donde, AlphaPoint Chief Executive Officer.  

AlphaPoint’s success has been built by its current team, which is led by industry veterans with extensive senior experience across capital markets, FinTech, exchange technology, options, FX, and engineering. AlphaPoint has established additional roles at every level of the organization and across every department to help further AlphaPoint’s mission: to unlock the value of illiquid assets for a wider audience of investors.

AlphaPoint has continued to grow at a rapid pace, adding an average of 20 new employees every other month. The company projects doubling its employee base over the next several months across its offices in New York, Charlotte, Philadelphia and Pune, India.  

In addition to the summer intern program, AlphaPoint has also implemented a program for graduate students, specifically geared toward recent graduates at the undergraduate, graduate, and PhD level from top schools across the nation. This rotational program trains graduates through various areas of the technology company: capital markets, digital assets, exchange technology, blockchain, capital markets, development, engineering, and technical operations before placing them in a department of their choice. The incoming batch of graduates started this year.

For more information about how to join the growing team at AlphaPoint, open positions are listed at https://alphapoint.com/careers.html.

About AlphaPoint
AlphaPoint is a global financial technology company helping institutions make illiquid assets liquid. Through its secure, scalable, and customizable distributed ledger platform, AlphaPoint enables customers to digitize assets as well as launch and operate markets with its white label exchange technology. AlphaPoint and its award winning blockchain technology has helped institutions discover and execute their blockchain strategies since 2013. For more information, please visit https://alphapoint.com and follow @AlphaPointLive on Twitter.