Kalin Ranov

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PROJECT MANAGER/TEAM LEAD – FINANCIAL SECTOR

A motivated professional prepared to utilize a unique blend of project management, analytical and

finance knowledge to ensure that your firm’s projects meet strategic objectives within scope, budget,

and schedule while delivering exemplary customer support and excellent product quality.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Results driven project management professional with a Finance MBA degree and proven track record in increasing

productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Creative thinker and analytical problem solver with demonstrated ability to manage a mixture of concurrent projects,

ranging in size and duration, from business requirement definition to post implementation analysis and review.

Excellent interpersonal communicator who effectively manages expectations through continued interaction with

stakeholders, addressing individual definitions of successful project completion.

Experienced presenter that is regularly heading system's demonstrations to Senior Management.

Decisive and energetic team leader who mentors high performing teams through the full project life cycle in fast paced

and time sensitive environments.

Expertise Highlights

Extensive Business Knowledge in: Business Process Re engineering

o Fixed Income Instruments Strategic Technology Planning

Full Lifecycle Development

o Equities

Data Flow & Process Mapping

o Derivatives

Scope/Requirements Definition

Risk Quantitative Methodologies:

Major Software/Systems Implementations

o Value at Risk

Disaster Recovery Planning

o Stress and Back Test

Technical Writing (Manuals/System Specifications)

o Profit and Loss Analysis

Professional Experience

Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

New York NY/Tampa FL 2006 to Present

Senior Project Manager 2007 to Present

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Developer 2006 to 2007

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Advanced to senior project manager/lead developer role to provide IT leadership for DTCC’s Risk Management Technology

group, providing risk monitoring and mitigation services to the top investment firms in the US. Collaborate with variety of

client groups from front office users to quantitative analysis group. Manage large scale enterprise projects, including

systems conversions, performance tuning and architecture re design. Involved in long range technical direction and

capacity plan development.

Key Results:

Designed and managed the implementation of an intraday collateral management system based on Value at Risk

(VaR) quantitative model in support of the formation of a new clearing corporation for fixed income derivatives products,

providing cross margining services among Government Securities, Mortgage Backed Securities and Fixed Income

Derivatives. (2009 2010)

Oversaw a multi year development effort, delivering an intraday analysis and reporting system utilized for day to day

market risk trend analysis of the Government Securities Division (GSD). (2008 2009)

Managed and mentored an eight member team through the CMMI Level 3 certification process, delivering an Intraday

Market Monitoring (IMM) System for the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). (2008)

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Directly Involved in the operational support of Lehman Brother's bankruptcy procedures, which successfully closed out

over $500 billion in market participant's exposure. (2008)

Contributor to the Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) Level 3 certification, as the highest level accreted to

a US financial services organization across the enterprise by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie

Mellon University. (2008)

Designed and implemented a Back/Stress Test Modeling System intended to simulate extreme stress scenarios and

analyze their impact to the participant's exposure in the Equities Market. (2007 2008)

Education

University of South Florida– Tampa, FL USA

Masters of Business Administration (MBA), 2010

Concentration Tracks: Finance

New College of Florida– Sarasota, FL USA

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics (BA), 2003

Technology Summary

Applications: Embarcadero Rapid SQL, Rational Application Developer (RAD), Microsoft Visio, HP Project and

Process Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Secure CRT, FTP Pro, Serena Version

Manager, ClearQuest, Rational RequisitePro, IBM Lotus Notes

Systems: Windows, AIX, HP UX, Solaris, OS/2

Languages: C, C++, Java, SQL, PL/SQL, T SQL, COBOL, HTML, Shell Scripting

Special Considerations:

Languages:

o Native knowledge of Bulgarian

Fluent in English

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Advanced knowledge of Russian

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