Manager Management

DANILO PEREIRA GONSALEZ TESSLER

***, *********** ******* ******, *** Paulo/SP - Brazil +55-11-981**-**** acr208@r.postjobfree.com A multi-skilled and results-oriented IT Manager with strategic thinking, technical expertise and over 16 years of successful experience in positions of increasing responsibility and duties. Very capable with a proven ability to ensure the smooth running of critical and complex financial systems, especially retail brokerages and wealth management, including software, hardware, test routine and technical-operational support. Management and implementation of projects with multicultural teams. Team building and management (locally, internationally, remote and third parts) Deployment of own and third part IT solutions Agile Methodology (SCRUM) Budget management Procurement and negotiation Vendors oversight

Technical planning and enablement End-to-end solutions Financial systems expertise

HSBC RETAIL BROKERAGE AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT – IT MANAGER (may/2013 – present) Managing from planning through completion the homebroker and wealth management platforms. Managing a team of over 16 technical staff locally and responsible for international initiatives involving 40+ professionals from six different countries. In charge of IT budget management (CAPEX/OPEX).

Key Projects and Achievements:

- Evaluation and definition of system code, process and architecture with the homebroker vendor, to assure more than 500.000 transactions and 35.000 database clients, promoting reduction over 80% in system load and ensuring 100% of availability rate. This meant a reversion from the scenario of 25 hours per month, in trading hours, of system downtime.

- Acquisition of technology knowledge, source code and versioning from homebroker operation and correction, generating a proper domain of platform tools and ensuring continuously running even in case of vendor unavailability.

- Technical and operational structuring for changing the homebroker solution, evaluating, accessing needs, recommending the best alternative to deploy the project. Extra care in building a solid mitigation plan to addressing all the impact on different departments (architecture, system, business). The cost of project is estimated at around US$3,8 million over the 2,5 year period of implementation.

- In charge of a Transformational Project of tropicalization the system suite used to Wealth Management (4 million of clients database) in the company, acting as the local focal point. We tailor the sales process to the particularities of Brazilian law and regulations (CVM - Securities Commission of Brazil). The proposed solution affected the legacy systems, infrastructure, security, governance and over 2.000 business managers system users. In this Project, I spent 20 days in Hong Kong and facilitated the interaction among more than 40 professionals from 6 different countries allocated to this initiative, centralizing the information and decisions needed. I worked with a Project Office (PO) following the SDLC Method (Software Development Life Cycle).

OCTO (rico.com.vc) – Retail Brokerage – IT MANAGER (Jan/2011 – may/2013) Worked on a startup company (OCTO) in charge of structuring IT area (infrastructure/ Telecom, support services, middleware, development and facilities), besides the recruitment and selection of employees. Responsible for definition and negotiation with all suppliers. I have also deployed the homebroker solution and the evolution of the platform using internal development and agile methodology (SCRUM), work with a streamlined team of professionals (6 developers), but daring and quick. Key Projects and Achievements:

- Planning and execution of a switching plan to migrate a database of 12.000 clients to a new company. The method to migrate was the Big Bang (that involves getting rid of the existing system and transferring all users to the new system simultaneously), and had no impact to operations.

IT MANAGER

Extensive experience in implementation, development and running of critical financial systems PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

- Best homebroker awards (ADVFN - Advanced Financial Network), for the evolutional projects deployed on system.

- Ensured strategic improvements on homebroker solution delivery with creation of robust architecture environments, attained consistent up time, security routines, capacity tests, obtained 10 times more that demanding.

- Implemented an E-learning system to expand the training reach and a TV solution, generating 160% of increase in daily orders.

Link Investiments – Institutional and Retail Brokerage – DEVELOPMENT LEADER (may/2008 – jan/2011) Responsible for the retail homebroker system development team, a new company operating area. Manage 7 direct reports (one remote in RJ). Act as a focal point between Business and IT áreas, creating and implementing projects, according to strategic needs of the Company.

Key Projects and Achievements:

- Assumption of the website redesign project due to problems with the vendor, changing conduction to minimize the effect of the delay and ensuring delivery with internal developing team.

- Project to replace the homebroker solution, including a wide-ranging appraisal of cost-efficient solutions, nationally and internationally, concluded that the best thing would be the internal development solution. This resulted in significant savings on OPEX/CAPEX budget, in addition to delivery of other projects linked to the system, and increased the operational efficiency.

From July 1999 to May 2008, I worked as a developer and system architect at Concórdia Corretora de Valores CVMCC, Itaú Bank e NET DS Informática (platform vendor for brokers and banks).

2013-2014 – Saint Paul Business School - MBA in Business Management

1999-2005 – Mackenzie Presbyterian University – Computer Science Degree

Portuguese – native / English – full proficiency

2011 – PQO – Operational Qualification Program – BM&FBovespa/Brazil Certification for brokerage professionals

2008 – FIX protocol (Financial Information Exchange) – BM&FBovespa/Brazil Training provided by CME – Chicago Mercantile Exchange and by Fix Trading Community about protocol concepts and implementation to support the Trading and Market Data platform of Stock Exchange.

2007 – Operator Training Course – ANCORD – Representing the Intermediation System of the Financial and Capital Market/Brazil Certification of Operator of Stock Exchange

2007 – BM&F Back Office – BM&FBovespa/Brazil

Certification for professional responsible for trading, clearing and settlement, collateral and custody of derivatives

2007 – PL/SQL Development (Oracle) – Ensof Tecnology/Brazil

2005 – MCP – Microsoft Certified Professional – Microsoft License 2645240 – Certification in C# and VB6

2005 - LSC - Language Studies Canada – Toronto – Business English (Advanced) EDUCATION

LANGUAGES AND CREDENTIALS

Contact this candidate