Manager Project

THOMAS C. BESSLER

E-Mail: *********@*****.*** / Mobile: 347-***-**** / New York City, N.Y. / Page 1 of 2

Linked-in Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/Thomas C. Bessler SM-PM

AGILE SCRUM MASTER AND PROJECT MANAGER

Certified Agile Scrum Master Project Manager SDLC Management

I am a performance-driven professional succeeding in both business and technology roles for leading companies serving the financial services industry. Being innovative and resourceful, I am able to contribute to the company's success on many levels. My passion is to take-on big challenges and deliver on them. This is demonstrated by my proven track-record of delivering new technology, products, and systems on time and within budget. Possessing a unique blend of business, technology, and relationship management skills, I am able to combine my strong work ethic with superb organizational and communication skills to consistently deliver outstanding results.

Core Competencies:

Agile Scrum Master (CSM) Kanban Waterfall (CMMI Level III)

SDLC Management Infrastructure Upgrades Software Development Projects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Depository Trust and Clearing Company (DTCC) – Jersey City, N.J. Apr 2012 – Sep 2020

American post-trade financial services company providing clearing and settlement services to the financial markets.

Scrum Master and Project Manager (Financial Software – Risk Data Analytics) Jan 2016 – Sep 2020

Applied Agile Scrum processes delivering data analytics software applications to external clients.

Facilitated decision-making conversations to obtain the best solutions available to the team

Coordinated production software deployment efforts leading the team to successful execution

Addressed system auditing findings ensuring compliance with current system security standards

Awarded DTCC Bronze star award for leading initial DTCC to Amazon Cloud efforts

Led Risk Management teams to complete T+2 settlement effort

Project Manager (CMMI Level III) Apr 2012 – Dec 2015

Led many mission critical software development projects including:

Led 1.5 million dollar project for NYPC delivering major functionality changes their market risk systems while enhancing their SPAN margining capabilities

Successfully led Dodd Frank adherence effort

Sybase to Oracle upgrade, Sybase Exit and other critical system upgrades

OMGEO. LLC (DTCC/ Thomson Financial Owned) – New York, N.Y. Jan 2003 – Nov 2011

Company providing Institutional post-trade automation for 6,500 financial services firms in 50 countries.

Team Lead and Project Manager (TradeSuite Applications) Jan 2003 – Nov 2011

Created project plans and tracked projects: Participated in all SDLC efforts, chaired meetings, tracked plans and followed up. Used vendors for needed training, tools, and custom software.

Instituted multiple best practices: Model Driven Design (MDD), project planning techniques to ensure on-time delivery, code reviews, automated dev testing

Led rigorous vendor selection process: resulting in $750,000 savings over 3 years by selecting new support provider for EOL software used on mid-tier servers.

Received company “Oscar” award for outstanding performance, delivering a significantly enhanced version of TradeSuite (suite of 7 complex post-trade applications) on time and under budget to 1,300 users with zero production bugs during 2 years of use

Achieved 50% reduction in thick-client support costs by implementing AppSight black box technology, enabling remote identification of run-time issues.

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EDUCATION:

SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY – Staten Island, NY

B.S. Business Administration – Cum Laude - 1999

Awarded Dean’s certificate of achievement award

Accepted into National Dean’s List

Accepted into Golden Key National Honor Society

Accepted into Sigma Iota Epsilon Honor Society

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Certified Scrum Master (CSM – Scrum Alliance)

Project Manager (CMMI level III)

Agile, Jira Scrum/Kanban training

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

Highly proficient in MS Office applications

Master at handling multiple concurrent projects and tasks simultaneously

Excellent client-facing skills including presentations, communication, preparation and follow-up

Outstanding written and verbal communication

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