Bryan Smull

About Bryan Smull

Accomplished, versatile Business Executive with a stellar track record driving exponential corporate growth through the strategic leadership of complex operations. Demonstrated capabilities in the financial services sector with expertise in the syndication of corporate/municipal fixed income issues. Repeated success identifying and addressing underperforming operations; developing and executing robust action plans to facilitate positive change, mitigate risks, and optimize performance. Exemplary leadership and communication skills and excels in demanding, fast-paced environments. HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERTISE• Operations Oversight• Continuous Process Improvement• Risk Management & Mitigation• Full Life Cycle Project Management• Relationship Management • Policy & Procedure Development• Team Development & Leadership• Technology Implementation • Global Systems Design & Implementation• Problem Resolution

Experience

1. Vice President, Global Fixed Income and Municipal Operations Syndication

   Morgan Stanley

   Jan 2004 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Orchestrate efforts of a top-performing team of 6 in the daily operations of the corporate and municipal capital markets businesses. Hold full accountability for $175B in annual transactions. • Foster and cultivate open and collaborative lines of communication with clients; serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the operations role in new issue processing. • Key figure in developing comprehensive departmental risk metrics. • Strategically merged corporate and municipal support functions; effectively increasing productivity by forming this more cohesive fixed income team. • Developed and implemented enhanced procedures to streamline municipal deal processing and balancing; slashing task execution times by ~60%.• Devise, draft, and implement departmental policies, procedures, and training guides to continuously improve productivity and ensure regulatory compliance.• Train, coach, and mentor staff in cross-functional roles; ensuring multiple personnel are equipped with the necessary skill sets to take on multiple tasks.• Proactively serve as a Member of the Operations recruiting team.

Education

• The Pennsylvania State University

  Bachelor's Degree, Finance, Economics and Computer Science

Skills

• Finra Trace
• Investments
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Management
• Derivatives
• Middle Office
• Business Process Improvement
• Operational Excellence
• Settlement
• Hedge Funds
• Change Management
• Msrb G-32
• Operations Management
• Investment Banking
• Municipal Bonds
• Structured Finance
• Straight Through Processing
• Microsoft Excel
• Structured Products
• Project Management
• Municipalities
• Securities
• Dtc
• Bloomberg
• Syndicate
• College Recruiting
• Back Office Operations
• Abs
• Process Improvement
• Equities
• Capital Markets
• Finra Reg M
• Ipo
• Fixed Income
• Syndications
• Asset-Backed Securitization