Career

Thomas Tran

Efficiencies Project Manager at Morgan Stanley

Computer engineer turned product and efficiency lead. I make large support organizations run better through data, automation and well-run vendor work.

  • 4+ yrsat Morgan Stanley
  • 17+dashboards shipped in 2023–24
  • 1,500people served by my reporting products
  • 3.99GPA, B.Eng. Computer Engineering
  • 4languages spoken

At a glance

Ten years of school, internships and work, side by side.

Experience

Morgan Stanley, Montreal · Aug 2022 – present

  1. Apr 2025 – present

    Efficiencies Project Manager

    Contract Management & Efficiencies · Hybrid

    • Oversee process improvement, automation and vendor contracts across Workplace Services: service desk, ServiceNow incidents, software distribution and asset management.
    • Built the intake and prioritization framework leadership uses to rank initiatives by time saved, cost, risk and effort.
    • Launched a centralized Vendor Overtime Request process in ServiceNow, improving billing, approvals and spend visibility.
    • ServiceNow
    • Jira
    • Tableau
    • Power BI
    • SQL
    • Python
  2. Nov 2022 – Apr 2025

    Data & Analytics Product Owner

    Workplace Support & Services · Analytics & Insights · Remote

    • Owned end-to-end reporting for a 1,500-person support organization.
    • Led 10+ dashboards in 2023 and 7+ in 2024, from discovery and wireframes to testing and rollout.
    • Partnered on clustering-based root-cause analysis supporting audit, risk and compliance.
    • Tableau
    • SQL
    • Excel
    • Product requirements
  3. Aug – Nov 2022 · New York

    Technology Analyst

    Global technology training program

    • Built a full-stack distributed trading-system web app and won the trading simulation with my algorithm.
    • Built NEPS, a form app product owners use to submit knowledge-base articles to the Global Service Desk.
    • Java Spring
    • Angular
    • C++
    • Scala

Internships

May – Aug 2021 · Ottawa

BlackBerry

Field Application Engineer Intern

Built a self-driving RC car proof of concept on QNX: lidar, IMU and motor drivers plus a speed-control loop. Later Campus Ambassador at Concordia.

  • QNX RTOS
  • C/C++

Jan – Apr 2021

Genetec

Platform Software Developer Intern

Shipped C# SDK and interface features for Security Center, the unified IP security platform.

  • C#
  • Git
  • Kanban

Sep 2019 – May 2020 · 9 months

Ericsson

Service Exploration Software Developer Intern

Built an Android app that triggered cloud security over NFC for a multi-factor authentication proof of concept.

  • Kotlin
  • Android
  • Raspberry Pi

Education

  1. 2018 – 2022

    Concordia University

    B.Eng., Computer Engineering

    GPA 3.99 · Dean's List · Hydro-Québec department award · intensive co-op, then co-op student mentor.

  2. 2016 – 2018

    Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf

    DEC, Health Sciences

    Distinction Brébeuf · Tennis team captain · Investment Club VP of finance.

  3. High school

    École internationale de Montréal

    DES and IB programme

Awards

  1. 2021
    1st place, ProgrammingQuebec Engineering Competition, Concordia
  2. 2020
    1st place, Hovercraft DesignConcordia design project competition
  3. 2019
    Finalist, HackDartmouth VSafe.AI, gun detection in security footage, ~300 competitors
  4. 2018
    1st place and Best EngineerConcordia Junior Design, Quebec Engineering Competition
  5. 2018
    Hydro-Québec AwardComputer Engineering department

Skills

Analytics

  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Excel
  • SQL

Languages

  • Python
  • SQL
  • C++
  • C#
  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • Scala

Platforms

  • ServiceNow
  • Jira
  • QNX RTOS
  • OpenCV
  • Java Spring
  • Angular

Delivery

  • Product requirements
  • Process automation
  • Vendor management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Agile

Beyond the desk

  • Tennis coachPrivate lessons and athlete programs, 2016–2021; Ville de Montréal instructor and Saint-Laurent league manager
  • Rogers Cup, Tennis CanadaVolunteer at the Masters 1000 (communications, then court crew): 2015–2019, 2021–2023 and 2026
  • Concordia co-op mentorInstitute for Co-operative Education, 2020–2021
  • Co-founder, Beacon Case Academy2020–2021
  • Board president, Bibliothèque du Boisé2012–2016
  • AlsoPiano teacher, science tutor at Brébeuf, pharmacy technical assistant at Pharmaprix

Languages

  • FrenchNative
  • EnglishNative
  • SpanishProfessional
  • VietnameseProfessional

Resume

The full two-page CV, also available as a PDF.

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