Thomas DiSessa

Thomas DiSessa has a diverse work experience in software engineering and leadership roles. Thomas has worked at various companies, including Tixr, Network Perception, Bank of America, TeacherMatch, The Ticket Reserve, CDW, Pillar Technology, Insure.com, and Breakaway Solutions.

At Tixr, Thomas holds the position of Principal Software Engineer, focusing on backend development. Prior to joining Tixr, they worked at Network Perception as a Principal Software Engineer, where they led a team of 20 developers and was responsible for the development of network security audit software.

Thomas also has experience at Bank of America as a Senior Staff Software Engineer, where they led a team of 20 developers and worked on an internal web-based dashboard for trading analysis. At TeacherMatch, they served as the Director of Solutions Architect, leading a team of 11 developers and managing a budget of $500K.

Before that, Thomas worked at The Ticket Reserve as a Principal Engineer, where they developed a SaaS e-commerce website for ticket rights holders. Thomas also worked at CDW as an Application Architect for their Business Systems Development team, where they supervised and developed architecture for a team of 30+ developers.

Earlier in their career, Thomas held roles at various companies such as Pillar Technology, Insure.com, and Breakaway Solutions, where they worked on Java development projects and led teams in designing and delivering applications in different domains.

Overall, Thomas DiSessa has extensive experience in software engineering, leadership, and project management, with expertise in various technologies such as Java, Python, REST APIs, Git, Jenkins, and more.

Thomas DiSessa graduated from CBHS in 1991. Thomas then attended Villanova University from 1991 to 1995, earning a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Thomas further pursued their education at Villanova University from 1996 to 2001, completing a Master's degree in Computer Science. In April 2019, they obtained a certification in Cloudera Developer Training for Spark & Hadoop from Cloudera.