Brett F. Whysel
Lecturer
Business Management
EMAIL: bwhysel@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: F-730Z
Office Hours: Email me for details.
Phone: +1 (212) 220-8221
Brett Whysel has been teaching finance and decision-making as a full-time lecturer in the Business Management Department of BMCC since 2019. He hopes that his work at BMCC will help, in a small way, to help promote equality, justice, and economic mobility.
Prior to BMCC, he served as an adjunct lecturer at the City College of New York’s MPA program. He taught Economics for Public Policy and a Capstone in Service Design.
In 2016, Mr. Whysel founded Decision Fish LLC to create the world’s best financial wellness programs for the majority of Americans who struggle financially.
Mr. Whysel has 27 years’ experience as an investment banker to US municipalities and large nonprofits (public finance) at Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, and Bank of Montreal. He developed new products and client-facing analytics as well as handled recruiting, training and management of analysts and associates.
He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and cat.
Expertise
| Finance, capital markets
Fixed income, municipal bonds Derivative products, hedging Structuring Municipal finance Risk management Financial modeling and analysis Monte Carlo simulation Financial markets |
Behavioral economics
Management Public speaking Judgment and decision-making Investments Personal finance Financial inclusion Decision analysis Structured finance |
Degrees
- Master of Arts in Philosophy – Columbia University – New York, NY
- Bachelor of Science in Managerial Economics/French – Carnegie Mellon University – Pittsburgh, PA
- Effective Teaching Practices for College Educators Certificate – ACUE (Association of College and University Educators)
- French Language and Civilization Diploma, Advanced Commercial French Diploma – Sorbonne Université – Paris, France
Courses Taught
- This course focuses on the three general areas of 1) money and financial institutions, 2) business financial management, and 3) investments. These areas are surveyed by covering such topics as value and creation of money, the Federal Reserve System, commercial banks, short and medium term financing, and the behavior of securities markets in relation to financing the business enterprise.
Prerequisites: MAT 051 or exemption from Elementary Algebra.
Course Syllabus - This course surveys principles and practices followed in the financial organization and operation of a corporation. Also considered are the financing of new and growing businesses, sources of capital, banking, and credit accommodations as well as the handling of other financial matters.
Prerequisites: FNB 100, ACC 122
Course Syllabus - This course is designed to develop the student?s ability to make decisions as a manager. Cases are used to present the student with a variety of management problems. Students participate in oral and written case analysis which requires identification of the problem, proposal of alternative solutions to it, and the choice of one solution based on criteria of profitability and productivity. Students also participate in a management simulation game.
Prerequisite: BUS 210
Course Syllabus - A survey of the fundamental quantitative concepts and tools used in the field of business is presented in this course. Topics in the course include annuities, present value, compound interest, markup and markdown, graphing, equations, inventory, depreciation, breakeven cost, revenue, elasticity, inequalities, and certain aspects of linear-programming.
Prerequisite: MAT 150, MAT 200 or MAT 206 (for Business students only)
Course Syllabus - Each student intern is assigned to a coordinator (a faculty member in the Department of Cooperative Education) who is knowledgeable about the student's field. The coordinator helps the student secure internship placement and serves as the student's instructor and advisor during the field experience. In addition, the student has a unique opportunity to discuss and evaluate broader goals and career objectives on an individual basis. Cooperative Education interns are expected to: work fifteen (15) hours a week, complete a term project assigned by the coordinator, and be evaluated by the worksite supervisor. Most students work part-time, fifteen (15) hours per week, a minimum of 150 hours per semester, in a field related to their majors while remaining full-time students and receive two (2) academic credits. When possible, employers will offer interns a stipend or hourly pay. A student may accept a volunteer (non-paid) rather than a paid assignment in order to complete the necessary internship requirements.
Research and Projects
Publications
- Contribute articles to the Leadership section of Forbes.com on behavioral economics, decision-making, finance and philosophy
- Blog on similar topics at Decisionfish.com/blog
- Luby, Martin J. and Brett Whysel. (2013). “Developing a Comprehensive, Data-Driven Financial Risk Management Assessment: The Case of the City of Chicago” Journal of Government Financial Management Volume 62, Number 3, pp. 34-40.
Honors, Awards and Affiliations
Additional Information
Please see my CV here.
