1. Lane M. Summers
12382 Perrys Mountain Lane * Amissville, VA 20106 * 540-937-7269 * lane.m.summers@gmail.com
Key Skills:
 SeniorSystemsAnalyst
 18+ yearsof experience inAnalysis,Design,Development,TestingandApplicationsManagementwith9+
yearsfocuson assetmanagementindustry and6+ yearsmanagementexperience.
 Database Development - SQLServer/T-SQL, Oracle PL/SQL
 Microsoft.Net- C#, WCF,Silverlight
 XBase - VFP
 VBA
 SDLC methodologies - Waterfall,RapidApplicationDevelopment(RAD),JointApplicationDevelopment(JAD)
 Reporting- SSRS,Crystal Reports,Excel
 XML technologies - XML,XSLT
 ETL / Integration - SSIS
 Source Control - Mercurial Source Control Management (SCM/HG), Subversion(SVN),Tortoise
 ContinuousIntegration - TeamCity
 AutomatedDeployment - Bamboo,Octopus
 Documentation,IncidentandProjecttracking - Confluence,Jira
 AssetManagementandTradingPlatforms - CharlesRiverIMS,SimCorpDimension,thinkFolio
 AssetAnalytics - Bloomberg,ThompsonReutersKnowledge
 Financial Messaging/TradeMatching - FIX,SWIFT,OmgeoConnect/CTM/OASYS
General Skills:
 SystemsDesign and Development- I have significantexperience designinganddevelopingapplications,
reportingandintegrationsolutions,componentsandservicesincorporatingreal-time messagingand
workflowprocesses. Iamable to decipherthe requirementsthathave beengatheredand thendesign
creative solutionsaroundthose requirements. Ihave data modelingexperience andamusedto workingon
complex systemsof varyingscalesthatrequire highlevelsof precision,reliabilityanddataquality.
 Documentation/ Communication - I am usedto producinghighstandardsof documentationthroughoutthe
projectlifecycleandhave provenmyabilitytocommunicate atall levels,including: Analysisanddefinitionof
requirementsfromusers;Businesssponsorstospecificationandmentoringto technical staff.
 WorkingEnvironments - I have experience of workingwithinasoftware house environmentproducing
software,servicesandconsultancytoexternal clientsandworkingwithin bothsmall privateand large
corporate environmentsprovidingcustomsolutions,enterpriselevel applicationsandbusinesssupportto
internal departments,andhelpingdefineandcomplywithstandardsandprotocolsfordata exchange with
thirdparties.
Key Responsibilities:
 Responsible forthe development,optimization, managementandsupportof technical solutionsanddelivery
of complex systemandreportingsolutions.
 Gatheringbusinessreportingrequirements,documentingdesigninganddevelopingreportingsolutions.
 Developing,enhancingandtestinginterfacesbetween the frontandback office systemsaswell astoexternal
thirdparties.
 Liaise withbusinessandITsupportteamsto helpidentifyandresolve process,systemanddataissues.
 Supportof User Acceptance Testing.
 Database administration,includingperformance andcapacitymanagement.
 Defininganddocumentingfunctional specificationstosupportimplementationof businessandtechnical
solutions.
 Creatingandevaluatingproposalsforsolutions.

2. Key Competencies:
 Strongtechnical experience,withanaptitude forunderstandingandharnessingnew toolsandconcepts.
 Strongexecutionskills:managinginitiativesfrominceptiontoimplementationusingstructuredproject
methods,predictingandmitigatingissuesalongthe way.
 Abilitytoworkina team andindependentlywithenergyandcommitment,inadynamicanddeliveryfocused
environment.
 Willingnesstobe “handson” where necessaryinordertomeetgoals.
 Awarenessof the complexityof projects,withtheirmultiple stakeholders,requirements,and
interdependencies.
 ExperiencedincontemporaryITdevelopmentlanguagesandmethods.
 Keentokeepupto date withnewtechnologiesandmethodologiesandamexperiencedinapplyingthese to
the projectsand rolesIam involvedinasandwhenappropriate.
 Good general understandingof the InvestmentManagementindustriesandamalwayseagertofurthermy
understandingof businessareasandprocesses.
Professional Experience:
Ashmore EquitiesInvestmentManagement,Arlington,VA - June 2011 to January2015
Senior SystemsAnalystProgrammer
 Developed,enhancedandtestedinterfacesbetweenthe frontandbackoffice systemsaswell astoexternal
thirdparties.LiaisedwithbusinessandITsupportteamsto helpidentifyandresolve process,systemanddata
issues.
 UtilizedSimCorpDimension(AssetManagementSystem)toextractdatafor customreportsand analytics,
importdata fromthirdparty sources, andintegrate withothersystemswithinthe firmsuchas our trading
platformandproprietaryapplications.
 ConfiguredthinkFolio(TradingSystem)bycreatingcustomblotters,settingupfix connectionstovarious
international brokers,andintegratingwithSimCorpDimension.
 Workedwithteamof DevelopersandProjectStakeholderstoanalyze,design, andimplementaproprietary
front-officeapplicationcalledAIMSthatservedas:
o Data collectionanddistributionhubforquantitative information
o Portfolioideagenerator
o Portfolioconstructionandmanagementtool
o Customizedperformance attributioninterface
 Revisedportionsof the SQLdatabase andOracle database schemasto improve performance andexpand
functionality.
 Re-wrote severalstoredproceduresthatwere responsible for taskssuchas refreshingfinancialdatapoints
like prices,FXrates,underlyingfinancial data,etc. Resultedinareducedrun-timesandcorrectionsto
businesslogicandcalculationerrors.
 Solelyresponsible foranalysis,design,implementationandtestingof several projectsincluding:
o FX Rates loader- Using currencypricingextracted frommultiplesources,thissystemwouldbuilda
time seriesforthe FXRatesof eachcurrency,interpolatinggapsinthe dataand extrapolatingfuture
pricesbasedonhistorical datapoints.
o ReutersLoader- Designedtoreplace alegacysystem, thisapplicationretrieveddatafilesfromthe
ReutersFTPsite. Thenrationalizedthe filessothatwe onlyprocesseddataconcerningcompanies
that the firmwas followingtherebyreducingprocessingtime,andpushedthe resultsintothe
appropriate databasesfordownstreamconsumption.
o Data Monitors - Several monitorswere putinplace tovalidate properdataintegrationbetween
systems. These monitorsvalidatedthe resultsof extractionsandimportsfromOracle toSQL and vice
versa. Theyalsopromptedautomaticresponsestoissuessuchasalertemailsandresubmissionof
batch jobs.
 CreatedSQL storedproceduresandExcel-basedreportsinresponse tofront,middleandbackoffice requests
for customizedsolutions.
 Headedprojecttofullydecommission legacyFoxProbasedsystems whilemaintainingthe needsof the front,
middle andbackoffices. Thisrequiredthe analysisanddeterminationof the needsof the userbase,

3. developmentof manysmallersolutions,andendusertraining. Iwas able tolimitimpactto usersand
successfullydecommissionedan arrayof enterprise wide systems.
 Createdcustomizedsolutionsformarketing,clientservices,tradingdeskandadministrative departments
relatedtocalculationanddistributionof:fundandbenchmarkvaluation ratios,quarterlyqualitative and
quantitative brokerrankingsandInvestmentCommitteepresentationresultsandmetrics.
 Usedthird partyschedulersoftware (JAMS) extensively todesign, schedule, refine,andanalyzebatch jobs.
EmergingMarkets Management,Arlington,VA - October2005 toJune 2011
Senior AnalystProgrammer
 Replatformed the firmfromlegacysolutions andmostly proprietary systemstomore moderntechnologies
that are usedglobally duringacquisition by Ashmore EquitiesInvestment Management.Toensure the
seamlessmergingof technologiesanddata,many custom solutions, extractsandimportserviceswere
createdto keepthe twosystemssynchronized untildecommissioningwascompleted.
 Cut costsby eliminatingOASYSGlobal andSWIFT installations. Workedwithvendor(BBH) todevelopatrade
messagingsolution. Isuccessfullydissectedvariousprogramsandworkflows,andinterviewedstaff toreveal
businessrules,compiledandcleansedStandingSettlementInstructionData,andbuilt a sample file generator
to produce sample datafor the vendor. Retrofittedproprietarysystemtoutilize new datastreamand
deployedprojecttoproductionundertightdeadlines. The solution reducedthe overheadandcostof
maintainingthesesystemsinternallyaswell asincreasedourstraightthroughtrade processingrate.
 Installedandadministered Mercurial Source Control,BambooBuildServer,andTortoise HGwhichenabled
usersto developmore efficientlyinadecentralized,fullydistributedcollaborative environment. Alsowrote
wiki’sonhowto utilize these toolsthatwere sharedwithotherITStaff. Thiswasthe firstsource control and
buildservertobe usedinthe firmsenvironment.
 InstalledandadministeredConfluence thatprovidedthe developercommunitywithawiki like tool for
Documentation andIssue Tracking. Aspart of thiseffort,Icreatedmany documentsforvariousin-house
systems,break-fix solutions, andmaintenance items.
 SWIFT Terminal administrationandupgrading.
 OASYSGlobal administrationandupgrading.
Direct Impact, Alexandria,VA –September2001 to September2005
Director ofIT/SeniorApplicationsDeveloper
 Lead a fastpaced development teamthatbuilthighlevelapplications withbothVFPandSQLdatabases. We
concentratedonrigorousdevelopmenttomeetfastpacedclientneedsandmarketchangeswhile
maintaininghighqualitystandards.
 Responsible fordeterminingprioritiesbasedon clientneed,assignmentandtrackingof projectsandtheir
developers
 Developingthe more sensitiveandcomplicatedportionsof the applications.
 Continuedwith all the responsibilitiesof mypreviousrole asSeniorApplicationsDeveloper.
Senior ApplicationsDeveloper
 Buildingandmaintaining applicationsforuse ingrass rootscampaigns. These applicationsprovidedan
interface betweenthe userandthe actual databasesandensure dataintegritywhilestillprovidingthe user
withrobustreportingoptions anddataupdatingcapabilities.
 Performingprecisedataminingforspecificclientneeds.
 Increaseddepartmentproductionbydesigning,organizingandimplementingastandardprocedure for
applicationdevelopmentwhichincludedsource code sharing,standardizeddirectorystructures, code sharing,
and standardizedcode documenting.
Optima Direct, Inc. A Rapp CollinsWorldwide Company,TysonsCorner,VA – February1999 to May 2001
Software Developer II
 UtilizedVisualFoxProtodevelopcustomerspecificapplicationsandmaintainrelational databases. These
applicationsacceptedandprocesseddatafrommultiple centerswithmultiple file formats,capturederrors,
and generatedreportstotrack the progressof marketingcampaigns.
 Generatedcomplex salesreportsandexportederrorfree datato the customerforfulfillment.

4.  Builtgenericfunctionsandtoolsthatcouldbe usedinotherprojects,increasingproductivitybyminimizing
developmenttime.
 Trainedentrylevel programmers incommondevelopmentpracticesandfirmspecificrequirementsand
developmentstandards.
 Developedandimplementedanofficial Manual of Standardsforthe InformationTechnologyDepartment.
Thismanual includedsuchitemsasdatabase schema,andrulesforfunctionusage,file storage,datadelivery
and protocol. It alsoincludedcommonrequestforms,andguidelinesforprogramdocumentation,application
development,testingandexecution.
 Participatedinmanycrosscompanyfocusgroups aimedatprovidingcustomerswithbetterservice.
Environmental Risk Information and Imaging Services(ERIIS),Reston,VA - May 1996 to February1999
ApplicationsDeveloper
 UsedVisual FoxProtomaintainanddevelopmulti-userapplicationsthatgeneratedreportsfromalarge
libraryof relational databases.
 Performedsystemsintegrationthatconnectedseveral departmentsthatpreviouslyusedindependent
systems.
 TransformedolderStructure Codedsystemtoutilize Visual FoxPro’sbenefitsof ObjectOriented
Programming,whilecontinuingtomaintainpartsof the oldersystemtominimizedowntime.
Data Base Administrator
 Managed a staff of 4 Data Developers.
 Monitoreddatabase usage andaccess to insure stabilityandaccuracy.
 Wrote specificprogramstoassistthe Data Developersinprocessingnew data.
 BuiltSQL queriestogenerate specificandcustomreportsfor customerswithspecial needs.
 Providedsupportandtrainedthe DataDevelopersonhow touse Visual FoxPro,Access,Excel,andamultitude
of othertoolstoprocessnewdata efficiently.
Education:
George Mason University,Fairfax,VA
Mathematics/ComputerScience
Northern VirginiaCommunityCollege,Manassas,VA
Mathematics
ComputerLearning Center,Washington,DC
ComputerProgrammingandSystemDesign
Honors:Distinctive Student Award(94.9 GPA), PerfectAttendance Award
Additional Coursework and Seminars:
 Microsoft TechEd
 .NET/C# for VFP Developers
 New Horizons: Active Server Pages
 Lord Fairfax Community College: Creating Web Pages
 SWIFT online seminars and training sessions
 OASYS online seminars and training sessions
 Micro Endeavors: Intermediate training for VFP Development
 Microsoft/Micro Endeavors: Applications Development
 Micro Endeavors: Advanced training for VFP Development
 Micro Endeavors:Convertingyour VFP applicationto .NET