Patrick Lane

Patrick Lane

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Associate District Manager at Colonial Life Helping business owners and families financially with voluntary benefits

  • Education

    • Northeastern University

      1997 - 2004
    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

      1976 - 1978
  • Experience

    • MFS Investment Management

      Oct 2001 - May 2006
      Senior Software Engineer

      A national leader of financial services with 2,400 employees worldwide and up to $150B in assets. I served as an individual contributor for consulting and support for multiple areas of the company, including providing mentoring for development, project management web and application development, and development support. Served as primary technical support and developer after company restructuring and downsizing. Led conversion from legacy application to new compliance system, which included all analysis, design, and development. Provided database support for various websites. Created data feeds from Reuters, Thompson, and Bloomberg. Key Achievements:* Led the design and implementation of Automated Commission Processing that enabled international sales management team to replace spreadsheet-based commission payments, providing flexibility in paying sales force overseas and increasing sales force incentives. Show less

    • Liberty Square Asset Management

      May 2006 - May 2008
      Senior Software Engineer

      Liberty Square was a medium sized hedge fund with 32 staff members and over $3.5B under management. I was selected to build and manage company technology using MS Office, MS Access, SQL 2008/VS 2005/C#/SSRS/DNN, while providing enterprise evaluation, network, server configuration, and software development for operations database, performance reporting, data synchronization and warehousing, and financial management. I analyzed business needs and developed strategic business solutions to drive change throughout the organization, as well as providing support and management for company legacy systems.Key Achievements:* Spearheaded the design of LSAM Data Warehouse, which included the configuration of the entire database warehouse, server configuration, and performance tuning, resulting in $240K resource savings.* Led the automation of process to import data feeds from prime brokers daily, eliminating need for manual data entry.* Developed a comprehensive application that enabled fund accountants to reconcile daily positions, including refresh of data from brokers, identifying discrepancies, and providing drill down capability for accountants and tickers. Project reduced operations management time to obtain necessary client reports. * Created a performance- reporting interface to enable LSAM to rely on broker data and customized reporting.* Established a new open-source Dot Net web platform in effort to create reconciliation and reporting capabilities. Project included development of customized modules that extended capacity, as well as all configuration, production, testing, and development of web servers. Show less

    • Automating Your Business

      May 2008 - Apr 2010
      Founder/CEO

      I started a Software As A Service company, working with 5 senior industry professions. The company was not able to turn a profit due to a lack of funding.Key Achievements:* Designed and built an E-commerce software module for DNN* Worked with a national sales director to create a sales/marketing plan based on a referral/cooperative program.Organized business units, working with managers for: Web Design/Hosting, SEO, Content Management, Marketing, Software Development, Client Services Show less

    • SmartCo Services LLC and SmartCo Consulting and Training LLC

      Apr 2010 - May 2011
      Senior Software Engineer

      Smartco is an automotive inventory management software company providing manufacturer programs to dealerships nationwide.I was selected to provide IT expertise in SQL 2008/VS2010/C#/.Net 4.0/SSRS/ASPX environment for growing automotive inventory management software application. Key Achievements:*Designed and built dynamic multi-threaded xml/csv to database mapping transformation service, establishing a corporate data dictionary and data standards in the process. Application will deliver huge performance gains.*Provided a comprehensive reporting approach regarding SSRS, as well as report support and creation.*Wrote a client systray application to manage dealer interface and processing. *Provided comprehensive SQL programming support over multil-million record database. Show less

    • Beacon Health Strategies

      Jun 2011 - Jun 2013
      Senior Software Engineer

      Beacon is a national leader in mental health services that administers member cases, provider accreditation, and other services for health plans nationally with 1,600 staff members nationwide. Known for its industry leading quality assurance program.I provided support for Flexcare, the enterprise desktop application for BHS. I also provided extensive development with end user reporting applications and reports. I was a member of the Flexcare 360 team to rewrite the enterprise application using MVVM, Caliburn Micro, WCF and the Entity Framework in C#. Key Achievements:* Worked with new plan implementation, designing and building Care Review screens and reports. * Designed and partially built Correspondence module for enterprise communication with external clients, including demos to senior management, prototypes built using WPF, WCF, SSRS, and SQL Server.* Wrote logging module using Log4Net in C# to provide flexible logging capability for error handling, auditing, and custom logging functions. * Enhanced the Chart Reviews application to provide dynamic refreshing of user questionnaires based on question dependencies. Show less

    • LabCorp

      Jun 2013 - Aug 2019
      Senior Software Engineer

      Senior Dot Net software engineer creating systems for genetic variant research and healthcare laboratory testing support.Responsibilities include writing WCF applications, SharePoint Dot Net applications, using Telerik controls, and working with Oracle databases.

    • World Financial Group (WFG)

      Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
      Financial Services Professional

      We help families protect their loved ones financially and plan for the future. This includes small businesses, by keeping the family business going or in the family in the event something unexpected happens. Have you checked your financial situation recently?

    • Rise North Capital

      Feb 2020 - now
      Financial Services Professional

      Small businesses and families face financial challenges, from tax burdens, to finding safe places to invest.Our company has helped millions of families gain financial stability by providing a wide set of solutions. Save money tax-free, set up a retirement plan for your own small business, help prepare loved ones for retirement and later. Have you made plans to protect and grow your business or family?

    • Colonial Life

      May 2020 - now
      Associate District Manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • COBOL Programming

      Data Institute
      May 1982
    • Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)

      Microsoft
      Sept 2010
    • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist

      Microsoft
      Sept 2010
    • Business Intelligence Developer

      Microsoft
      Sept 2010
    • SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance

      Microsoft
      Sept 2010
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Web Master at New England Community for PKU and Allied Disorders (NECPAD)

      Issued by New England Community for PKU and Allied Disorders
      New England Community for PKU and Allied DisordersAssociated with Patrick Lane