Mr. Lara joined Five Mile in early 2004. Prior to Five Mile, Mr. Lara was with AIG Trading Group from 2002 to 2004 where he was responsible for quantitative development of front office risk analysis and pricing systems. Prior to AIG, Mr. Lara was a Vice President with Merrill Lynch where he developed software for the Global Risk Management Systems Group from 1995 to 2002. Mr. Lara began his professional career in 1994 at Financial Sciences, where he was responsible for their structured products booking application. Mr. Lara holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Columbia University in the City of New York.