1.
8515
Douglas
Ave,
STE
15
Urbandale,
IA
50322
515-­‐252-­‐6064
www.coachingactuaries.com
May
18,
2015
To
whom
it
concerns,
The
purpose
of
this
letter
is
to
confirm
that
our
company
SALT
Solutions/Coaching
Actuaries
has
employed
Fang
Kai
Lim
for
over
2
½
years.
Fang
Kai
began
working
for
us
as
an
Actuarial
Intern
contractor
in
September
of
2012.
He
became
a
full
employee
on
January
of
2013
and
currently
has
the
position
of
Actuarial
Analyst.
Fang
Kai
worked
at
least
40
hours
per
week
when
holding
his
full-­‐time
positions
of
Actuarial
Intern
Contractor
and
Actuarial
Intern.
At
SALT
Solutions/Coaching
Actuaries,
we
consult
with
in-­‐state
and
out-­‐of-­‐state
insurance
companies,
provide
software
solutions
for
those
who
are
studying
to
become
an
actuary
and
CFA,
and
provide
other
actuarial
services.
You
can
find
more
about
our
mission
and
strategies
at
www.coachingactuaries.com.
Tasks
Fang
Kai
performed
as
an
Actuarial
Intern
contractor
included:
● Used
his
technical
actuarial,
system,
and
video
knowledge
to
educate
actuarial
students
with
ground
breaking
educational
content
clarifying
complicated
concepts
o Video
editing
o Audio
editing
o Subtitling
videos
Tasks
Fang
Kai
performed
as
an
Actuarial
Analyst
include:
● Worked
with
our
Passed
Tense
office
division
(www.passedtense.com)
o Managed
CFA
(Chartered
Financial
Analyst)
testing
content
(questions
bank)
using
HTML
● Coding
tasks
o Managed
and
created
queries
to
support
leading
edge
web
based
actuarial
systems.
o Supported
systems
that
provided
a
variety
of
actuarial
functions
including
online
actuarial
education
and
sophisticated
actuarial
interest
rate
crediting
strategies
o Involved
in
the
process
of
creating
Adapt
Drill.
Task
included
using
HTML
to
code
examples
from
MLC
formulas.
Values
in
the
examples
were
randomized
to
allow
users
to
continue
practicing
until
the
concept
was
mastered
● Combined
Microsoft
SSIS
Technology
with
internal
proprietary
solution
(
SDS
-­‐
Summary
Database
System):

2. o Was
an
integral
team
member
in
the
ground
level
development
of
a
leading
edge
actuarial
system
to
provide
a
modern
alternative
to
spreadsheet
development.
o Worked
with
large
insurance
companies
to
perform
a
redesign
of
the
actuarial
valuation
data
warehouse.
o Converted
data
from
various
sources
to
useful
information
that
forms
the
basis
for
business
decisions
and
intelligence.
o Managed
complicated
data
relationships
needed
to
be
identified
and
coded
to
ensure
an
automated
data
conversion
and
transformation.
o Combined
actuarial
processing
with
Microsoft
SQL
Server
database
expertise
to
develop
an
actuarial
automated
data
warehousing
system.
o Coordinated
with
the
design
team
to
ensure
code
is
reusable
to
solve
other
clients
actuarial
needs
such
as
sophisticated
actuarial
modeling,
valuation,
and
processing.
o Communicated
directly
with
clients
to
ensure
proper
coding
of
business
logic
o Used
SDS
to
formulate
Coaching
Actuaries’
royalties.
Transferring
from
a
spreadsheet
calculation
to
a
database
calculation.
o Used
SDS
to
formulate
Indexed
Annuity
calculations
for
our
web
based
business
GoFigureNow.
This
required
extensive
knowledge
of
interest
crediting
strategies
for
the
popular
indexed
products
in
the
market.
Fang
Kai
has
a
good
combination
of
strong
actuarial
and
technology
skills
combined
with
a
dynamic
and
outgoing
personality
that
is
not
common
with
technical
specialist.
Being
a
good
team
player
adds
additional
value
to
Fang
Kai’s
benefits
that
he
can
bring
to
a
company.
If
you
have
any
further
questions
don’t
hesitate
to
call
me
(515-­‐252-­‐6064)
or
email
me
(dkester@coachingactuaries.com).
Sincerely,
Dave
Kester
President