Christopher Deschain Email & Phone Number

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

Leading a team of analysts in curating, optimizing, maintaining, and otherwise improving technology solutions in the effort of mitigating & preventing fraud. Using rigorous analytical methods and data-driven tactics, along with a little spice of artfulness, we work to find that ever-shifting sweet spot of happy customers and frustrated fraudsters in an always-changing ecosystem of scammers, mules, bots, card-thieving ne'er-do-wells, and plenty of good folk just wanting their cool new tech.

Bloomington, Mn

Bloomington, Mn

Develop strategy for implementation, measurement, and optimization of fraud risk partner services.Aggregate and communicate overall department metrics and trends to team and leadership.Analyze and streamline fraud platform ruleset and scoring model to maximize fraud mitigation and minimize held/cancel rates of good orders.Interface with internal and external database and risk-scoring platforms/providers to improve efficiency and accuracy of department fraud models and practices.Analyze historical transaction data to inform legitimacy and profitability of various types of customers.Translate fraud trends observed by agents and specialists into functional logic and scorable rules.Investigate and report on benefit/lift provided by asset implementation - from inclusion of individual rules to utilization of partners & services.

Bloomington, Mn

Analyze and streamline fraud platform ruleset and scoring model to maximize fraud mitigation and minimize held/cancel rates of good orders.Interface with internal and external database and risk-scoring platforms/providers to improve efficiency and accuracy of department fraud models and practices.Analyze historical transaction data to inform legitimacy and profitability of various types of customers.Translate fraud trends observed by agents and specialists into functional logic and scorable rules.Investigate and report on benefit/lift provided by asset implementation - from inclusion of individual rules to utilization of partners & services.

Bloomington, Mn

Excelsior, Mn

Taught general education mathematics courses, at two campus locations, to undergraduate students of widely varied age and ethnic backgrounds. Held regular tutoring hours. Maintained professional development and attended in-service training meetings on a quarterly basis.

Planned and taught courses to undergraduates, using Tegrity and Blackboard as instructional tools on a daily basis. Held scheduled office hours and supplemental office hours as requested by students. Designed, proctored, and graded exams and other work. Participated in weekly department meetings, including evaluation and reorganization of the algebra-trigonometry-calculus course track and materials. Managed a portion of department funds, and instituted & facilitated weekly department events.

(Summers) Created and led 2-4 leadership skill workshops per week in discussion-, activity-, and mixed-format sessions with children of varying ages and backgrounds. Planned and taught 1-2 lessons per day in a variety of sports and activities. Held behavior management, conflict resolution and mediation facilitation responsibilities. Trained and evaluated staff, and coached sports and teaching thereof. Planned and facilitated specific all-camp evening events, and managed event plans throughout the summer. Trained teenagers in C.I.T. program various counselor responsibilities and skills including teaching, mediation, behavior management, and conflict resolution.

Planned and taught undergraduate courses. Created own syllabi, lessons, assignments and exams. Maintained office hours and tutoring services as needed. Assigned, managed, and submitted course grades. Utilized course/teacher evaluations for further growth and self-assessment.

M.A., Instruction: Secondary Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Student teaching experience at Winona High School, Presented seminar at MCTM conference in Duluth, 2008.

Mathematics

Two years of graduate work in mathematics

B.A., Mathematics, Engineering Physics

Activities and Societies: Chapter President - Pi Mu Epsilon (mathematics honor society), Chapter President - Sigma Pi Sigma (physics honor.