Paul Quinlan is the founder and CEO of Quinlan (quinlanpartners.com), a global due diligence, investigations, and business intelligence firm that helps clients identify and mitigate risk, shape strategy, and achieve success.Paul spent his career as a journalist reporting both domestically and internationally for a variety of news organizations and publications. His investigations have uncovered fraud, corruption, and malfeasance at the highest levels of business and government. As a professional investigator, Paul has assisted leading litigators, investors, and corporate decision-makers in gathering critical facts and intelligence and finding hidden evidence and assets in the context of high-stakes and complex disputes, due diligence, and internal investigations.A former National Press Foundation fellow, Paul has appeared on CNN and been published by The New York Times, National Journal, USA Today, The St. Petersburg Times, The Miami Herald, The Palm Beach Post, Washingtonian Magazine, Salon, and others. He received a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar.