Founding partner at Baldini Lang LLC, the premier law firm for financial technology contract review and and negotiations. Baldini Lang LLC also provides outsourced general counsel services to cutting-edge financial technology companies, forward-thinking financial institutions, and other innovative businesses.Licensed in South Dakota and Connecticut.

Board member Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, the governing body of the Office of State Ethics, which administers the State of Connecticut Code of Ethics for public officials, state employees and lobbyists.

Chief Ethics Officer for HSBC Bank USA. Responsible for designing, developing, and implementing a program in support of a strong ethical culture; updating and administering the code of ethics, advising senior management regarding ethics issues, trends, and best practices; and managing the anti-bribery & anti-corruption program.

Lecturer in Business Ethics.

Acting General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for a leading technology provider for banks and credit unions in the United States and international markets. Led the Open Solutions Legal Department and responsible for overseeing the legal and compliance affairs of the company, including M&A, corporate governance, employment law, compliance, ethics, and privacy. Managed Legal Department with 20 employees and an annual budget of $6 million. Managed all corporate litigation, client disputes, and billing collection actions, with highly successful track record of generating over $37 million in recoveries for the company over a three-year period. Led company legal team in successful $1 billion acquisition by Fiserv Inc. Chief Compliance Officer responsibilities included corporate compliance, business ethics, privacy, regulatory compliance, and management of bank regulatory agency examinations. Ensured product compliance with consumer banking laws and regulations. Managed all FDIC receivership activities relating to client banks. Delivered compliance, ethics and privacy communications and training, manage ethics hotline, and investigate allegations of misconduct. Maintained information security and privacy program and ensured compliance with requirements of GLB and its implementing regulations and state privacy/security breach laws and regulations.

Founded TheEthicsOffice.com, a complete, web-based compliance and ethics program for small businesses. TheEthicsOffice.com: "Effective. And cost-effective."™

Chief ethics, compliance, & privacy officer for the leading provider of disability insurance, reporting to the Regulatory Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors. Responsible for the corporate compliance, business ethics, privacy, records retention, and market conduct functions, as well as implementing, monitoring and reporting on compliance with a regulatory settlement agreement between Unum and state and federal regulators. Received Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics.

General Counsel for Citigroup's international insurance operations. Negotiated, built and managed legal operations for joint ventures in Japan (Mitsui Sumitomo Life) and Hong Kong (Citi Fubon Life); a representative office in China; and start-ups in Poland (CitiInsurance Polska) and Brazil (Citiinsurance do Brasil Vida e Previdencia). Provided legal and compliance leadership to insurance operations in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Mexico, and the UK. Responsible for international privacy issues, including EU Data Protection Directive.

Chief Compliance Officer for Travelers Insurance and liaison to Citigroup and affiliated companies. Managed compliance program and all Travelers business line compliance officers (life insurance and property casualty insurance). Responsible for compliance, ethics and privacy issues, anti-money laundering, agent licensing, advertising review, market conduct examinations, compliance audit program, compliance hotline, and compliance communications and training. Also served as Chief Privacy Officer.

Designed, implemented, and managed compliance & ethics program. Responsible for compliance, ethics and privacy issues, agent licensing, advertising review, market conduct examinations, and compliance communications and training.

Travelers first full-time Chief Compliance Officer. Designed, implemented, and managed compliance program. Qualified Travelers Life & Annuity for IMSA membership. Started as Attorney in Travelers Law Department.