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• Manage the Financial Crime team which conducts transaction monitoring, provides account activity reviews, files Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), and dispositions 314(a) requests. In addition, the team provides AML advisory services regarding client onboarding, periodic client and Politically Exposed Party reviews, and negative news screening. • Design AML policies and procedures while serving on the bank’s global policy committee.• Evaluate AML and sanctions risk posed by new banking and broker-dealer products.• Conduct AML and sanctions risk assessments for multiple business units to evaluate inherent and control risk.• Present annual risk assessment results to executive management and Federal regulators.

• Managed JP Morgan’s correspondent banking account activity review team which consisted of over 40 compliance professionals. Grew team from five full time employees to over 40 full time employees in 10 months. • Produced productivity metrics for senior management.• Active member on bank’s global KYC Reengineering Steering Committee helping to find efficiencies in the bank's KYC processes.• Supervised the team to complete over 4,000 account activity remediation reviews consisting of enhanced due diligence investigations and transaction surveillance on the bank’s correspondent banking clients to identify patterns of suspicious activity, terrorist financing, adverse news, and potential OFAC sanction violations.• Trained hundreds of employees in the U.S., Europe and Asia regarding correspondent banking compliance.

Responsibilities:• Led teams of consulting professionals to provide clients AML, FCPA, and due diligence related compliance services.• Served as a performance manager and attended year-end performance calibration meetings.Selected Projects:• Large International Financial Institution – Performed AML and anti-bribery risk assessments for 16 wealth management business units at a large international financial institution. Participated in facilitation sessions with business unit compliance personnel to evaluate inherent risks, controls, and residual risks. • Domestic Financial Institution acquisition of an International MSB - Completed a 'Gap' analysis/audit of the AML program of a large money service business (MSB) to determine the MSB’s compliance with provisions of the BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, Third EU Money Laundering Directive, and the United Kingdom’s Money Laundering Regulations 2007.• Designed, implemented, and managed anti-bribery/anti-corruption programs for a Fortune 100 multinational technology company, a Fortune 500 global chemicals and specialty materials company, and a Fortune Global 500 pharmaceutical company. • Managed multiple investigative enhanced due diligence projects involving domestic and international fraud investigations.

Responsibilities:• Provided clients with AML and due diligence compliance services.Selected Projects:• Served as a team leader on AML alert review and transaction based lookback projects that involved the risk assessment and evaluation of client data for large financial institutions. • Directed teams to identify indicators of suspicious correspondent banking activity which included, among other aspects, shell companies, high risk geographies, AML red flag industries, large round-dollar transactions, and cover payments.• Prepared SARS and designed SAR reporting methodologies during AML alert review and transaction based lookback projects.

• Conducted compliance reviews and reviewed prospectuses for securities issuances to ensure their compliance with federal regulations. • Assisted in regulating broker/dealer activity and conducted comprehensive analysis of suitability matters under the New Jersey Security laws and National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) regulations. • Attended negotiation and counseling sessions with the Assistant Attorney General of the State of New Jersey.

• Authored a legal brief and performed extensive research for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s arbitration regarding a multi-million dollar claim that arose due to potential insurance.• Drafted memoranda concerning multiple legal issues for tort litigation cases.• Prepared complaints to commence Port Authority claims and drafted answers in response to claimants suing the Port Authority.

• Drafted motions for Assistant District Attorneys regarding narcotics, robbery, and battery cases. • Conducted legal research in connection with trials, hearings, and other legal proceedings.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Corporate Law Society HONORS: Harlan Scholar

Ba, Political Science Major, Minored In History

Activities and Societies: Mock Trial HONORS: Graduated Cum Laude Founder's Day Honoree Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society).