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The Challenges of AML Transactional Monitoring Tuning
Date: Friday, December 10, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Registration: 8:30 AM
Location: Crowe Horwath, LLP (Three First National Plaza – 70 W. Madison St - Chicago, IL)
Guest Speakers:
Henry Balani, CAMS, Managing Director, Strategic Services Group - Accuity
Greg LeMond, Senior Manager - Crowe Horwath, LLC
Credits: 2 CAMS/2 CFE

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Jack Oskvarek is Vice President, BSA/AML/OFAC Manager and Board of Director approved BSA Officer for Banco Popular North America (BPNA).  Prior to joining BPNA in March 2010, Jack served in similar roles at Park National Bank and AMCORE Bank.  In July 2007 he was brought in to AMCORE Bank to navigate through an OCC formal agreement and consent order and build a comprehensive BSA/AML/OFAC program and team.  Functioning in this integral role, all adverse OCC regulatory actions were lifted in April 2008.  Jack was also responsible for overseeing Deposit Operations.  Jack has more than 25 years of banking experience.

Prior to joining AMCORE in July 2007, he was First Vice President, BSA Officer & Deposit Operations Manager at MidAmerica Bank, where he was responsible for bank-wide AML/BSA/OFAC functions (completing a full AML/FIU build-out of personnel and systems), deposit operations, servicing departments, wire operations, internal help desk, and contact center.  Prior to MidAmerica Bank, Jack served as Vice President, BSA Officer & Manager of Retail Banking Operations at TCF Bank (Standard Federal Bank), which included AML/BSA/OFAC functions, loss prevention/fraud operations, compliance, branch management, and was Plan Trustee for a $10 million employee pension portfolio.

Jack earned a bachelor’s degree in business with a finance concentration from De Paul University.  He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS designation from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) and is a certified Anti-Money Laundering Professional (AMLP designation from BAI).

Most recently, he was instrumental in forming the ACAMS Chicago Chapter and currently serves as Chairman.  He has also served on various panels such as the ABA AML National Conference in Washington D.C. in fall 2008.  Outside his professional life, Jack is an avid tennis player and a dedicated Cubs fan.

e-mail:  joskvarek@bpop.com   

Tara Dabek, CAMS, AMLP, AAP
Co-Secretary
Citizens First National Bank
Tara Dabek is a member of the Risk Management Department of Citizens First National Bank. She joined CFNB in May 2010 and is heavily involved with the daily BSA related duties. Prior to joining CFNB, Tara worked as a Bank Consultant Supervisor for Lindgren, Callihan, Van Osdol & Co. Ltd. for over five years, specializing in BSA, ACH, and Compliance. Tara graduated with her Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL in 2004. She earned her Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designation in 2005, her Anti-Money Laundering Professional (AMLP) designation in 2007, and her Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) designation in 2008. e-mail: Tara.Dabek@citizens1st.com

Fredia Wynne is a Vice President and the Bank Secrecy Act Officer for RBS WorldPay U.S., the U.S. payments processing division of The Royal Bank of Scotland. She is responsible for the implementation of the AML and OFAC programs which includes oversight for the identification, assessment and mitigation of money laundering and terrorist financing risk; policies and procedures; monitoring and reporting of suspicious activity; and AML training. She has more than 20 years experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining RBS WorldPay, U.S., Fredia worked for Bank of America as a Senior Vice President in the AML Compliance group supporting the Bank’s broker-dealer. Fredia is a Certified Public Accountant and has attained the CAMS, CRCM, and CRP compliance designations.

Matt Weberling has worked in banking since the age of 16 when he began as a Bank Teller at Mid America Bank in 1996 and worked through the end of college in 2002. After graduation from the University of Iowa he began as a Loss Prevention Analyst at Mid America Bank in 2003 and worked full time while also attending graduate school. In October 2005 Matt was selected to be part of a project team to build out a Financial Investigations Unit (FIU) and implement a BSA/AML program at Mid America Bank. He received investigative training from former Federal Law Enforcement agents from the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS and U.S. Treasury Dept. After successfully helping as a key team member specializing in writing and preparing suspicious activity reports he was hired on as a charter member of the department and full time Anti-Money Laundering analyst and worked in that position from 2005 through the acquisition of Mid America Bank by National City Corporation ending 11 years of service at Mid America in March 2008. He immediately obtained a position at MB Financial Bank in March 2008 as an Anti-Money Laundering Investigator and is presently working in that position in Rosemont, IL. He has completed thousands of investigations that have resulted in over 850 career SAR filings between two $10+ billion asset size banks. He obtained his CAMS certification in 2007 and was a charter member of the Chicago Chapter of ACAMS.

He attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa from 1998 until 2002 graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) in history. He also received a Master’s Degree of Education (M.Ed.) from DePaul University in Chicago in 2007.

Teri Downey is the Risk Management Compliance Manager for RSM McGladrey’s Great Lakes practice. Teri has 10 years of experience in internal audit and regulatory compliance for financial institutions ranging in size from $40 million in assets to $5.5 billion. Teri’s internal audit experience is focused in commercial, real estate and consumer lending, while her compliance experience includes BSA/AML and OFAC, retail, mortgage and commercial lending, HMDA/CRA, deposit and retail operations regulations, Regulation O and GLBA/Privacy. Teri graduated from Rockford College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. Teri is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) as well as a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), a Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA), and a Fiduciary & Investment Risk Manager (FIRM).

Paulina M. Prebe currently holds an AML Officer/Quality Assurance Analyst position with Harris N.A. as of March 2010. Her duties consist of performing independent AML testing of high risk business lines to ensure quality and effectiveness within the AML Unit. Prior to joining Harris N.A. she was the BSA Department Team Lead at Park National Bank (now part of U.S. Bank), where her primary role consisted of quality assurance and oversight of daily department functions. During her employment with Park National Bank, Paulina started as a BSA Analyst and then was promoted to a Senior Analyst in 2008, and then to the BSA Department Team Lead in 2009. Prior to joining Park National Bank in September 2007, Paulina was employed by MidAmerica Bank from 2002 and served an array of retail front line positions. In 2006, Paulina moved to the Loss Prevention Department as an analyst and finally in early 2007 began her career in Anti-Money Laundering (also with MidAmerica Bank), as an AML Analyst where her primary role consisted of conducting case file investigations.

Paulina graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2005 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences, majoring in Criminal Justice. She also has been a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) since 2008.

Greg LeMond is an Executive at Crowe Horwath LLP and is the firm-wide solution owner for AML Investigations & Reporting and AML Lookbacks. He has been a Project Manager on some of the firm’s largest projects including assisting institutions that have been under enforcement actions or regulatory scrutiny. His multi-disciplinary projects have included exam response management, AML Lookbacks, AML Risk Assessments, financial intelligence unit development, transaction monitoring optimization and risk-based customer due diligence. Greg’s most recent project success included assisting the bank with successful compliance to an enforcement action. Greg has presented on several AML topics including an on-line webinar on Lookback Execution and Approach.

Ralph Dahm founded ITAuditSearch.com in 2007. The firm is dedicated to providing recruiting services for Fortune 1000 organizations and private companies seeking talented and certified Anti Money Laundering Specialists, IT Auditors, Sarbanes Oxley compliance specialists, Risk Management, Computer Forensics, Security, and Information Technology professionals. Mr. Dahm has over 30 years experience in the healthcare, information technology, and consumer electronics industries. As founder and President of a national medical products distribution company, Mr. Dahm negotiated multiple federal supply schedule contracts with the Department of Defense and Veterans Administration. In addition he developed and manufactured several new disposable medical devices for high risk infection protection situations. Mr. Dahm also founded Nano Technologies, Inc. to explore the commercialization of nanotechnology products and processes, and is a member of the Chicago Microbiology & Nanotechnology Community (CMNC). In addition, he is active in the Civil Air Patrol (2nd Lt.) and the FBI InfraGard organizations. Mr. Dahm is a member of the Information Systems Audit & Control Association (I.S.A.C.A.). He is a past President of the Sales & Marketing Executives of Chicago organization. Mr. Dahm is the published author of Opportunities in Sales Careers.

Brian Arrington has over 12 years of experience in the financial services industry. Brian provides seasoned experience in BSA/AML compliance and has had diverse assignments with financial institutions. He is highly familiar with issues relative to BSA/AML compliance, risk management, and process implementation, drawing upon industry experience as well as leading industry practices. Brian serves large financial institutions in the delivery of financial products and services with respect to regulatory compliance, risk management and controls, and regulatory applications concerning BSA and AML requirements. Brian last served as a Manager at a well known National Regulatory and Capital Markets Consulting Group for a "Big 4" accounting firm. He also worked as a BSA/AML and OFAC Compliance Officer for a large bank in the Chicagoland area where he served as the national process coordinator for BSA/AML investigations and compliance management. Furthermore, Brian managed interdepartmental workflows relative to BSA/AML compliance operations and communicated policies, procedures, and requirements to senior-level Bank management and operational units. Brian received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kellstadt School of Business, DePaul University and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

e-mail: brian_arrington@hotmail.com

Michael Grossman is a Vice President and the Anti-Money Laundering Officer for Northern Trust Securities, Inc., a Chicago-based brokerage firm and registered investment advisor. Michael focuses on AML/sanctions policy, procedure and implementation, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting and due diligence on high risk clients. Prior to joining Northern Trust Securities Michael was Vice President & AML Advisory Officer at LaSalle Bank. His responsibilities included AML/sanctions support to the retail, small business and wealth management business units of LaSalle Bank. He earned his MBA from DePaul University and his undergraduate degree from the Illinois State University and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.