John Watkins

John Watkins leads Fraud Analytics and Data Science for Ally Bank. His career includes solutions consulting with Socure, leading fraud prevention and the buildout of Jenius Bank, and a tenure at the SAS Institute where he was the Global Lead for Identity and Digital Fraud. Prior to SAS, John worked in fraud and credit risk roles at Synchrony, Bank of America, and First Union Bank. He has an impressive track record of implementing innovative fraud strategies and technologies that have led to significant reductions in fraud losses. He holds an MS in Data Science from Northwestern and is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt.