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This list showcases the top California, United States based Director operating in the Fraud Detection space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Mike Jones
Senior Director of Product Management of Agari
Mike’s mandate is creating great products and growing the Agari Email Trust Network. Prior to Agari, Mike managed AOL’s Network Operations Center from 1997–2004. In 2005, Jones took responsibility for directing AOL’s Anti-Spam Operations and Postmaster. From 2005–2010, he helped drive the adoption of email authentication and reputation technologies at AOL and across the industry. Jones has represented AOL as a member of the Board of Directors for the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) and other cross industry initiatives.
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About Agari: Agari is an email identity company protecting enterprises and people from phishing and socially-engineered attacks.
Alex Marquez
Global Managing Director, Experian Ventures of Experian
Alex launched Experian Ventures in 2016 and is currently the Global Managing Director and a member of Experians Investment Committee. As a leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world, we invest in data/analytics, information security, healthcare, automotive and the broader financial services ecosystem. The Experian Ventures portfolio of investments includes AireLabs, AxiaMed (acq), BankBazaar, Hyphen, Bonify, C88, Canopy, Cazana, Grab, InfoSum, Madaket Health, Finicity (acq), Grab (GRAB), Jirnexu, Infosum, Machinify, Nav, PlaceIQ, RecargaPay, Salary Finance, Stackin, TrueData, and TrueAccord. We have invested more than $225m across the globe since inception in 2016. Previously, Alex served as Executive Vice President at Nantmobile, part of the Nantworks family of companies, building novel consumer mobile applications in health, wellness, and computer vision. Alex was Managing Director with USAA’s Corporate Development Group and a member of USAA’s Executive Management team and built USAA Ventures into one of the most active FinTech CVC after his first year. Alex created USAA’s Blockchain Working Group and investment thesis in blockchain [according to CBInsights, USAA was recognized as the first bank/insurance company to invest in blockchain technologies] and was responsible for the groups investments in Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), Saffron (acq by Intel), and CafeX, ExpectLabs (acq by Cisco), while establishing USAA’s venture brand in Silicon Valley. Alex was a Director with Intel Capital, the world’s largest corporate venture group having invested over $14B globally. During his tenure with Intel Capital, Alex managed or co-managed investments in Atom Entertainment (acquired by Viacom), BlackArrow (acquired by Cross Mediaworks), ChannelM (acquired by PlayNetwork), Gametrust (acquired by Real Networks), Gaikai (acquired by Sony), Envivio (Nasdaq: ENVI), Kabam (acquired by Netmarble), K2 Network (acquired by RHI), Trymedia (acquired by Macrovision), The Generations Network (Nasdaq: ACOM), SixApart (acquired by SayMedia), and Synacor (Nasdaq: SYNC). In addition, Alex was co-founder and CEO of AppScotch, which brought transparency to paid mobile advertising. AppScotch was acquired by AppAnnie in 2016. Alex has served as a mentor to Plug&Play Silicon Valley and numerous other startups and accelerators/incubators. Alex has served as an advisor to ProSieben – the second largest media company in Germany; supports Purdue University mentorship program (SV BIG); and was a member of UNLV’s Engineering Advisory Board. Alex has served as an advisor to Gamestop Corporation, Playspan (acquired by Visa), and he has also served as an advisor and mentor to dozens of early stage companies and global corporate venture groups. Alex was previously an advisor to the NVCA’s Corporate Venture working group.
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About Experian, Experian Ventures: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Karim Chehade
Investment Director, Experian Ventures of Experian
Karim Chehadé is an Investment Director at Experian Ventures, where he is responsible for identifying, sourcing, and investing in companies developing innovative consumer and business solutions for data creation, analytics and machine learning and information security. Prior to his role on the venture team, Karim was the Director of Small Business and Transactional Services for Experian’s Business Information Services unit, where he held responsibility over Experian BIS’ small business platforms, products, and services, and managed products and partnerships involving user-permissioned data. Prior to joining Experian, Karim held product management, strategy, and management consulting roles at Disneyland.com, Google, and Accenture, respectively. He has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and degrees in Economics and Spanish from Cal State University, Northridge.
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About Experian, Experian Ventures: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Steve Wagner
Managing Director, Experian Decision Analytics of Experian
Steve Wagner is Global Managing Director, Experian Decision Analytics. Steve joined Experian in 2005 and has led a wide range of businesses including Consumer Information Services in North America, Credit Services, Marketing Services, and Consumer Services in Brazil and the now divested global Cross Channel Marketing business. Steve represents Experian on the board of the US Data and Marketing Association, and serves as Chairman of the Experian social innovation fund. Prior to joining Experian, Steve was General Counsel of ERisk, a risk and capital management software company owned by JP Morgan Partners. Before that, Steve was a corporate transactional lawyer in New York and London with the global firm of Clifford Chance. Steve has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, magna cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts and a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law.
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About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Aaron Suplizio
Director, Online Lending & Fintech of Experian
Aaron is responsible for leading go-to-market strategy and operations for Experian’s Fintech and Insurance verticals. He works closely with online lending startups, the venture capital community and Experian’s sales, product and marketing teams to fuel innovation and growth for companies building exciting new businesses within Financial Services. Before joining Experian, Aaron spent 5 years at Line 6, a venture-backed music technology firm where he held various leadership positions in product and marketing. Prior to that, Aaron worked at Analysis Group, one of the largest privately-held economic consulting firms where he supported top academic experts in the areas of intellectual property, securities fraud, and antitrust litigation in the software and pharmaceutical industries.
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About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Michael Delgado
Director of Social Media & Community Engagement of Experian
Michael is the senior manager of social media and public relations at Experian, North America, and teaches social media courses at the University of California Irvine extension school. He leads content strategy and community building efforts on Experian social channels and loves using live-streaming social platforms (Periscope, G+ Hangouts) to help consumers and businesses.
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About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Neal Reiter
Director, Core of IdentityMind
Neal is responsible for leading IdentityMind’s Fraud Prevention product offering. IdentityMind provides software that assists retailers, financial institutions, and virtual currency businesses – mitigate risk and comply with federal and state regulations. Prior to IdentityMind, Neal led the west coast operations of Booz Allen Hamilton’s financial crimes team.
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About IdentityMind: IdentityMind provides a SaaS platform that builds, maintains, and analyzes digital identities worldwide.
Laurynas Riliskis
Director of Engineering, Customer Success of BehavioSec
Laurynas Riliskis is the founder and CEO of VictorAi, a San Francisco based company that helps law firms and companies achieve and maintain legal compliance in data privacy, local, state and federal regulations and contracts. We do this through an Artificial Intelligence named Victor. Laurynas finished three years of postdoc research at Stanford University where he collaboration with MIT, UC Berkeley, and UPenn, as well as leading corporations including Intel, WMVare, and Panasonic. His research has been published more than 40 times in prestigious journals for which he has received multiple awards. He received his Ph.D. in Wireless Sensor Networks from Lulea Technical University in 2014.
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About BehavioSec, VictorAi: BehavioSec is the pioneer for behavioral biometrics and continuous authentication, protecting millions of users and billions of transactions