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Vincent M. Walden, CPA, CFE Related seminars and products

Managing Director Forensic Technology: Regulatory & Compliance Intelligence

Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations, LLC

Vincent Walden is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Disputes and Investigations in New York. He specializes in forensic data analytics, continuous controls monitoring, information governance and legal discovery services. His primary area of concentration is in providing leading technology perspectives on both proactive compliance programs and reactive investigations.

With more than 25 years of investigative and legal technology experience, Mr. Walden has extensive experience in anti-fraud and surveillance analytics, anti-bribery and corruption compliance monitoring, sanctions and trade compliance monitoring, and anti-trust compliance monitoring. He also has deep insights in using leading technology approaches to artificial intelligence and proprietary anti-fraud behavioral algorithms.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Walden spent 14 years at Ernst & Young’s Forensic & Integrity Services Practice in Dallas, New York and Atlanta, where he most recently served as a Partner for the past eight years. Before EY, he worked at KPMG and Arthur Andersen. During his career, he also served as President and CFO of a privately-funded Internet company, which was subsequently sold to a Fortune 500 Company.

As an industry thought leader, Mr. Walden sits on Compliance Week’s Advisory Board and is featured in many publications including Internal Auditor Magazine, Compliance Week, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and The Economist. He is a regular columnist for FRAUD Magazine and writes about anti-fraud innovation. As part of COSO’s Anti-Fraud Task Force, Mr. Walden co-authored its “Fraud Risk Management Guide”, which was released in September 2016. He also hosts a bi-weekly podcast show, “The Walden Pond”, which focuses on compliance innovation.

Mr. Walden earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern California. He completed the Harvard Leadership Program at Harvard Business School, and is also a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. Mr. Walden volunteers as the President of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiner’s Education and Research Foundation, which provides academic scholarships to students and anti-fraud research to qualified recipients. 

Kevin M. Rockecharlie, CISA Related seminars and products

Principal

CohnReznick

Kevin M. Rockecharlie, CISA, is a Principal at Cohn Reznick, LLC in Dallas, TX. Kevin has more than 19 years of experience providing professional IT audit and consulting services to a wide range of industries. Kevin has worked with both public and private companies, and he also has extensive experience with SOX 404 compliance. Kevin helps his clients understand how IT and accounting work together. Prior to joining the firm, Kevin held industry positions at Accenture, Alcatel-Lucent and Dell Computer.

Angela Kroboth, ACDA, CAAP Related seminars and products

Kroboth Consulting

Angela Kroboth is an innovative Data Analytics expert with over 20 years of experience turning business questions into data queries.  She is educated in Econometrics, Public Policy Analysis, Statistics, and Audits, works with organizations in both the public and private sector, and has a keen interest in integrating data analytics into the work of criminal investigations.  In 2000, Ms. Kroboth designed and built “big data” systems that allow investigators to proactively identify fraudulent practices in medical billings and workers’ compensation. She received the Assistant Inspector General Award in 2001 (an Internal Business Award for Healthcare Analytics Systems Development), and the CIGIE Award for Excellence in 2021 (for Healthcare Investigations Analytics).  Angela is a professional speaker on the topics of Data Analytics, Communication, and Leadership, who believes that people should take care of each other, not take advantage of each other, and that one way to do this this through fraud detection.
 

Chris McCall Related seminars and products