Expert Details
Banking Operations, Fraud Matters, Finance, Accounting , Policy and Procedure, Corporate Governance
ID: 730420
California, USA
Since 2011, she has been engaged to provide expert witness review and testimony in over 70 banking matters, and has testified as a PMK numerous times for the banks with which she has been employed.
In 2007, Expert was engaged as a temporary Chief Financial Officer for a denovo bank in southern Nevada that lost it's CFO immediately after opening. She acted in this capacity for 7 months, implementing proper accounting and reporting processes, writing and improving policies and procedures, and assisted the bank in getting underway.In 2011, Expert was engaged to assist a bank in Arizona that was acquired as a stand-alone acquisition by a multi-bank holding company. She assisted in the transition of this bank in adopting the accounting and reporting processes of the acquirer.In 2012, Expert was engaged to review the operating processes, staffing and systems of an acquired bank for its acquirer in the Los Angeles area, in order to report suggested desired changes to facilitate the consolidation process. Expert has been retained multiple times to guide community banks through the process of choosing, pricing, and implementing new core processors, including selecting vendors, performing due diligence, securing competitive pricing, contract review, and implementation.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1988 | Degree: Certificate | Subject: BAI School for Bank Administration, Community Bank Management | Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 1999 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Expert Witness and Banking Consultant | Department: Banking |
Responsibilities:Expert witness testimony in banking operations, administrative and corporate governance matters. Areas of expertise include Operational Policy and Procedure, Deposit and Check Fraud, Management and the Board of Directors Duties and Responsibilities, Personnel,Branch Administration, Codes of Conduct, Conflict of Interest and Insider Transactions, and all non-lending compliance areas, including BSA/AML/Patriot .Also available for interim CFO and Operations Administration assignments, data processing evaluation, selection and implementation, bank and branch acquisition implementation, operational performance improvement, operational and administrative training, development of bank policies of all types, post-acquisition consolidation and re-organization |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1983 to 2011 | Employer: California Business Bank, Pacific Inland Bank, Pacific Heritage Bank | Title: Executive Vice President/CFO | Department: Administration, Operations Administration |
Responsibilities:Began her banking career in 1969 in branch operations, mastered all positions within bank operations from 1969 through 1983; began her first assignment as a CFO in 1983 and continued successfully through 2011, including organization of four denovo banks, acquisition of bank branches, development of denovo branches, and re-organization of banks |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1972 to 1983 | Employer: Various Banks | Title: Operations Officer/Administrator | Department: Operations Administration |
Responsibilities:Gained experience with ever-increasing responsibility in every position in Operations, through those of branch Operations Officer and bank-wide Operations Administrator. |
Fields of Expertise
accounting fraud, bank fraud, bank policy, bank procedure, bank security, banking, fraud, operations, procedure, equity, core banking system, core banking, banking regulation, money, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, fixed income securities, municipal securities, accounting policy, investment dispute, physical security, commercial security, investment research, bank analysis, security, mergers and acquisitions, investment management, counterfeiting, point of service, investment, finance, currency paper