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Paul Byrne is an innovative and results-driven financial services executive focused on financial crimes. As Head of Fraud Solutions at SentiLink, he works with SentiLink’s partners to achieve maximum impact on fraud & CIP risk by leveraging SentiLink’s solutions and optimizes their decisioning funnels to successfully balance fraud risk and customer experience. Paul brings deep business, operational, analytical, and risk knowledge of retail banking, deposits & lending, credit, BSA/AML & fraud risk from 18+ years of product management and customer risk decisioning experience at PNC Bank. Paul has held leadership positions as head of retail deposits, head of retail consumer and small business lending, head of AML transaction modeling and fraud risk decisioning, and head of customer management. Paul was on the NACHA Board of Directors for six years and on several CBA Committees, most recently the CBA Fraud Management Committee for five years. Prior to joining PNC, Paul was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Co.

Paul received an M.B.A. from Harvard, an M.S. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. with University Honors from Carnegie Mellon University in Mechanical Engineering. He holds a masters in banking management with honors from the CBA Executive Banking School.

Sepideh brings deep regulatory and operational knowledge of banking, money services business, virtual assets, and fintech from 25+ years of legal and compliance experience in developing and administering consumer and financial crimes compliance programs to exceed regulatory requirements and incorporate industry best practices. Sepideh has held leadership positions as chief compliance or BSA/AML and sanctions officer at several of the financial community’s most respected institutions, community banks, and money services businesses, and served as senior counsel with the American Bankers Association. Sepideh was the recipient of the 2023 American Bankers Association’s Distinguished Service Award for Financial Crimes in recognition of her career and contributions to the banking industry.

Sepideh received a J.D. from Michigan State University School of Law and a B.A. from George Washington University. She holds certifications in AML and fraud from the American Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America and is a member of the Michigan and DC Bars. Sepideh also serves as an Independent Director for Battle Financial.

Dr. David Maimon is the fraud world’s go-to investigator and storyteller. As Head of Fraud Insights at SentiLink and director of Georgia State University’s Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Group, he pairs dark-web intelligence with analytical techniques to expose how criminals build synthetic identities, hijack accounts, and monetize stolen credentials. Banks, telcos, prop-tech platforms, energy providers, and government agencies rely on his research and plain-spoken guidance to spot emerging scams early, tighten identity verification, and slash fraud losses—often before the schemes even hit the headlines.