Mike Timoney
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Mike is Vice President of Secure Payments at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Mike’s responsibility is to understand the payments and fraud landscape and identify areas where security must be improved. He is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing key elements of the Fed’s strategy for payment security with initial focus on efforts related to fraud definitions and improving fraud data, and research into fraud, cyber threats, and emerging technologies.

Brian Ferro
Feedzai
As Director of AML Products at Feedzai, Brian is responsible for managing the direction of the AML Solution suite of products by working with financial institutions around the globe to meet the ever-changing market needs and deliver industry-best AML solutions and practices. Brian has worked in various roles within product management in the financial crime vendor space since 2013 and worked previously as a fraud and AML practitioner in industry for over 15 years.

Karen Boyer
M&T Bank
Karen Boyer has more than 20 years of diverse banking experience, with over 15 in the realm of fraud. She is currently Senior Vice President of Financial Crimes and Fraud Intelligence at M&T Bank. In this role, Karen is responsible for overseeing teams of analysts and investigators, developing fraud detection and prevention strategies related to financial channels in and out of the organization, and managing the risk of the evolving real-time payment methods in the financial industry.

Rene Perez
Jack Henry
Rene is the Director of Financial Crimes Solutions Sales and a Financial Crimes Consultant with Jack Henry and has 20+ years of experience in the financial crimes industry. He has spoken at many major conferences including ACAMS®, Jack Henry Connect, and SAS Global Financial Crimes Conference.