Upcoming Speakers

Enrique M. Alvarez is a Special Agent in the Cyber Branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s San Francisco Field Office. Enrique joined the FBI as a special agent in November, 2002. At the FBI, Enrique has supervised both counterintelligence and cyber national security squads. He is currently assigned to cyber task force at the Oakland Resident Agency. Prior to the FBI, Enrique worked at various Internet companies in San Francisco during the first dotcom boom, was a defense contractor in Los Angeles, and was an adjunct instructor at the Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey. Enrique also served as a U.S. Navy Reserve intelligence officer and retired in 2013 with the rank of commander. With the Navy, he served a combat tour of duty in Iraq between 2007-2008. Enrique holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford University in International Relations and a master’s degree from the Navy Postgraduate School in National Security Affairs. Quote: “The FBI’s Cyber Program depends on a collaborative, information-sharing centric partnership with the private sector – a model where information flows both directions. The FBI remains committed to the identification, pursuit, and defeat of malicious cyber actors and groups.”  

She works with governments, law enforcement officials, regulators, law firms and financial institutions around the world to conduct cryptocurrency forensic investigations and to train officials and employees to understand and investigate financial crimes, money laundering and other criminal activity within the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Prior to joining CipherTrace, Pamela was the Assistant Vice President – BSA and Information Security for First State Bank. She also has over 10 years of international experience with investigations, due diligence and operations mostly in Latin America with U.S. Government Intelligence. Pamela has her Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). She obtained her B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and her MBA from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She has conducted trainings and workshops, and spoken about cryptocurrency and financial crimes globally, to include speaking engagements at INTERPOL, EUROPOL and other international and federal organizations.  

With 30+ years of public and private sector experience in federal law enforcement and the banking industry, Jim is a recognized leader in global law enforcement, intelligence, and financial crimes compliance. Jim entered government service in 1986 with the U.S. Customs Service and held numerous senior leadership roles. After 9/11, he became the Chief of the Cornerstone and Financial investigation Programs at the new Department of Homeland Security. In 2010, he established Homeland Security Investigations. Dinkins retired from government in 2014 and joined TRSS as General Manager. In 2015, he was named Senior Vice President and Director of Operations for financial crimes compliance at the nation’s fifth largest financial institution, where he established and led the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing teams. Jim returned to TRSS as president in 2019. TRSS helps government and private sector customers solve critical mission challenges by combining unique data, expert analysis, and technology.  

Yaya J. Fanusie is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Yaya spent seven years as an analyst in the CIA, where he regularly briefed government officials—including President George W. Bush whom he personally briefed on terrorism threats. After leaving government service, Yaya worked for a small consulting firm focused on financial asset recovery cases. Later, as director of analysis at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance, Yaya led research work on sanctions evasion, terrorist financing, and Bitcoin money laundering. Yaya has testified before Congress multiple times on illicit financing issues. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, and has been quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Yaya blogs at Forbes and is a frequent public speaker on topics involving cryptocurrencies and U.S. national security. Yaya is founder of Cryptocurrency AML Strategies, an advisory firm that helps financial institutions and technology companies address money laundering and terrorist financing risks associated with digital assets. Yaya received an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley.  

Lourdes C. Miranda is a Washington, DC-based cryptocurrency analyst, a financial crimes investigator, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with over 25 years of government and corporate experience. Lourdes specializes in counter-threat finance including money laundering and fraud investigations, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, cryptocurrency forensics; blockchain analysis; cyber profiling; financial intelligence collection and analysis; risk management; strategic and operational analysis; and task force leadership for the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Treasury Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, as well as for the private sector. Lourdes is a former board member of Utica College’s (UC) Economic Crime & Cybersecurity Institute, where she has mentored students for 24 years, and contributed extensively to creating their first national security program. Lourdes has been interviewed by CNBC, participated in podcasts, is a frequent speaker and trainer on cryptocurrencies and the blockchain, and has co-authored many articles.  

Liat Shetret is a Senior Advisor for Crypto-Policy and Regulation at Elliptic. For more than 15 years, Liat has led global capacity-building and technical assistance programs on anti–money laundering (AML), countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), financial inclusion, and countering violent extremism. She has formerly worked at the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, Citigroup Bank, the Global Center on Cooperative Security, and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee for Homeland Security. She has extensive experience implementing capacity-building assistance programs particularly in emerging markets and developing countries across Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. Liat holds a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and a BA in political science and psychology from the University of Illinois. She is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)  

As an innovator and community builder, Jen has grown technology businesses from ideation to scale. Jen currently leads channel partnerships for Entersekt’s North American business, driving adoption of the company’s fraud prevention and digital enablement solutions. Prior to Entersekt, Jen founded the digital identity solutions group at Thomson Reuters, an incubated business venture focused on the development of new identity verification and authentication services. She is a key evangelist, author and featured speaker on topics such as digital innovation, cybersecurity, fraud prevention and disruptive technologies. Jen supports her local community by leading House of Genius Atlanta, hosting the Rebel Women breakfast series and sitting on the Founding Partner Board for The Lola. 

David Zacks is the Chief Compliance Officer at bitFlyer USA, Inc. In this role, David leads Compliance, Legal and Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining bitFlyer USA, David held various compliance management roles at Airbnb, Auka, JP Morgan Chase and Yapstone. He also served as the Liaison to Mexico at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Throughout his career David has set up compliance programs, led investigative teams, navigated complex sanctions regimes, expanded global licensing and provided executive oversight. David has a B.A. degree from California Lutheran University in Political Science and International Studies, and an M.A. degree from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in International Policy Studies. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a Certified Financial Crime Specialist. 

Jonathan Levin is Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company. In his role as CSO, he is responsible for designing long-term strategic initiatives that help government agencies, cryptocurrency businesses, and financial institutions investigate illicit activity, comply with regulations, and mitigate risk through anti-money laundering technology and education. Jonathan is regularly called upon to testify for the U.S. Congress and other government hearings on the emerging risks and opportunities in cryptocurrencies. He is also a mentor for the Techstars Alchemist Blockchain accelerator. Prior to Chainalysis, he was the CEO of Coinometrics, which provided the first dashboard of blockchain intelligence. He was also a postgraduate economist at the University of Oxford, where he researched cryptocurrencies.  

Roger A. Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, Inc., is a 30-year computer security consultant, instructor, holder of dozens of computer certifications, and author of 11 books and over 1,000 magazine articles on computer security. He has spoken at many of the world’s biggest computer security conferences, been in Newsweek™ magazine, appeared on television, been interviewed for NPR’s All Things Considered™, the Wall Street Journal, and been a guest on dozens of radio shows and podcasts. He has worked at some of the world’s largest computer security companies, including Foundstone, McAfee, and Microsoft. He has consulted for hundreds of companies, from the largest to the smallest, around the world. He specializes in host and network security, identity management, anti-malware, hackers, honeypots, Public Key Infrastructure, cloud security, cryptography, policy, and technical writing. His certifications have included CPA, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CEH, MSCE: Security, Security+, and yada-yada others, and he has been an instructor for many of them. His writings and presentations are often known for their real-world, contrarian views. He was been the weekly security columnist for InfoWorld and CSO magazines 2005 – 2019. Roger A. Grimes, CPA, CISSP, CEH, MCSE, CISA, CISM, CNE, yada, yada, is the author of 11 books and over 1000 national magazine articles on computer security, specializing in host security and preventing hacker and malware attacks. Roger is a frequent speaker at national computer security conferences, and was the weekly security columnist at InfoWorld and CSO magazines 2005 – 2019. He has worked at some of the world’s largest computer security companies, including, Foundstone, McAfee, and Microsoft. Roger is frequently interviewed and quoted in the media including Newsweek, CNN, NPR, and WSJ. His presentations are fast-paced and filled with useful facts and recommendations.  

Alex Rawitz joined Chainalysis in 2018 and works with the world’s largest cryptocurrency businesses and payments companies. He was drawn in to cryptocurrencies several years ago by the passion in the space to rethink the way payments happen in a digital world. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Alex was an early employee at Servato, an IoT technology company based in New Orleans. Prior to Servato, Alex managed accelerator programs at The Idea Village where he worked dozens of entrepreneurs across a broad array of industries. Alex holds a BA in History from Cornell University and was a Venture for America Fellow.  

Debra Brown is the Vice President of Sales for the Americas at Chainalysis, the leading provider of anti-money laundering solutions for cryptocurrency businesses, financial institutions, and government agencies. In her role, she leads go-to-market efforts for North, South and Central America for Financial Services, Strategic Accounts and Government Agencies in LATAM. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Debra led the East Enterprise Sales team for Ping Identity, working with large financial services organizations and insurance companies. She has experience working for Pitney Bowes Business Insight (now Syncsort), Xerox and American Express..  

Cameron Trainer is a Research Associate at the Washington, DC, office of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS). He leads lines of inquiry on projects related to sanctions implementation and countering proliferation finance. Cameron has particular expertise tracking vessels linked to North Korea and using publicly available information to trace North Korean financial flows.  

Chad began his career with DoD intelligence, and was a leader in incorporating social media and open sources in counter-terrorism targeting missions. His experience in social media investigations spans a decade and he is considered a subject matter expert by several Federal agencies. Chad is frequently consulted by government agencies on complex investigations, and has directly contributed to the capture of multiple “top ten” most wanted individuals. In his current role, Chad continues to serve this mission as a solutions expert for Thomson Reuters Special Services, where he is able to use the company’s data to augment open source investigations for his customers.  

Emily Stonehouse is the Chief Compliance Officer at Linden Lab, where she is responsible for the company’s compliance functions. Emily joined Linden Lab from Pacific Coast Bankers’ Bank (PCBB), where she served as the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officer. In that role she completely restructured the BSA Program to meet current regulatory expectations. Prior to PCBB, Emily spent nearly 22 years at Charles Schwab in various roles, most recently as Vice President of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Operations where she was responsible for the monitoring and investigations teams as well as the enhanced due diligence teams.  

Alex Newhouse is the Digital Research Lead at CTEC. He manages projects related to new technology, online extremism, and terrorist propaganda. Previously, he worked on data privacy and fraud management issues at PlayStation. He has an MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies from the Middlebury Institute, a BA in Political Science and English from Middlebury College, and is currently earning an MS in Analytics from Georgia Tech. 

Emily Stonehouse is the Chief Compliance Officer at Linden Lab, where she is responsible for the company’s compliance functions. Emily joined Linden Lab from Pacific Coast Bankers’ Bank (PCBB), where she served as the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officer. In that role she completely restructured the BSA Program to meet current regulatory expectations. Prior to PCBB, Emily spent nearly 22 years at Charles Schwab in various roles, most recently as Vice President of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Operations where she was responsible for the monitoring and investigations teams as well as the enhanced due diligence teams.  

Yelena Shapiro has over a decade of experience in Bank Secrecy Act/ Anti-Money Laundering including in Compliance Officer roles for the American subsidiaries of the largest Asian and European banks as well as in FinTech companies in the Silicon Valley. She has worked in all capacities of the AML/BSA regime including sanctions compliance, fraud, and enhanced due diligence performing reviews and analysis of high-risk individuals and entities. She also has extensive experience writing policies and procedures for Bank’s compliance units. Yelena is currently a Government Analyst at Thomson Reuters Special Services. She has double B.A. degree from UC San Diego in International Studies, Political Science and Judaic Studies and an M.A. degree from Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).