Forget the 1850’s California and Alaska gold rushes; today’s hot commodity is data. Today, Tom talks with AxiomSL’s CEO Alexander Tsigutkin and Senior Vice President of Project Management Varun Singhal about data analysis and reporting in the age of Big Data and how their new Controllerview® tool can help financial institutions keep up with the shifting demands of new regulatory frameworks.
Jun 12, 2018•20 min•Ep. 17
Keeping up with the times always requires aggressive change. Today, Tom Fox connects with Sheila Hooda, an independent board director and strategic advisor who has 30+ years of global executive-level experience growing and transforming Fortune 500 companies. She is also the CEO & President of Alpha Advisory Partners and a prolific thought leader and speaker in the areas of governance, strategy, and leadership.
Jun 05, 2018•23 min•Ep. 16
Today, Tom Fox talks with Tim Estes, the President and Founder of the A.I. and software company Digital Reasoning. Tom asks about the work of his team at DR who have developed new AI-driven tools that give companies greater insight into the workings of their companies by making unstructured communications data readable for risk management, compliance and fraud prevention purposes.
May 29, 2018•20 min•Ep. 15
In today’s episode, Tom Fox talks with Todd Marlin, the Americas Leader of Forensic Data Analytics & Financial Services Forensic Technology at Ernst & Young LLP. The two discuss EY’s 2018 Global Forensic Data Analytics Survey and talk about how compliance and corporate professionals can use forensic data analytics to generate insight into a variety of business questions and issues.
May 22, 2018•22 min•Ep. 14
In this episode, Tom Fox chats with Joseph Howell, the Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Workiva. With a background in all things corporate finance, specifically internal auditing and compliance filings, Joe talks about the importance of keeping your data recording, reporting and compliance tools up to date and the risk of leaving innovations – however small they may be – on the backburner.
May 15, 2018•22 min•Ep. 13
When trying to understand the environmental, social and governmental dimensions of a potential investment, what kind of approach will provide the clearest picture? In this episode, Tom Fox talks to J.R. Lowry, a senior vice president at State Street Global Exchange™ (SSgx), about State Street’s innovative new tool for identifying and tracking ESG factors and its potential applications for compliance issues.
May 08, 2018•13 min•Ep. 12
Ben Locwin is a Ph. D. MDA, and MS who’s held many executive roles for top 10 companies including biotech, big pharma, and hospitals and clinics. In part 3 of this five-part series, Ben and Tom discuss how to avoid being a compliance firefighter at your company by practicing prevention rather than correction.
Apr 30, 2018•10 min•Ep. 9
Ben Locwin is a Ph. D. MDA, and MS who’s held many executive roles for top 10 companies including biotech, big pharma, and hospitals and clinics. Ben and Tom talk about the common problem of compliance existing in an ‘ivory tower.’ How can compliance be brought closer to the front lines in a way that also improves business efficiency and profitability?
Apr 30, 2018•12 min•Ep. 7
Ben Locwin is a Ph. D. MDA, and MS who’s held many executive roles for top 10 companies including biotech, big pharma, and hospitals and clinics. In the final episode of this 5 part series, Tom and Ben review the relationship between profitability and compliance.
Apr 30, 2018•12 min•Ep. 11
Ben Locwin is a Ph. D. MDA, and MS who’s held many executive roles for top 10 companies including biotech, big pharma, and hospitals and clinics. In part 2 of this five-part series, Ben and Tom discuss forecasting’s role in helping to plan for contingencies.
Apr 30, 2018•12 min•Ep. 8
Ben Locwin is a Ph. D. MDA, and MS who’s held many executive roles for top 10 companies including biotech, big pharma, and hospitals and clinics. In Part 4, Ben and Tom talk about integrating compliance operations into the staff level of a business.
Apr 30, 2018•9 min•Ep. 10
Jonathan Marks is a leading fraud expert. He’s helped companies across multiple markets uncover fraud. Jonathan has innovated compliance by creating the Fraud Pentagon. His innovation builds upon work that was done years ago, the fraud triangle. Jonathan takes it to new levels that are in line with today’s sophisticated, technology-saturated world. Today, he and Tom talk about how you can use the Fraud Pentagon in the field.
Apr 24, 2018•15 min•Ep. 6
Dan Torpey is a forensic accountant CPA and former auditor with over 30 years of public accounting experience. He’s a partner at Ernst & Young and the US leader of EY’s Investigation and Compliance services. With all those credentials, it should be no surprise that Dan is innovating and ways that will ripple through compliance around the world. His most current innovation looks at disrupting risk.
Apr 17, 2018•25 min•Ep. 5
Fighting crime with AI? Sounds like a great sci-fi movie, but it’s a reality. Today’s guest, David McLaughlin, founder and CEO of QuantaVerse, uses next-gen AI systems to help root out fraud and other financial malfeasance. You’ve heard the saying, ‘follow the money.’ But do you also know the breadth of positive changes that can happen in a society where financial fraud is eliminated?
Apr 10, 2018•24 min•Ep. 4
Ben Locwin is a Ph. D. MDA, and MS who has held many executive roles for top 10 companies including biotech, big pharma, and hospitals and clinics. He’s a proponent of analyzing data, and today he and Tom discuss the innovations in data, whether big or small data is right for your business, and how they relate to compliance.
Apr 03, 2018•22 min•Ep. 3
James Gellert is the Chairman and CEO of Rapid Ratings International, a cutting edge company that enables organizations to more effectively assess the financial health of all types of organizations. But that’s not what makes them innovative. James helped develop a unique, proprietary method that has vaulted Rapid Ratings to the forefront of ratings and risk metrics.
Mar 27, 2018•19 min•Ep. 2
Vince Walden is a partner at Ernst & Young, and he's passionate about anti-fraud, anti-corruption and compliance-related analytics and innovations. Today, Vince and Tom talk about some of the innovative strategies he's developing for General Electric. From training and retention to automation and relevance, accurately observing behavior through data analytics is the key to compliance.
Mar 18, 2018•23 min•Ep. 1
Innovation in compliance will bring you interviews with industry leading experts who are changing the way people approach compliance. Host Thomas Fox has practiced law in Houston for 30 years. He is an author and consultant who assists companies with anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance and international transaction issues. He specializes in bringing business solutions to compliance problems.
Mar 06, 2018•6 min