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Ted Wiessberg CEO, ACAMS CEO interview 2013

Meet the ACAMS Staff, September 2013 - November 2013

Ted Weissberg, CAMS – Chief Executive Officer

September 4, 2013April 4, 2018 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke with Ted Weissberg, CEO of ACAMS to get his thoughts on training, ACAMS and other matters. Prior to joining ACAMS in 2009, Weissberg was president of the Information and Training unit of Fortent, Inc. and spent 15 years at Thomson Financial in...

June – August 2013, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Meet the ACAMS Staff – Sonia Leon, Head of Latin America

May 24, 2013March 19, 2018 /Leave a comment

Sonia Leon was born and raised in Colombia. After studying marketing, Leon joined Kraft Foods as a sales supervisor. She was in charge of a robust product-promoter group and responsible for leading the line of business-specific strategies. Leon relocated to the United States in 2004...

Jeremy Thompson, ACAMS staff member in formal attire

March – May 2013, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Jeremy Thompson: Product Development Manager

March 8, 2013January 3, 2018 /Leave a comment

Jeremy Thompson is the product development manager for ACAMS. He has been with the organization since 2006 and his responsibilities range from architecture and design of ACAMS' web sites, to new product development and managing technical projects. Prior to joining ACAMS, Thompson worked with the...

December 2012 – February 2013, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Ari House: Mentorship

December 4, 2012March 5, 2015 /Leave a comment

Ari House serves as the chief financial officer of ACAMS. He has been in this role for over three years and oversees the company's finance, human resources and legal departments. Prior to joining ACAMS, House was director of corporate development for Fortent Inc., a software...

Meet the ACAMS Staff, September – November 2012

Michael Vasquez: Operations Department

September 13, 2012March 13, 2015 /Leave a comment

Michael Vasquez serves as the operations director for ACAMS. He has been with the organization for over two years and oversees the customer service, IT and fulfillment departments. Prior to joining ACAMS, Vasquez served as a business consultant and provided operational, financial and vendor contracting...

June 2012 – August 2012, Meet the ACAMS Staff

David Kehr

May 29, 2012March 6, 2015 /Leave a comment

David Kehr is a senior account executive at the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). He has worked for ACAMS since 2005, developing relationships with government agencies and private financial institutions to help them meet their anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime training needs...

March – May 2012, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Money laundering and snowflakes

March 1, 2012March 13, 2015 /Leave a comment

Larissa C. Bernardes has been with MoneyLaundering.com/ACAMS since 2007. Previously, she worked as a senior supervisor at SunTrust Bank, where she handled customer service inquiries and monitored account transactions. Bernardes studied English literature at Florida International University. ACAMS Today: Describe your typical work day?...

December 2011 – February 2012, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Director of Sales

December 1, 2011April 8, 2015 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today caught up with Geoff Fone, director of sales for an informative interview. Fone was born and raised in the UK. After studying International Business in London, Fone joined Reed Elsevier, a leading global publishing company as sales manager with global territorial responsibilities. During...

Meet the ACAMS Staff

Education and Training Department

September 2, 2011April 9, 2015 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today had the opportunity to speak with Altair Gonzalez, ACAMS education and training manager. Gonzalez has been with the association for almost two years and produces the ACAMS Annual Conference, CAMS Preparation Seminars, the Asia-Pacific Conference and seminar series, and the ACAMS Caribbean Conference....

June 2011 – August 2011, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Membership Development Department

August 29, 2011April 9, 2015 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke with Mike Rodriguez, ACAMS chief of staff. His responsibilities include acting as the liaison for the ACAMS Task Forces and for Chapter Development. He has worked at ACAMS for six years and recently earned the CAMS certification. Prior to joining ACAMS, Rodriguez...

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