Alan is a nationally known subject matter expert regarding financial institution financial crime programs, with a deep knowledge of sound internal audit practices. He has over 25 years of experience as an AML Global Practice Leader and has worked with Boards, senior management teams and internal audit departments of more than 100 global and regional banks, non-bank financial institutions, and Fortune 500 companies. He has received recognition from many government and industry sources and is the author of numerous trade articles. He has testified before Congress on AML and BSA matters and for many years served as the AICPA representative to the Treasury Department BSA Advisory Group (BSAAG) and to date is the longest-serving representative. He has also served on the OECD Financial Action Task Force and Caribbean Financial Action Task Force. For FATF, he drafted the U.S. AICPA position for the FATF Risk Based Approach (RBA) for the global accountancy professional. He is a long-standing member of the AICPA, the New York State Society of CPAs AML Task Force, and frequent speaker for the Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA) and the Puerto Rican Bankers Association (ABPR).

Alan is a member of the Board of Trustees of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Foundation of the City University of New York (CUNY).

Alan, formerly a licensed CPA in Florida and in the District of Columbia, is based in South Florida and provides advisory services to the Audit, assurance and internal control areas of domestic and global financial institutions. He provides practical advice and guidance to audit executives regarding the planning and strengthening of all elements of their internal audit function including audit scope, risk based testing coverage, testing guidance, workpapers, audit report preparation and audit follow-up. He also advises on specific MRA issue remediation in connection with internal audit matters as well as pre-examination preparation for the audit area. He is fully familiar with the regulatory examination expectations of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, the FDIC, the NCUA, and numerous state regulators.