Chamber Digital Academy - Protecting your Business from Fraud during COVID-19

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Fraud and scams are on the rise in the COVID-19 world. We'll be talking about financial fraud, cyber scams, and other ways that businesses are being taken advantage of during this time. Our panelists include Dennis Fox, CEO of ES Consulting; Jason Painley CFO of Mechanics Bank; and Ryan Anschutz from the Mansfield PD. 

Dennis Fox's’ focus is on how he can help others grow, thrive, and succeed both professionally and personally. The majority of his life has been in delivering technology to businesses, but he finds that it is only the catalyst to helping them succeed. The real core has been empowering a team of well-trained people and giving them a culture and coaching that makes professional life fun. This is what drives each of them to be leaders and passionate about others success. He appreciates the spectrum of personalities, so just being who you really are and working together toward a common purpose is what he loves about people.
Jason Painley, a Certified Public Accountant, joined Mechanics Financial Corporation (MFC) as the CFO and Treasurerin 2017.  Previously, Jason was the Cheif Risk Officer at Park National Corporation where he established the Enterprise Risk Management function and assisted the Board Risk Committee in providing oversight to the organization's risk management activities.  Mr. Painley started his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Fed), providing supervisory oversight to large financial institutions, helping to ensure safe and sound operations as well as compliance with laws and regulation.  While at the Fed, he contributed to strategic policy initiatives at the Federal Reserve System level. Jason is a Director and Audit Committee Chairman for a publicly-traded diversified holding company, and serves as a board member for several local non-profit organizations.  Jason partners with the American Bankers Association on programs related to risk management and has served in chapter leadership roles for the Risk Management Association.  He earned a bachelor's degree from Kent State University, an MBA from John Carroll University , and is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Enterprise Risk Professional.

Ryan Anschutz is currently employed as a detective with the Mansfield Division of Police assigned as a task force officer to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Ryan conducts cyber investigations including child exploitation crimes, network intrusion and cyber incident response to ransomware and business email compromises.  He has received training from various agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Secret Service specializing in mobile, computer, memory, and network forensics.  Ryan has been recognized as a subject matter expert by the Richland County Court of Common Pleas in digital forensics. Ryan is also currently pursuing a Masters of Science in Cyber Security.