I’m Excited That You’re Here!

Meet your new Sr. Risk Partner.

My Story

My career started on the front lines of traditional banking. Over 13 years I worked my way through teller operations, branch management, credit evaluation, and customer dispute resolution — learning from the inside out how financial institutions protect themselves and their customers from fraud, regulatory risk, and financial loss.

Then came fintech.

I spent over 6 years at Cash App (Block, Inc.) as a Risk Foundations Analyst — reviewing hundreds of fraud cases weekly, annotating data to improve machine learning models, collaborating with Product and Engineering teams on risk strategy, and delivering insights that shaped how one of the country's largest fintech platforms identified and responded to emerging fraud threats.

It was demanding, fast-paced, and exactly where my expertise sharpened into something I knew I needed to share.

Why The Right Approach Exists

During my years in banking and fintech, I kept noticing the same gap.

Large financial institutions had entire departments dedicated to fraud prevention, compliance, and risk management. They had the tools, the policies, the trained teams, and the regulatory infrastructure to protect themselves at every level.

Smaller fintechs, community banks, credit unions, and growing businesses? Most were navigating the same risks with a fraction of the resources — and often without anyone on their team who had truly lived it.

That gap is exactly what The Right Approach was built to close.

I started this business to give organizations access to senior-level fraud and risk expertise on a project basis — without the cost or long-term commitment of a full-time hire. Practical. Experienced. Results-driven. No fluff.

Who I Work With

The Right Approach primarily serves:

🔹 Fintech Startups building or scaling their fraud and risk operations

🔹 Community banks and credit unions preparing for compliance audits or updating internal policies

🔹 Financial institutions that need chargeback process optimization or AML/KYC reviews

🔹 Small businesses navigating fraud exposure, dispute management, and payment risk

If you're dealing with a fraud problem, a compliance gap, or a risk process that isn't working — you're in the right place.

What Makes This Different

I'm not a consultant who learned fraud from a textbook. I've reviewed thousands of real cases. I've built policy documentation that teams actually use. I've sat in cross-functional meetings with Product, Engineering, and Legal teams to solve problems in real time. I've annotated fraud data that fed directly into machine learning models.

That's the level of experience I bring to every engagement — whether it's a two-week audit or an ongoing advisory relationship.

A Note on Where We're Headed

The Right Approach began as a broader business support service — and that journey taught me something important about focus. The work that has always mattered most to me, the work where I can deliver the most value, sits at the intersection of fraud, risk, and compliance.

So that's where we're planting our flag.

Ready to talk about what your organization needs? Book your complimentary 20-minute discovery call — no pressure, just clarity.