Patrick Smith is the Senior Vice President of Fraud Operations Management Optimization for the American Bankers Association. In his role Patrick represents financial institutions’ interests in fraud prevention and detection controls. Patrick’s career has spanned a broad spectrum of financial institutions, including PNC, Barclays, City National Bank, SECU, Bellco CU and Bethpage CU. In these roles Patrick had the responsibility to manage, develop and test the institution’s fraud prevention and response strategy. In addition to this experience and prior to his career with financial institutions, Patrick served as a Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, specializing in financial and cyber-crimes. Patrick has his Juris Doctorate from the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law.