Vendor Fraud Prevention and Detection

Vincent Walden is CEO of KonaAI, a leading compliance and anti-fraud technology platform. Based in New York, he specializes in forensic data analytics, continuous controls monitoring, white-collar crimes and legal discovery technology. His primary area of concentration is in providing leading technology perspectives on both proactive compliance programs and reactive investigations. Notably, Mr. Walden is recognized as “CFE of Year 2022” by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Prior to CEO of KonaAI, Mr. Walden spent three years as a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal and 14 years at Ernst & Young’s Forensic & Integrity Services Practice, eight of which at the partner level leading their Forensic Data Analytics practice. Mr. Walden sits on Compliance Week’s Advisory Board and is featured in many publications including Internal Auditor Magazine, Compliance Week, Harvard Business Review and The Economist. He is a regular columnist for FRAUD Magazine. He also hosts a bi-weekly podcast show, “The Walden Pond”, which focuses on compliance innovation. Further, Mr. Walden currently serves as an Adjunct Profession at Fordham Law School teaching on Compliance Technology & Innovation. Mr. Walden earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern California. He completed the Harvard Leadership Program at Harvard Business Publishing and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. Mr. Walden also volunteered as the President of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiner’s Education and Research Foundation (2016-2021), which provides academic scholarships to students and anti-fraud research to qualified recipients.