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John Burnett
BankersOnline.com

John Burnett joined Glia Group, Inc., and BankersOnline in 2004, and currently serves as Executive Editor. He is a 1990 honors graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking and is an alumnus of the ABA National Compliance School, where he served on the faculty for several years.

John began his banking career in high school when he started as a teller at a $15 million bank that didn't have account numbers for its checking accounts (he says they actually filed by signature!) He joined Cape Cod Bank and Trust Company in 1971 and assumed the position of Compliance Officer in 1976. He also served as corporate secretary and secretary of CCBT's Board of Directors, as well as Clerk of the bank's holding company.

He was a member of the Massachusetts Bankers Association Legal and Regulatory Compliance Committee, and of the American Bankers Association Compliance Executive Committee and NCS/NGCS Advisory Board. He is a regular presenter of BOL Learning Connect webinars and a presenter at BOL Conferences events.




Deborah Crawford
Get Technical, Inc.

Deborah Crawford is the President of gettechnical inc. She specializes in compliance and regulations for the deposit side of financial institutions. Her 27+ year career in banking and training began at Hibernia National Bank. She has been a seminar leader for many state associations and credit union groups across the nation. She has Bachelors and Masters degrees from Louisiana State University.




Brian Crow
Thomas Compliance Associates, Inc.

Brian Crow, CAMS is Managing Partner & Co-President at Thomas Compliance Associates, Inc. in Chicago, IL.

Brian's passion for and skill in protecting bank assets from fraud and compliance losses have earned him the nickname "Security Evangelist."

In addition to developing and guiding the strategic vision for TCA, Brian delivers focused educational support to clients and helps them manage TCA's suite of consulting, audit, and training services.

He is a nationally recognized expert on BSA/AML and deposit compliance and is a regular speaker at the annual BSA/AML Top Gun Conference.

As an education consultant for the Glia Group BOL Learning Connect program, Brian conducts webinars on topics like VISA/MasterCard chargebacks, debit card compliance, and fraud prevention. For this work, he was recognized as a Bankers Online Guru in 2011.

"Bach to Spock" could characterize his interests outside work. Music has been a lifelong passion, and Brian is the organist and handbell director for King of Glory Lutheran Church in Elgin, Illinois. And as a devoted Trekkie, he can hold his own with anyone in a Star Trek trivia match.




Andy Zavoina
BankersOnline.com
Mr. Andy Zavoina, CRCM, is an Executive Vice President with the Glia Group, Inc., best known for its involvement with BankersOnline.com. He joined Glia and BOL in 2003.

Mr. Zavoina has been in finance and banking for 38 years. Over 20 years were with a two-bank holding company that had $534 million in assets, 89 branches spanning Texas and nearly 500 ATMs. He has done loan workouts, has been a consumer, commercial and real estate lender and managed those departments, as well as being his banks first Webmaster. He was responsible for compliance -management, -auditing, and -training for both banks.

Mr. Zavoina is a recipient of the American Bankers Association's Distinguished Service Award for his involvement and accomplishments in the field of regulatory compliance management. He is a past Chairman of the ABA's Compliance Executive Committee, the Editorial Advisory Board for the ABA Compliance Magazine and served as a member of the ABA's Compliance School Board. He is a BankersOnline Guru. He also served on the Texas Bankers Association's Compliance Committee.

He is a graduate of the ABA National Commercial Lending School, National Compliance and National Graduate Compliance School and is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager with the Institute of Certified Bankers. He has written articles and lectured on compliance, the use of the internet and technology as a tool, as well as compliance in cyberspace to local, state and national associations across the U.S. and teaches basic compliance and compliance management.



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