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Lenny Block, CPA, CIA, CIDA 

Lenny Block is the Vice President of Internal Audit at Nasdaq. He brings over 35 years of professional experience in internal audit, business process reengineering, database design and project management. He also leads the Internal Audit‘s Data Analytics Program and donates his expertise to the Corporate Ethics team on Foreign Corrupt Practices Compliance.

Dr. Deniz Appelbaum, PhD

Dr. Appelbaum is published in Accounting Horizons, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, Auditing: Journal of Practice and Theory, and in other academic journals, based on her research in analytics, big data, and automation in financial auditing and fraud detection. 

Dr. Mark Nigrini, PhD

Dr. Mark Nigrini is an associate professor at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. His research passion is Benford's Law and his current research addresses advanced theoretical work on Benford's Law, CFO fraud, and the use of analytics in auditing and forensic accounting.