James. E. Mulvaney
Long Beach, NY 11561
347-***-**** ***********@*****.***
I am a Pulitzer Prize winning editor and veteran compliance consultant who has
worked on many of the largest cases brought by Treasury, Justice, SEC, NYS
Banking and other oversight agencies. I developed and implemented programs for
AML, KYC, EDD, OFAC, SOX, and related oversight issues. As a government
official I was appointed to a blue ribbon panel monitoring $26 billion in federal
stimulus spending for waste, fraud, abuse and civil rights violations. I have extensive
experience working both sides of compliance issues.
Professional Experience
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration
Adjunct Professor
January 2012 to present
I serve as a full-time lecturer, conducting senior seminars on law enforcement ethics and
teach courses in investigations, operations and training.
Guardian Consulting LLC
445 Park Avenue New York, N.Y. 10022
Director
June 2011 to present
I deliver a range of advisory services including crisis management, litigation and
regulatory support, media strategy and compliance training. Guardian is an intelligence
and security boutique firm with professionals from the fields of international intelligence,
diplomacy, military, law enforcement, academia, journalism and politics. I developed a
client base in South Asia and created a partnership with a leading London Based Human
Rights firm.
New York State Division of Human Rights 2009-2011
Deputy Commissioner for External Relations
I was appointed by Gov. David Paterson and served on the senior executive staff at the
New York State Division of Human Rights. I managed intergovernmental relations with
federal, state and local agencies and directed the media office. I developed and ran the
rapid response and community outreach teams for crisis situations. I joined with the FBI
Anti-Gang Task Force to develop and deliver a joint federal/state anti-violence training
program for schools in especially troubled communities. I worked with the NYPD to
develop a city-wide anti-bias program for high schools. I was one of 12 senior officials
on the Governor’s Inspectors' General Oversight Task Force that monitored $26 billion
federal stimulus spending for fraud, waste, abuse and civil rights violations.
Tactical Intelligence Services 2005-2009
New York City
Tactical Intelligence Services was a sole practitioner consulting company that provided
corporate clients and law firms with intelligence, investigative and compliance services.
The company provided international asset tracing and recovery services for U.S.
Bankruptcy Trustees (SDNY, EDNY).
KPMG Forensic 1999-2005
Director of Corporate Intelligence
I created a stand-alone $5 million p/a (half generated/half managed) corporate
intelligence practice at KPMG Forensic, the investigative arm of the Big 4 accounting
firm. The practice provided fact-finding, intelligence and investigative services for
Fortune 100 clients, as well as leading law firms and the world’s top financial services
firms. I was a senior member of engagement teams that handled some of the nation's
largest money laundering cases and helped develop the firm's Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act program. I served as the Americas' chair of the International Corporate Intelligence
Group for the global firm.
New York Daily News 1998-1999
Deputy Managing Editor/Investigations
Recruited by newly named Editor in Chief Pete Hamill, I created an investigative team at
New York City’s largest newspaper. The team produced an award winning series on
asthma that changed how government dealt with the growing deadly crisis.
Orange County (CA) Register 1994-1998
Investigations Team Leader
I created an investigations team to help the daily newspaper better compete with its larger
rival the Los Angeles times. Within three years we had established ourselves as a national
leader in investigative reporting wining a Pulitzer Prize, Scripps Howard Medal, IRE
Medal, George Polk Award and every significant print journalism prize
ICIJ
Washington, DC 1997
Mr. Mulvaney was a founding member of the International Consortium of Investigative
Journalists, a project of the Center for Public Integrity funded by the Neiman and Ford
foundations.
Newsday
Long Island, NY 1979-1994
I started as a police reporter and organized crime specialist. Over the next 15 years I was
one of the paper’s leading journalists, working as an investigative reporter, national
reporter, foreign correspondent and bureau chief at the United Nations, Latin America
and Asia. I reported from five continents.
Education
University of Phoenix, Master of Science, Administration of Security and Criminal
Justice Management, May 2010
St. John’s University, Graduate International Fellowship, Belfast, 1984-85
Bellevue Medical School, Forensic Certificate Program for Homicide Investigators, 1983
St. Francis College of the University of New England (Biddeford, ME), BA 1976
Other Information:
I have written for – and been quoted by -- national publications including the New York
Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Forbes Magazine, Industry Standard, Fox
News, Huffington Post and others on investigative technique, regulatory compliance,
terrorism and computer forensics. I am a member of the FBI's INFRAGARD program,
the State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council; International Association for
Intelligence Education, American Society of Industrial Security.
Personal
Mr. Mulvaney lives in Long Beach, NY, with his wife, Barbara Fischkin, the author. He is
co-founder of Surf For All, a non-profit program that provides recreational programs for
people with cognitive and physical disabilities. He serves as an on-ice coach for the
Long Island Blues, a team of hockey players with a range of developmental disabilities.