John Walsh, CEO of SightSpan Inc. named to the Advisory Board at The University of New Haven

MOORESVILLE, N.C. - March 21, 2016 - PRLog -- John Walsh has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, with direct responsibility for Risk Management, Security, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Combating Terrorist Financing (CTF) and Corporate Security matters. He has also designed information sharing processes and investigation methodologies that combine AML/CTF and Fraud processes to protect entities from risks from both within and outside. John has established and trained members of Financial Investigations Units and Financial Crime Specialist globally and personally works in high risk areas designing methods to detect and reduce global criminal activities for both private and public organizations.

Patrick Malloy, Senior Lecturer and Director MS Investigations at Henry C Lee College of Criminal Justice & Forensic Science commented, "To put John's collaboration with the University of New Haven into perspective, we have to focus on his key requirement to be on the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice & Forensic Science.  To quote "Will I have direct access to students?"  This exemplifies John's dedication to making a difference, and engaging with students to share his experience and knowledge.  John will also be highly active with the university in building strategic relationships, developing high level conferences, and providing guidance on the needs of the industry for student development. John Walsh commented "I was honored to be invited to join the Advisory Board at The University of New Haven and I look forward to working with and assisting UNH's prestigious team working in the criminal justice and forensic science programs and adding as much value to the student body as I possibly can."

UNH's unique and comprehensive criminal justice and forensic science programs have earned an international reputation for excellence. Classes are taught by leading professionals in the field and are enhanced by state-of-the-art research centers and labs. The Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice & Forensic Science's programs include forensic science, criminal justice, human services, legal studies and fire science. They also establish a constant knowledge on the latest trends in security-locally, nationally, and globally to create curricula that meets the needs of their students and the threats of the modern world.

About SightSpan

SightSpan headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, with additional offices in New York, Winston-Salem, Miami, Montreal, New Zealand and in the Middle East.   is a multinational advisory group with local and international expertise focused on risk management and security matters. Some of the largest financial institutions in the world rely on SightSpan and its solutions to mitigate compliance risk and uncover financial crime around the globe. SightSpan also assists businesses and governments in keeping people safe in dangerous or high risk situations, protecting physical and digital assets around the globe, dealing with threat financing, money laundering and general illicit financial activities. They also design communications and training programs to better assist citizens. For more information on SightSpan, visit: www.sightspan.com

About University of New Haven

Founded in 1920 on the campus of Yale University in cooperation with Northeastern University, UNH moved to its current West Haven campus in 1960 and opened its Orange Campus in January, 2014 (http://www.newhaven.edu/631370/). The University operates a satellite campus in Tuscany, Italy (http://www.newhaven.edu/393428/), and offers programs at several locations throughout Connecticut and in New Mexico. UNH provides its students with a unique combination of a solid liberal arts education and real-world, hands-on career and research opportunities. Through its College of Arts and Sciences (http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/), College of Business (http://www.newhaven.edu/7/), Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences (http://www.newhaven.edu/9/), Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts (http://www.lymeacademy.edu/), and Tagliatela College of Engineering (http://www.newhaven.edu/8/), UNH offers over 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. For more information on University New Haven www.newhaven.edu