Executive Forum with Paul Holdeman, Managing Director of PHactor Consulting

The Executive Forum is open to the public, as seating permits, and provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas and discussion of topics and issues facing business and management.

Paul Holdeman is the Managing Director and Founder of PHACTOR, a consulting firm specializing in investigations and forensic accounting.  He brings over 28 years of investigative, forensic accounting, compliance and litigation support expertise through his unique combination of experience as an FBI Special Agent and a Senior Consultant in a Big Five accounting and consulting firm.

Mr. Holdeman maintains an in-depth understanding of the government and private sectors, serving as a federal corporate monitor, and having conducted and led investigations of white-collar crime matters, SEC enforcement matters, government fraud, securities fraud, corruption, virtual currencies, obstruction of justice, embezzlement schemes, asset forfeiture and seizures, and internal affairs matters.

Mr. Holdeman forges strong relationships with his clients, leveraging his decades of experience working with executives, general counsels, law firms and prosecutors to conduct corporate internal investigations, compliance reviews, operational and leadership assessments, due diligence reviews, background investigations, financial analysis, and complex damage calculations.  Mr. Holdeman has testified in federal and state court matters, and specializes in interview and interrogation techniques which have resulted in the resolution of numerous engagements via confession.

Highlights of Mr. Holdeman’s career include: conducting the investigation of securities fraud at Enron Corporation; leading the FBI strategic response to criminal acts emanating from the 2008 U.S. Financial Crisis; conducting operational and compliance reviews of FBI field offices and internal affairs investigations; serving as the Chief of Operations for the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force where he created and led the first-of-its-kind Virtual Currency Tracing Team; and serving as the Executive In-Charge of the criminal, intelligence and crisis management programs in the FBI Indianapolis Office.

Mr. Holdeman earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Purdue University and an Executive MBA from the Naval Postgraduate School.  He is a licensed CPA, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and has received cyber security certifications and training in security essentials, incident-handling, and intrusion analysis.  He held a Top-Secret clearance with SCI access while employed by the U.S. government.