David Tyree
Director, Financial Crimes Strategy
DataWalk
David Tyree is a retired 25-year veteran of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. David worked both domestically and abroad in Europe and Africa, has participated in the seizure and forfeiture of over $80 million in criminal proceeds related to drug trafficking, human trafficking and transnational organized crime. During David’s tenure with the DEA, David was designated in Federal Court as a “Subject Matter Expert” in money laundering detection and drug trafficking investigations. After retiring from the DEA in April of 2023, David went to work as a Senior Specialist, Internal Audit for Charles Schwab Bank auditing the Financial Crimes and Risk Management Department. David subsequently served as the Chief of Compliance for Asset Reality, Inc. and Director, Financial Crimes and Investigations for Valid8 Financial. David is the Director, Financial Crimes Strategy for DataWalk, which is a Analytics and Investigation Platform. David is a regular instructor for law enforcement for the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) and an Expert Contributor for the Egmont Center of Financial Investigative Excellence & Leadership and a recognized Expert for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. David has presented investigative tools and techniques for law enforcement and financial institutions to identify and deter financial crimes to the 42nd Symposium on Cross Border Economic Crime in Cambridge, United Kingdom and on the nationally syndicated program, Nasdaq Trade Talks. David has also spoken at the American Banking Association’s (ABA) Conference on Financial Crime and the International Association of Chief’s of Police. David has extensive experience is working with law enforcement and financial institutions to establish and sustain collaborative relationships with law enforcement and banking customers, serving as a source of training and education and an ad hoc “law enforcement liaison” for financial institutions, their customers and the law enforcement community.