Doug Desautell, the founder of Gaius Consulting Group, is a leader in the world of finance and banking driven by helping companies experience rapid growth in the areas of risk, fraud, and payment acceptance optimization by revitalizing strategic partnership searches, leading cross-functional teams, and translating external partner and internal operations strategy into actionable steps for growth and scalable processes. He has worked in strategic and operational leadership roles at online & retail banks, payment facilitators, and financial technology companies. His professional accomplishments are numerous in the field of finance, banking, and financial tech. He has helped companies save hundreds of thousands of dollars through revitalizing their loss prevention policies and fraud programs, and has helped companies sign many strategic fintech and payments partnerships including payment processing, fraud detection, and collections business relationships. Through his actions and planning, he has helped businesses shift customer traffic to new and more strategic payment rails, resulting in millions of dollars in added revenue. He attended college at Eastern Nazarene College in Massachusetts where he received two bachelors degrees in History and Criminal Justice. His certifications include passing the SIE qualification exam from FINRA and he has won a multitude of awards for his work in risk and fraud in banking, including two Credo awards and a Credo Champion Award from Citizens Bank - the highest award given at Citizens.