John Dede

Head of Fraud Prevention (Principal Product Manager) @Mistplay

Montreal, QC, CA

Type of business: Mobile Gaming / Loyalty Program/ Fintech • Define strategy and roadmap for fraud prevention aligned with product and compliance needs, saving the company multi-millions annually.• Build real-time monitoring systems and fraud analytics models leveraging ML and anomaly detection.• Lead teams of PMs, engineers, data scientists, and analysts to build fraud detection models, heuristic triggers, and anomaly detection systems.• Design and launch real-time fraud monitoring and scoring systems that improved detection accuracy while minimizing user friction.• Partner with Data teams to leverage shared real-time data layers across fraud detection workflows.• Partner with engineering to integrate and deliver best in class fraud prevention solution.• Balance trade-offs between user experience, rewards, and loss avoidance, ensuring frictionless interactions for trusted users.• Develop and implement a comprehensive fraud prevention and detection strategy for Mistplay, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and regulatory requirements. • Forge strategic vendor/partner relationships to enhance fraud detection capabilities.• Serve as a subject matter expert on fraud prevention and detection to the organization. • Represent fraud risk strategy to executive stakeholders and board members, driving alignment across product, compliance, and engineering.• Balance near-term and long-term priorities and decision-making to navigate a dynamic and growing business.• Monetization and go-to-market strategy