SUMMIT
SPEAKERS
2018 BRAND PROTECTION HERO
Brian Monks is the Vice President of Global Security and Brand Protection at Underwriters
Laboratories (UL). Mr. Monks has been with UL for 30 years and has worked in the intellectual
property enforcement area for over 18 years. He works closely with national and international law
enforcement agencies to identify and seize counterfeit products, such as the U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Additionally, he is an Executive Board Member of the
International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) and acts as a special advisor to the National
Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force, a member of the
NYC Mayor’s Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force, the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network, Co-Chair
of the Interpol Intellectual Property Crime Action Group, INTA Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement
Committee, member of the WCO IPR Strategic Group, President of the A-CAPP Center Industry
Advisory Board, and frequently serves as a keynote speaker an anti-counterfeiting conferences
worldwide. Mr. Monks earned a Bachelor of Science from the New York Institute of Technology-Old
Westbury and an MBA from Dowling College.
DATA ANALYTICS FOR BRAND PROTECTION
INTRODUCTION
Xinghao Wang is a Director on Alibaba Group’s Global IP Enforcement team. Xinghao joined the company in
January 2015, and works with international brands and retail partners, industry associations, government
regulators, law enforcement and other organizations to advance Alibaba Group’s IP protection efforts. Before
joining Alibaba, he was an IP attorney at Hamre, Schumann, Muller and Larson in Minneapolis and focused on
helping US companies protect their IP rights in China.
PANEL 1: Data Dilemmas: Getting the Data You Need, and Developing Data Sharing Partnerships
Jay Kennedy is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP) and
School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. He received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at the University
of Cincinnati, where he was Graduate School Dean’s Distinguished Fellow, as well as a Yates Scholar. While at the
University of Cincinnati, Jay was awarded a Graduate Minority Fellowship from the American Society of
Criminology, and received several research grants and awards. A graduate of the MBA program at the Carl H.
Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati, his research focuses upon deviance within corporations.
Specifically, his research and published works explore issues of employee theft within small businesses, the
multi-level antecedents of corporate crime, and the role business ethics plays in decision-making. Prior to
attending graduate school, Jay spent just over 8 years working for a number of corporations in the metro Detroit
area, including a major non-profit organization, a family-owned automotive supplier, and a Fortune 100
corporation.
PANELISTS
Brian Kristel is the Director of Investigations Services & Trademark Enforcement Americas at Tiffany & Co. Brian
has over 18 years’ experience in investigations and/or brand protection. Both a Certified Fraud Examiner and
Certified Forensic Interviewer, Brian is responsible for both global investigations and trademark enforcement
within the America’s for Tiffany & Co. Brian holds a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from Northeastern
University.
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