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Kyrstin is a Senior Consultant with CSS, a Confluence Company, offering personalized consulting and tailored compliance programs for registered investment advisors who are either established or transitioning to independence. Kyrstin started her career with UBS and obtained her 7, 66, 9 and 10 licenses. She found her niche in compliance while at UBS as the Complex Risk Analyst for Michigan and Ohio markets. She obtained her Investment Advisor Certified Compliance Professional (IACCP®) designation while in-house CCO for a hybrid RIA and its affiliated Institutional RIA. Kyrstin led the compliant growth of the RIA firm, doubling in size and participating as an active management team member for its family of companies, the institutional asset management arm claiming GIPS Compliance, affiliated accounting, and law firms. Her desire to jump into consulting was led by the potential of having a broader impact on the industry, knowing that a robust compliance program allows for a company’s durable and healthy growth.

Kyrstin earned her B.S. from Michigan State University and is active in the Investment Advisors Association, the National Society of Compliance Professionals Regulatory Advisory Committee, and multiple charities supporting mental health awareness. She is a proud and lifelong equestrian competing in hunters and equitation in and around USHJA Zone 5 with her daughter, while her husband and son are avid swimmers and motorsports enthusiasts.

John Gentile is responsible for overseeing various types of broker-dealer and investment adviser consulting engagements, including conducting SEC/FINRA internal control reviews, anti-money laundering testing, written supervisory policy and procedures testing, and other consultation services.

John is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on various compliance topics, including “Effective Supervision,” “Large Firm Testing,” FINRA Supervisory Control Rules” and “Anti Money Laundering Requirements for Broker Dealers under the PATRIOT Act.”

In 1987 John joined the SEC as a Securities Compliance Examiner, becoming a Branch Chief in 1991. He became Assistant Regional Director in 1993, supervising a team of 20 broker-dealer managers and examiners. He also planned and conducted financial, operational, and sales practice examinations of the largest broker dealers and was among those responsible for a review of hedge funds’ impact on broker dealer internal controls.

Before joining the SEC, John was a Financial Damage Analyst with PaineWebber Inc. Most recently from 2000-2007 John was an Executive Consultant, Broker-Dealer Services, at National Regulatory Services. John has an MBA from Fordham University and a BS in Finance from Central Connecticut State University. From 1995 to 2002, John was also a member of the Securities Industry Continuing Education East Coast Content Committee.