Lecturer Bios
Andrew McElduff
Andrew McElduff is an Associate Director in FINRA’s New York Regional Office. His role includes managing a staff of approximately 30 staff including Examination Managers and examiners who are responsible for conducting the cycle, branch, and cause examinations of member firms.
During his tenure with FINRA, Mr. McElduff has both conducted and managed examinations of small, mid, and large member firms. Mr. McElduff joined FINRA in September 2007 after working at a startup handling all day to day operations and managing a national sales team. Prior to that, Mr. McElduff graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Joseph Cordeira
Joe is the Chief Data & Analytics Officer for UBS Wealth Management Americas. He is responsible for all aspects of data and analytics to enable the US Wealth Management business, including Artificial Intelligence, Reporting, Data Visualization, Data Platforms and Data Management.
Prior to this, Joe was a founding member and CTO for UBS Evidence Lab which was the #1 ranked and world’s largest sell-side alternative data organization powering the UBS Research business. He also played leadership roles across UBS responsible for a broad set of data-driven sales and marketing and analytics platforms.
Prior to this, he served in technology, data and analytics leadership roles at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.
Joe earned his Computer Science degree from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.
Brad Ahrens
As Senior Vice President of Advanced Analytics, Brad Ahrens oversees FINRA’s analytics strategy and implementations—including machine learning, artificial intelligence and data visualization—to further enable investor protection and safeguard the financial markets. He also chairs FINRA’s Advanced Analytics Leadership Team, which is charged with identifying and deploying analytics opportunities that will maximize the benefits to investors, member firms and FINRA.
Before joining FINRA in September 2021, Mr. Ahrens spent more than 20 years at Charles Schwab. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Risk Technology, Analytics and Change for the firm’s Enterprise Risk Management department. In that role, Mr. Ahrens oversaw the development, testing and implementation of applications used across Charles Schwab’s risk management and compliance programs. He also led the Risk Analytics Team providing data engineering and business intelligence to risk partners. Before assuming that role, he worked in various other compliance positions at the firm with a focus on surveillance, sales practice, operations, digital, financial crimes, and building collaborative partnerships to bridge the gap between regulation and technology.
Mr. Ahrens holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Matt MacKenzie, Esq.
Matt MacKenzie is the Head of U.S. Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs at Optiver, based in Washington, D.C. He brings a wealth of experience at the intersection of law, policy, and financial regulation, having held key roles at CME Group and with both the majority and minority staff of the House Agriculture Committee.
Matt earned his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2008 and has since built a distinguished career navigating complex legal and legislative environments. His expertise spans litigation, appeals, criminal law, congressional appropriations, and regulatory policy. He is also well-versed in providing congressional testimony and shaping legislative strategy—skills that have made him a trusted voice in advocacy and regulatory circles.
