ABOUT US

Founder and CEO Yokota D. Strong has over 20 years of experience in various roles within the financial services industry. He has held positions such as Chief of Compliance and Enterprise Risk Officer, Community Reinvestment Act Officer, BSA Officer, and forensic auditor. Yokota has managed regulatory compliance, enterprise risk, anti-money laundering, and fraud risk for large, small, and mid-sized financial institutions including Santander Bank, Capital One, and Brookline Bancorp; a multi-state multi-bank holding company in Boston, MA. Most recently, Yokota managed compliance for Industrial Bank of Washington, D.C. which is a minority depository institution (MDI) and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and he is currently the Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer of a multi-billion dollar community bank within the Enterprise Risk Management Department, in San Antonio, Texas.

Yokota has served as an Adjunct Professor of Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting, volunteered with a veterans-focused nonprofit in Washington, D.C., and has served as Treasurer for the Rhode Island Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in Providence, Rhode Island. Yokota serves on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Group for the American Bankers Association. Yokota serves on the Board of the Alamo City Black Chamber of Commerce in San Antonio, Texas and is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Yokota is a native of Bossier City, Louisiana and is a United States Navy veteran, where he held the position of Oceanographer and Meteorologist. He has a Master of Science in Business Ethics and Compliance with a Concentration in Forensic Accounting from Cambridge College – New England College of Business and Finance in Boston, Massachusetts. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Phoenix. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager, and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.