About us

Founder – Radhika has more than 31 years of experience in the banking industry, with an impressive background spanning all phases of compliance, operations, and risk management for leading financial institutions. Radhika has been responsible for helping several banking institutions successfully pass their regulatory examinations. She excels in policy and procedure development, audit management, and streamlining processes through the use of technology. Prior to stating her own compliance and internal audit firm, Radhika held position such as Program Director of Retail Audit for Cititgroup, Chief Banking Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Risk Officer and BSA Officer. She has experience in working with large institutions to starting a de novo. Radhika is active in the speaking circuit and regularly presents on risk management topics including banking high-risk programs. Radhika is passionate about what she does and dedicated to the success of her clients.

Chief Operations Officer – Rita Ward has 20 years of regulatory audit and compliance experience in the private and public sectors of finance, 5 years of which she dealt with the CFPB and DOJ directly. She has worked with small lenders (Westlake Financial), credit unions (First Financial Credit Union), commercial banking (Commonwealth Business Bank, Bank of Hope), big banks (Wells Fargo, CIT), and many others. She has limitless experience in compliance, internal audit (Banking, Mortgage, Commercial and Consumer Lending, Compliance Management System, Financial, Vendor Management, Due Diligence, Servicing/Subservicing, and SOX). She has assisted in writing policies and procedures for overarching processes. Along with assisting clients to address Matters Requiring Attention (MRA) from regulatory institutions.

Senior BSA/AML Consultant – Liz has over 35 years of experience as a compliance professional handling policy and procedure writing, risk assessments, and AML program development. Liz is well respected in the industry, within the public and private sectors. As a subject matter expert, Liz has been invited to speak at various national AML conferences and webinars on BSA exams, risk assessments, customer risk reviews, training, and financial investigations. She serves as the president of the So Cal ACAMS chapter.

Client Success Manager –  As Chief Marketing Officer, Dan is responsible for overseeing the planning, development and execution of RADD LLC’s marketing, sales and advertising initiatives. Reporting directly to the chief executive officer, Dan’s primary responsibility is to generate revenue through successful marketing for the entire organization. His expanded responsibilities include corporate strategy, sales management, new business development, and delivering outstanding customer service to our valued clientele. Dan brings nearly forty years of successful sales, sales management and marketing experience to the organization.

Senior Staff Auditor–  Justin has less than a year in the Audit Advisory Services. However, Justin has assisted the Advisory and Audit team by preparing and testing internal controls over the ACH, Human Resources, and Lending Audits and participating in Exit Meetings with RADD’s clients. Justin is a team player, an effective communicator, and has strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Justin holds BA in Criminology with a minor in Sociology and Anthropology.

NCCO, NCRM, CUCE, BSACS – Katey Proefke has more than 30 years of financial institution compliance experience focused on credit unions. She has worked for mortgage lenders/brokers, banks and credit unions. Katey has held the title of Chief Compliance Officer, Director and Assistant Vice President at these institutions. Most recently, she was the Chief Compliance Officer for a $3.5 billion credit union where she created the compliance department from the ground up. This included creating and maintaining the following functions: vendor management program, regulatory change process, compliance monitoring, BSA program and a comment letter process. Katey is the Vice President of the Credit Union Compliance Professionals group that meets monthly in Southern California.

Senior Consultant – Steven Tabick has nine years of experience in the financial services industry with five of those years focused on regulatory and governance compliance. He has experience developing compliance management systems, policy and procedure writing, risk assessment design and internal audit program creation, and business continuity management program development.

Senior Auditor – Hala is a senior auditor with over 9 years of audit, IT Risk, Data Security and Compliance. She has expertise in all stages of audit, including planning; management; evaluation and testing of controls; reporting and follow-up. She has experience in SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO, SOX, COSO, OFAC/BSA, Central Operations, ACH, and HIPAA.

Administrative Assistant – Carolina has a financial and international business background. As an administrative assistant, she brings great customer service experience. She is independent and self-motivated. She is also bilingual with fluency in the Spanish language, and she has years of experience in helping businesses and clients overcome their language barriers by providing them with translation and interpreting services. 

Director of Business Growth – With over 6 years of experience in business development, Mallory brings a diverse range of valuable skills to our team. During the past three years, she has closely collaborated with Banks, Fintechs, and Credit Unions, which has enabled her to develop a deep understanding of the industry. Mallory’s unique ability to establish and foster positive relationships with clients and stakeholders, combined with her talent for identifying and capitalizing on new business opportunities, makes her a valuable addition to RADD LLC. Her industry expertise and results-driven approach will ensure that we deliver exceptional customer experiences.