Patti Otman

Patti Otman is a fraud professional with over 26 years of experience in the financial services industry. Ms. Otman is Senior Vice President and Director of Enterprise Fraud Management at Comerica Bank. The Enterprise Fraud area provides corporate and nationwide services including fraud detection and prevention, fraud investigation, and fraud risk evaluation and consultation. Ms. Otman has overall responsibility for the strategic vision, and development and execution of the corporation’s fraud program.

During Ms. Otman’s career with Comerica, she has held several leadership positions within the fraud area. During her tenure she has overseen and been engaged with the successful implementation of numerous anti-fraud technologies, including those focused on card, check, wire, ACH, and instant payments fraud detection, as well as enterprise alert and case management.

Ms. Otman holds her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in Criminal Justice and Sociology and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. She is actively involved in numerous financial industry fraud working groups, including: the Bank Policy Institute BITS Fraud Steering Committee (serving as prior Chair), the Consumer Bankers Association Fraud Management Committee, the Datos-Insights Fraud Executive Research Council, and the Mission Omega Executive Fraud Summit. A key focus of these groups is sharing active and emerging threats, setting the strategic direction for anti-fraud technologies and risk mitigation, policy/law advocation, cross-industry collaboration, and education and awareness.