John has been an active member of the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) since 1989.  In 2009, the CFCA recognized him for his contributions to an international industry case. He has presented on multiple panels at CFCA events, sharing insights on topics such as Toll-Free Traffic Pumping and Robocall fraud schemes. His long-standing involvement with CFCA has been a cornerstone of his professional journey, fostering collaboration with industry peers, law enforcement, academia, and customers.

John has represented Lumen on the FCC Robocall Strike Force and was a founding member of the USTelecom Industry Traceback Group. He was later appointed by the FCC to the Hospital Robocall Protection Group, where he has worked to safeguard consumers, businesses, and critical institutions from robocalling, spoofing, and cyber-enabled telecom fraud.

Currently, John serves as Director of Fraud Management and Physical Security within Lumen’s Global Security organization.

John is a graduate of Kent State University.

Over the past 23 years, Jason has worked within carriers including roles at 3, T-Mobile, EE, Sky, building fraud strategy, fraud prevention or fraud intelligence teams from the ground up, and also with vendors and suppliers including Amdocs, Connectiva and Mobileum.  Jason has also run his own fraud consultancy company providing expertise to companies worldwide.

Jason was also proactive in supporting industry associations and the fraud community and was the first non-North American member representative to be president of the CFCA (2017), performing that role twice (again in 2022).

Jason has been on the board of CFCA for the past 10 years and is currently COO, he was also vice chair of the GSMA Fraud Intelligence Group, co-chair of the TMF Fraud Management Group and a board member of TUFF. In these 23 years Jason has extensively worked on educational programmes, fraud training, development programmes, fraud research and surveys and leading industry fraud initiatives with governmental associations (phone theft, etc.). and the wider industry.

For the last 7 years Jason has been at LexisNexis Risk Solutions (LNRS), At LNRS Jason leads the strategy for Fraud and Identity in the EMEA market, working with teams across the organization to ensure development of their product suite and capabilities as well as aid their customers maximize business opportunities.

Jason also supports LNRS as a Global CMM (Communications, Mobile & Media) lead ensuring their operations meet the needs of the CMM industry. Over the past three years Jason has expanded his experience and interaction with associations and fraud risks to also support other emerging fraud markets, including the travel & hospitality sector, ecommerce and gaming and gambling and the financial services industry.

Joel also originated the Somos Fraud Reporting Service program where entities can report corporate impersonation fraud misusing Toll-Free Numbers to Somos. Somos then works with Resp Orgs (those entities that obtain Toll-Free Numbers from the Somos Toll-Free Number Registry) to
shut down those fraudulent numbers. Since the program’s inception in the spring of 2017, Somos and its partners have shut down more than 27,000 Toll-Free Numbers being used for fraudulent purposes.

Prior to coming to Somos, Joel was a partner in a law firm representing telecommunications clients before Congress and agencies. He also spent time working on Capitol Hill.

Joel received his BA from Colgate University and his law degree from UCLA.

Establishing and managing the Security Situation, Emergency, and Crisis Management department within Corporate Security were among the challenges he successfully mastered. His responsibilities at Deutsche Telekom included handling incidents within the group and further developing national and international crisis management. After leaving Deutsche Telekom, Dieter spent two and a half years at Boehringer Ingelheim, where he established crisis management within the corporate security department.

From 2019, Dieter was responsible for Corporate Crisis Management and Travel Risk Management in the Corporate Security department of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (e.g., Fresenius Medical Care, Helios, Quirónsalud, Fresenius Kabi).

After his retirement on July 1, 2022, Dieter was appointed to the University of Public Administration in Bremen, where he teaches in the Risk and Security Management degree program.

Dieter now brings his professional experience and voluntary commitment as a lecturer to the Steinbeis University Berlin, Institute for Public Health and Healthcare, Essen, and the German Red Cross Academy, North Rhine Regional Association, in the part-time Bachelor of Arts degree program with a specialization in Emergency and Crisis Management.

Within the German Business Travel Association (VDR), Dieter is a member of the Security Expert Committee and an expert in Travel Risk Management. Through the VDR Academy, Dieter regularly conducts training seminars on ISO 31030 “Travel Risk Management” for travel managers in SMEs, also giving presentations on situation management and travel security at the Simedia Academy, where he conducts intensive training sessions for Travel Risk Managers.

In 2025, Dieter was appointed to the advisory board of the Association for Security Technology, a position he holds on a voluntary basis.

Prior to AT&T, Adam was employed with ITT Communications, Metromedia Communications,

MFS Intelenet, Teleport Communications Group and WorldCom.

Adam has been a familiar and friendly face at many of the Educational Events over the past few decades contributing through presentations and thought leadership.

Adam has significantly contributed to CFCA and its strategic direction and financial management since joining the executive board of the Communications Fraud Control Association in 2003. Adam has been the CFO of CFCA for over 15 years after being elected in 2009.