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Keith M. Kanyan
Program Specialist
Division of Examinations, National Exam Program Office

Prior to joining DoE, Keith worked in the Division of Investment Management’s Investment Adviser Regulation Office managing the Investment Adviser Registration Depository system and supporting rulemaking efforts. Keith’s expertise include all aspects of investment adviser registration, Form ADV, Form CRS, data and statistics related to investment advisers, and interpretation of rules and regulations applicable to investment advisers. Keith has a B.A. in Mathematics from the College of William and Mary.

Layla Mayer
Exam Manager
Division of Examinations, ARO

Layla joined the SEC in 2001 in the New York Regional Office (“NYRO”) enforcement division as a Securities Compliance Examiner. While working in the Enforcement division at NYRO she worked on various investigations and litigations involving a variety of securities violation issues, including insider trading, offering frauds, Reg SHO violations, market manipulations, and Ponzi schemes. In July 2012, she began working in the ARO as an Investment Adviser/Investment Company examiner and was promoted in May 2018 to exam manager. Layla received her B.B.A. with a concentration in Finance Cum Laude from Long Island University.

Ed McConnell
Assistant Regional Director
Division of Examinations, ARO

Ed began his career in the financial services industry in 1998 as a financial advisor for an Atlanta-based registered investment adviser and broker-dealer and then transitioned to the Compliance Department, conducting and managing hundreds of branch office exams across the country. In 2006, Ed was promoted to Chief Compliance Officer of the registered investment adviser and responsible for developing and implementing a compliance program for over 950 investment adviser representatives managing $3.2 billion in assets under management. Ed was also a Chief Compliance Officer for two smaller registered investment advisers before joining the Division of Examinations in 2010 and was promoted to Assistant Regional Director in 2017, managing a staff of nine examiners and two Exam Managers.

Salvatore Montemarano
Division of Examinations
Technology Controls Program

Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Montemarano was the Chief Information Security Officer for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Mr. Montemarano has worked in the information technology field for over 20 years, 12 years focused on cybersecurity. Mr. Montemarano has a degree from George Mason University and a Masters in Information Security from the University of Maryland University College.

Julie Skaggs
Securities Compliance Examiner,
Division of Examinations, ARO

Ms. Skaggs has been an examiner with the SEC’s Division of Examinations for 5 years. Prior to joining the SEC, she has worked in the investment industry for over 20 years and has served in small, medium, and large industry related firms. Ms. Skaggs has a Bachelor’s degree from Murray State University, a JD from University of Kentucky College of Law and a Masters of Laws (Taxation) from the University of Miami College of Law.

Robert Soell
Securities Compliance Examiner
Division of Examinations, ARO

In addition to being an examiner in the ARO, Robert Soell is a team member of the National Exam Program’s Investment Company Specialized Working Group. Prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Robert spent 14 years in the securities industry where he served in roles such as the Director of Investment Adviser Compliance for a dual registered broker-dealer/investment adviser and Compliance Consultant for Wells Fargo Advisors (formerly Wachovia Securities). Robert received his Master of Business Administration degree from Wingate University and his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Stetson University.

John P. Sweeney
Strategic Risk Coordinator
Division of Examinations, ARO

Prior to joining ARO, John was an Exam Manager in the SEC’s Washington, DC Office and focused on Investment Adviser/Investment Company examinations. Before that, John served in the private sector in various capacities, including roles as a Controller and Compliance Manager for a Boston-based private fund adviser and Compliance Officer at global hedge fund administrator in New York. He also served in several roles at a large mutual fund complex. John received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Massachusetts.

Kimberly Tonn
Attorney-Adviser
Division of Examinations, ARO

Kimberly joined the ARO Investment Adviser/Investment Company examination program in October 2019. Prior to that, she was a Principal Examiner with FINRA for seven years. Kimberly was graduated from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business and earned her J.D. at Vanderbilt Law School.

Mark Wszolek
Staff Accountant
Division of Examinations, ARO

Prior to re-joining the SEC in 2010, Mark was a Chief Compliance Officer for a registered investment adviser in New York. Prior to accepting the CCO role, Mark was a Securities Compliance Examiner/Staff Accountant in the NEP’s New York Regional Officer for eight years. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business, with a concentration in Finance and Economics, from Fairleigh Dickinson University.