Summary
Chris Tollefson is an AVP and senior fraud & claims consultant with 20+ years in IT and eight years focused on financial crime investigations, specializing in Business Email Compromise, social engineering, and account takeover for commercial customers. At Wells Fargo he has progressed through technical consulting and operations roles, blending deep incident investigation with hands-on analysis of infected endpoints and network infrastructure. His background in operations, SDLC testing, and loss prevention gives him an uncommon ability to trace fraud from technical indicators through business processes and customer impact. He’s led teams and supervised investigations while building tooling and workflows early in his career (including custom ticketing and equipment-tracking systems), demonstrating both technical craft and operational leadership. Based in Fort Mill, SC, Chris is completing an MS in Information Systems Cybersecurity, extending a long-standing practice of pairing practical investigation skills with formal security training.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Satellite Communications, Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Satellite Communications at Mitchell Technical College
Master of Science - MS, Information Systems Cybersecurity, Master of Science - MS, Information Systems Cybersecurity at Dakota State University
English