Mike Walsh vs Craig Costigan

Mike Walsh

CEO of LexisNexis Legal & Professional

BIO: Mike Walsh is CEO of the global legal business of LexisNexis, a leading provider of information solutions and analytics to law firms, corporate, government and academic markets. The business serves customers in over 150 countries and employs ~10,600 worldwide. Prior to his current role, Mr. Walsh was CEO of LexisNexis U.S. Legal Markets. He led the transformation of the business from a provider of legal research to a solutions partner. Mr. Walsh joined LexisNexis in 2003 as Senior Vice President, Global Strategy and Business Development where he helped oversee significant expansion into the LexisNexis Risk Management sector. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Mr. Walsh was Director of Strategic Business Development at Home Depot. Earlier in his career, he practiced law at Weil, Gotshal and Manges, worked on large transactions at General Electric and was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He also co-founded Infirmation.com, an online portal, and sold that business to what is now Thomson Reuters. Mr. Walsh earned his JD from Harvard Law School and received his BA from Yale University. He sits on the Board of the Atlantic Council. He grew up in Colorado and now resides in New York with his wife and two children.

Craig Costigan

CEO of NICE Actimize

BIO: As the CEO of NICE Actimize, Craig Costigan is responsible for the division’s market strategy & vision, leading all facets of the organization, including sales, product, R&D, international services and marketing. Craig is passionate about new growth, creating value and developing innovative solutions for NICE Actimize clients worldwide, while helping them address their most important challenges in regulatory compliance for financial crime as well as in customer risk & life-cycle management. Prior to joining NICE Actimize, Craig worked at FIS as President of Capital Markets & Credit (CMC), a $1.1B segment at FIS, where he managed a team of 4000 (est.) staff worldwide, overseeing risk, compliance, credit, security finance, securities processing and market data solutions and services for over 2000 banks, broker dealers, investment firms, hedge funds, insurance companies and clients in the financial market. Prior to FIS, Craig served as President of the Risk, Compliance and Global Securities (RCGS) Business at SunGard. RCGS was a $650M global business with over 2,000 staff that provided front, middle and back-office solutions & services to large and mid-tier banks and broker dealers globally. As an Executive at FIS and SunGard, and Founding Partner(s) & President at K-Tek International, Craig brings senior leadership and expertise to NICE, and will help the company provide superior solutions and services to our clients globally. “Front and center to me each day is being focused on teamwork and collaboration to produce value and innovative solutions for our clients, protecting their business and accelerating growth strategies globally.” - Craig Costigan