Jim Hixenbaugh is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and certified anti-money laundering (AML) consultant with 46 years of experience in AML/Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance and investigations. He has 29 years of federal law enforcement experience as an Internal Revenue Services-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) special agent, in addition to 17 years in the banking and corporate environment. While with the IRS, he worked on numerous high-profile drug investigations as a multi-agency High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area team manager and as suspicious activity report (SAR) review team manager.

As an AML/BSA consultant, Hixenbaugh has provided investigative, management and audit skills to numerous large national banks, foreign correspondent banks and risk advisory companies. He has also served as a BSA officer for a community bank, as well as senior AML compliance officer and SAR investigations manager for several regional banks. Hixenbaugh has also conducted Office of Foreign Assets Control regulatory audits for foreign-held banks operating in the U.S. and has further conducted AML risk assessments for foreign correspondent banks internationally. In addition, he has conducted Foreign Corrupt Practices Act reviews and audits for significantly sized private and publicly held corporations.

Active in the ACAMS Northern Ohio Chapter, Hixenbaugh has served as a chapter board member for six years and is currently co-chair of the chapter. He is also a member of the ACAMS national conference speaker cadre.