Eric Troutman is the Czar of TCPAWorld and one of the country’s prominent class action defense lawyers. He is nationally recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 300 national TCPA class actions and has litigated over a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for call center operators, lead providers, retailers, banks and finance companies. He frequently advocates before the FCC for TCPA sanity and helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies and systems.

Michele Shuster is a founding partner of Mac Murray & Shuster LLP and former Chief of the Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section. Bringing more than two decades of experience in the consumer protection arena, she advises highly regulated businesses on a wide range of privacy, advertising, and other consumer protection matters. Michele regularly represents clients in matters before the FCC, FTC, and state attorneys general, conducts regulatory compliance audits and provides defense in government enforcement actions.

Aaron Weiss is recognized for his national litigation practice focused on telecommunications law, class actions and consumer claims. He has extensive experience in litigating matters under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, of note is his precedent-setting Florida TCPA decisions. In addition to TCPA Aaron frequently litigates class action cases under a broad variety of consumer protection statutes, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA); the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA); the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA); and the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA).

Puja is Corporate Counsel overseeing marketing compliance and litigation defense for one of the nation’s most highly-regarded mortgage originators - LoanDepot. Before joining loanDepot, she was a critical member the Czar’s team where she defended some of the nation’s largest financial institutions.

Peggy Daley has over 25 years of experience in investigations, data analytics, dispute resolution, and regulatory compliance. She has conducted hundreds of trade secret theft, fraud, and hacking investigations on behalf of Boards of Directors and outside counsel. Ms. Daley has testified at regulatory and sanctions hearings and also serves as an expert witness in matters relating to fraud, data privacy, data analytics, TCPA, and data security. Ms. Daley is a frequent lecturer on topics of data privacy, data security, fraud, and intelligence gathering.

Ryan has been part of the Contact Center Compliance organization since 2004 with a total combined 20-year tenure in the contact center and account receivables industry. Ryan is an expert in State and Federal telemarketing and privacy regulations including DNC and TCPA as well as contact center data and CallerID technologies. Before joining Contact Center Compliance, Ryan was the VP of Sales for a contact center lead generation platform. Ryan has spearheaded multiple technology integrations with contact center platforms and is a sought-after expert for TCPA compliance and call deliverability.