Ester Illiaev is an experienced professional in risk analytics and fraud detection, currently serving as the Risk Analytics Team Lead and Inrule Manager at Payoneer since February 2022, where responsibilities include managing a data-analytics team and developing technical solutions for fraud mitigation. Prior experience includes leadership roles at EverC as Risk Team Leader, where management of a team of analysts focused on fraud pattern identification took place, and at EverCompliant, both as Team Leader and Web Intelligence Analyst, specializing in data modeling and fraud pattern identification. Ester's early career involved roles in content management and customer service, along with a sound academic background, having earned a Bachelor's degree in Information Science and Communications from Bar-Ilan University between 2014 and 2016.