About
I've spent 25+ years building the compliance and governance backbone that financial institutions run on. For the last several, that work has moved to the frontier — stablecoins, digital assets, DeFi, and the AI systems reshaping how finance operates.
I work with founders and boards at the moments that decide a company's trajectory: getting licensed, raising institutional capital, responding to an enforcement action, or standing up the legal function that lets the business scale. I've done this as an operator, not just an advisor — and that's the difference between telling someone what the rules are and building something that holds up under them.
Roles
Franklin Templeton
Guggenheim
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) portfolio companies
Regulated stablecoin issuers
Areas of Expertise
Financial services compliance architecture
Regulatory strategy for emerging technology
SEC, FINRA, and NYDFS frameworks
Institutional adoption of new asset classes
Stablecoin regulation
DeFi compliance
Speaking & Press
TEDx
Speaker
CCN
Featured interview
NIESR
Digital money panel
Stablecoin Standard
Advisor & contributor
42 published articles and interviews on crypto regulation, stablecoins, and compliance across outlets including CoinDesk, Decrypt, Nasdaq, and Forbes. Read the writing.
I take on a limited number of engagements each year. If the timing and the problem are right, I'd like to hear about it.