
Provide global oversight and advisory services to Mastercard’s first line products and operations, including a focus on crypto-related products, services & transactions. Oversee design and execution of crypto compliance strategy for the company. Experienced in communication with regulators and law enforcement. Perform onsite reviews / audits with Issuers, Acquirers, VASPs. Member of the Institute of Security and Technology Ransomware Task Force and the Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Special Interest Group which focuses on Financial Crime and Human Trafficking. Adjunct professor in the Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies department at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Double masters’ degrees from Middlebury Institute of International Studies in International Policy and Development and International Trade and Economic Diplomacy with a focus in Financial Crimes and Export Controls. Worked multilaterally with the U.S. State Department on critical export control topics at UNVIE; and studied Arabic in Amman, Jordan via Critical Languages Scholarship. USAF veteran.
mastercard.com
state.gov
americancouncils.org
airforce.com
unodc.org
jamesmartincenter.org
osce.org
Helena, Montana, United States
Legal Compliance, Cryptocurrency AML and Sanctions Advisory, Investigations
Mastercard
• www.linkedin.com/company/mastercard
• Full-time
Jun 2024 - Present
Director Cryptocurrency Investigations and Intelligence
Mastercard
• www.linkedin.com/company/mastercard
• Full-time
Jan 2022 - Jun 2024
United States
Subject Matter Expert
OSCE
• www.linkedin.com/company/osce
Jun 2024 - Present
Subject Matter Expert
UNODC
• www.linkedin.com/company/unodc
Jun 2023 - Present
Adjunct Professor
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
• www.linkedin.com/school/middlebury-institute
Sep 2021 - Present
Co-Chair Defenders League
CipherTrace
Mar 2020 - Dec 2022
Lead Crypto Analyst
Ciphertrace
• Full-time
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
Research Analyst for USG agency
CipherTrace
• Contract
Sep 2020 - Feb 2021
middlebury.edu