Brian Stoeckert, CEO and founder of Stratis Advisory, is a recognized risk management expert with more than 20 years of experience in providing startups through Fortune 500 companies with strategy intelligence, advisory services, and witness testimony. At Stratis, he manages an international portfolio of FinTech startups, money service businesses, financial institutions, government agencies, universities, and entertainment companies. Brian has served as an expert witness in domestic and global civil and regulatory matters related to anti money laundering (AML) and digital currency compliance. He also serves as a consultant to the 30 episode series “StartUp” on SONY Pictures’ streaming platform, Crackle.

Previously, Brian led Booz Allen Hamilton’s San Francisco-based strategy and risk practice, advising boards of directors, audit and compliance committees, and executive management teams for financial institutions, MSBs, and global intelligence firms. Brian has also served as a guest lecturer at New York University’s Law School and Stern School of Business on AML laws, regulations, and digital currency compliance, and he is a frequent presenter at global risk, compliance, and FinTech conferences. He is an executive board member of the award-winning ACAMS Northern California Chapter and serves as a Mentor for the Envestnet | Yodlee and Commerce Innovated Incubators for FinTech startups. In 2014, Brian received Stony Brook University’s Top 40 Under Forty Award. He received his JD from New York Law School and his BA in Political Science from Stony Brook University. In 2014, he received the University’s Top 40 Under Forty Award.

Maria Potapov, a partner at Stratis Advisory, brings 20 years of experience in business strategy, risk management, startups, and investment funds to the company. She has launched and managed 11 new finance and technology ventures during her career. Prior to Stratis, Maria served as the head of R&D at SVB Financial Group, where she helped create several new business lines for long-term EPS growth. Before SVB, she was founding partner, chief investment officer, and chief compliance officer of Green Alpha Advisors. Maria previously led investment research, portfolio management, product development, and regulatory compliance at a boutique investment management firm with more than $2 billion in assets under management.

Maria has also served as a C-level officer, board director, and investor at several FinTech and software startups. She started her career as a research analyst at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Maria is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the CFA Institute, and a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. She has also served as a board member of the CFA Society of San Francisco and the Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco. Maria holds an MBA from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London and a BA in Economics from Boston University.

Deb Wood, a director at Stratis Advisory, has over 15 years’ experience in fraud, investigations, financial crime, corporate security, technology, and project management disciplines across global financial services organizations. At Stratis, she leads fraud and financial crime technology implementation appropriate for the size and scale of the financial institution, from early stage payment firms to global financial institutions. Moreover, Deb manages due diligence portfolios for financial institutions managing emerging growth companies and higher-risk relationships.

Previously, Deb lead the Fraud Risk Management team for OFX, a global online international payments firm. At OFX, she was responsible for managing the implementation of the long-term fraud risk strategy for future direction. Her role was a conduit through the business, providing continuous feedback that would influence and drive the overall Fraud Risk Management roadmap and strategy and ultimately protected OFX assets by minimizing fraud loss and risk exposure and by providing optimal customer service. Prior to OFX, Deb led fraud innovation for Fidelity Worldwide Investment for the Asia Pacific region. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with experience in the industries of financial services, technology, FinTech, and eCommerce in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, and throughout Asia.

Ryan Hodge, a director at Stratis Advisory, is a compliance and risk expert with over 17 years’ experience in banking and payments, ranging from Fortune 500 banks to startups. At Stratis, Ryan leads an international portfolio of payments and lending startups, developing appropriately sized risk management frameworks from initial scope to ongoing deployment. Moreover, he executes the implementation of systems design and implementation at various stages of a startup’s lifecycle. Moreover, he executes the implementation of systems design at various stages of a startup’s lifecycle.

Before Stratis, Ryan led BBVA Open Platform’s Risk & Control team, building a compliance program to best balance risk and growth in one of the most compelling new industries in the FinTech space, Banking-as-a-Service. Previous to BBVA Open Platform, he served as Dwolla’s Financial Intelligence Unit Director, where he built and managed a unified group for risk, compliance, fraud, and sanctions.

Prior to moving to FinTech, he served in multiple risk-related roles within various financial institutions. As the BSA & OFAC Officer for Chevron Federal Credit Union, he instituted their first centralized fraud management program. While at Washington Mutual, Ryan served as a quality control analyst for multiple internal and external teams working to remediate Cease & Desist orders, and he led one of their top performing fraud investigation teams. He began his career in 2001 at Wells Fargo, working in multiple retail management roles. Ryan has been featured as a speaker at both local and national ACAMS events, as well as the American Bar Association’s Cyberspace Law Committee’s Winter Working Group and is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Catalina Martinez, a director at Stratis Advisory, has over 15 years of experience in the areas of product development and management. At Stratis, she leads licensing execution for early stage companies seeking to achieve and maintain lending and payment-based licenses. Moreover, she oversees risk management operations from design to execution and implementation for product launches, exam readiness, and go-to market strategies.

Prior to joining Stratis, Catalina managed both the CAMS exams and the Advanced Certification programs for ACAMS – a globally recognized financial crime prevention association. She led the development of the CAMS-Audit and CAMS-FCI certifications, as well as the translation of the CAMS certification into nine foreign languages. During her tenure at ACAMS, Catalina also grew the organization’s community chapters to over forty in the U.S. and abroad.