DISCUSSION: Scott Walker, SEC; Katherine Wu, Messari; Tony Lai, Legal.io; Carla Carriveau, Circle; MODERATOR: Adam Juratovac, Juratovac Law
Regulation
Michael Gilroy Partner Canaan Partners #futureregtech
Michael Gilroy Partner Canaan Partners Michael invests in entrepreneurs building enterprise software and fintech companies. He is interested in talking to founders building the next generation enterprise tools and fintechs solving the structural issues in finance. Deeply passionate about building the entrepreneurial community in fintech, Michael launched Canaan’s FinTech Central in 2015, a quarterly event series covering trends in fintech. Previously, Michael advised technology companies with GCA Savvian and Matrix Capital. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Perla Stoeckert, CCO Tipaliti #futureregtech
Perla Stoeckert, CCO Tipaliti Perla joined Tipalti in November 2018 as the Chief Compliance Officer. She has more than 15 years experience in financial services, including firms engaged in foreign exchange, online payments, funds transfers, and deposit operations. Prior to Tipalti, Perla has served in executive global roles in risk and compliance at OFX, FXCM, and Commonwealth Foreign Exchange (MoneyCorp). She has managed risk and compliance operations in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, U.K., and U.S. Perla received her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Minor in International Relations from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has earned Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business LEAD Certificate on Corporate Innovation.
Ben Duranske, CEO/COFounder Beam #futureregtech
Ben Duranske, CEO/COFounder Beam Beam is a fintech compliance and product leader with deep experience across the financial services, regulatory, and technology industries. At Beam, Ben and the team are building the world’s most advanced suspicious activity reporting and transaction monitoring platform. Before co-founding Beam, Ben served as Chief Compliance Officer of Facebook Payments from the subsidiary’s 2010 formation through mid-2015. While at Facebook, Ben built a global compliance team, managed worldwide licenses and regulator relationships, and directed internal compliance software builds and external compliance software requisition. Prior to Facebook, Ben worked at PayPal, and before that, he represented payments and platform companies in private practice as an attorney. Ben has also consulted with and served on the Boards of Directors of several fintechs, including both startups and established companies, and taught classes at Santa Clara Law. He earned his J.D. at the University of California Berkeley, Boalt Hall.
