Ryan Hodge

Ryan Hodge, a Director in Stratis Advisory, is a compliance and risk expert with nearly 20 years’ experience in banking and payments, ranging from Fortune 500 banks to startups. At Stratis, Ryan leads an international portfolio of FinTech and Regtech startups across six continents developing right-sized risk management frameworks from initial scope to ongoing deployment. Moreover, he executes the implementation of systems design and implementation for the various stages of a startups lifecycle.

Before Stratis, Ryan led BBVA Open Platform’s Risk & Control team, building out 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 the FinTech space, he served in multiple risk 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 a Cease & Desist order and he led one of the 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 holds an advanced Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification.