(From right to left): Brian Stoeckert, CEO of Stratis Advisory and technical advisor to Sony Crackle’s Startup series, meets with the director and studio head at TechCrunch.
Stratis Advisory was founded in 2013 by seasoned risk executives, consultants, and serial entrepreneurs who believe in the transformative power of innovation and technology. We offer clients a highly specialized experience in strategy, risk, and cyber compliance management. Stratis’ global portfolio includes FinTech startups, financial institutions, venture capital firms, payment companies, government agencies, and entertainment companies launching, scaling, and optimizing operations in APAC, EMEA, LATAM and NORAM.
As an objective resource in the FinTech ecosystem, Stratis connects the dots between companies, investors and banks by integrating deep regulatory risk domain expertise into the broad context of business strategy, risk management, and compliance operations at the appropriate size for their growth stage and business scale. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we provide insights and support decision-making through market intelligence. Whether you are developing a startup, launching new digital products, or expanding your portfolio, we tailor your risk infrastructure development and regulatory positioning to help you build successful and compliant digital products, banking services, and technology platforms.
The Stratis Advisory Executive Team
Brian Stoeckert, CEO
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.
Read MoreDeborah Wood, Senior Director
Deb Wood, a Senior Director at Stratis Advisory, has over 20 years experience in fraud, investigations, financial crime, corporate security, technology and project management disciplines across global financial services organizations.
Read MoreMaria Potapov, Partner
Maria Potapov, a Partner in Stratis Advisory, brings over 25 years of experience in business strategy, risk management, banking and financial services innovation. She is an economist with experience advising banks on high-risk customer portfolios who has also launched, led and served on the boards of over a dozen technology startups.
Read MoreVictoria Howard, Director
Victoria Howard, a Director at Stratis Advisory, is a compliance professional with over 20 years of experience in financial services, specializing in regulatory compliance, payments, and money transmission licensing.
Read MoreRyan Hodge, Senior Director
Ryan Hodge, a Senior Director at Stratis Advisory, is a compliance and risk expert with more than 20 years of experience in banking and payments from Fortune 500 banks to startups. Ryan applies his knowledge to global risk management frameworks across anti-money laundering (“AML”), sanctions, fraud, consumer protection, data privacy, and cybersecurity.
Read MoreZsaZsa “Z” Segismundo, Director
Z Segismundo, a Director at Stratis Advisory, has over 20 years of experience managing global clients and teams in business strategy focused on management execution, development and transformation, project management, and process standardization and improvement.
Read MoreOur experts have been featured in a wide range of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Fortune, Bloomberg Businessweek, Salon, the American Bankers Association Banking Journal, Payments Source, Compliance Week, CoinDesk, ACAMS Money Laundering, and Main Justice.