1Money Team: Experts
and Innovators
The 1Money team brings decades of experience building and scaling disruptive, high-growth companies. Our deep expertise spans technology, fintech, crypto, and payments, with members hailing from some of the world's most recognized and impactful firms, including
Meet Our Experienced and Accomplished Executive Team
Coming from some of the world's most preeminent firms including Uber, Facebook (Meta), Circle, Binance, and Ripple, the 1Money executive team is poised to revolutionize global money movement
Brian Shroder
Co-Founder, Chairman, & Chief Executive Officer
Before co-founding 1Money, Mr. Shroder served as President and CEO of Binance.US, where he transformed the company into one of the largest digital asset marketplaces in the U.S. Under his leadership, Binance.US raised over $250 million at a $4.5 billion valuation, grew to over 550 employees, processed more than $250 billion in trading volume, and surpassed 8 million users. Previously, Mr. Shroder was an executive at Ant Group, one of the world's largest financial services and digital payments firms, overseeing regulated FinTech firms that served over 250 million users across Southeast Asia. He also held leadership roles at Uber as Head of Strategy and Business Development for Asia Pacific. A graduate of Harvard Business School, Mr. Shroder began his career at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he spent six years advising global businesses.
Matthew Shroder
Co-Founder, President, & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Shroder is a seasoned operator with extensive experience launching and scaling disruptive tech companies. As SVP of Global Operations & Expansion at Binance, he led international growth, helping establish the company as the world's leading crypto exchange. Before that, he was an early Uber employee, where he expanded many of the company's first markets in the US and abroad. During his more than 6-year tenure at Uber, Mr. Shroder held several leadership positions, most recently serving as the Global Head of Product Operations for Ridesharing.
Kristen Hecht
Chief Compliance Officer
Ms. Hecht has nearly 20 years of public and private sector experience. During her career, she served in a number of executive roles in the digital asset space to develop compliance programs and lead regulatory engagements. Notably, she was the Chief Compliance Officer at Facebook's (now Meta's) Novi digital asset wallet for the Diem blockchain and Paxos's Global Head of Compliance Programs. Most recently, Ms. Hecht served as the Deputy CCO at Binance in support of its resolution with the U.S. government. Earlier in her career, she worked for six years at HSBC in Asia, including as the Head of Financial Crime Compliance in China. Ms. Hecht spent the first nine years of her career at the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, working closely with FinCEN and OFAC.
Christopher Lalan
Chief Legal Officer
Mr. Lalan is a senior legal executive with over 20 years of experience in both traditional financial services and the digital assets space. He previously served as Deputy General Counsel for OKX, where he advised on global expansion and related licensing, corporate, policy, and regulatory matters. Prior to that, Mr. Lalan was Associate General Counsel at Circle, where he headed the Products & Regulatory legal team, including leading global licensing efforts, and served on Circle's Senior Leadership Team. Before entering the digital assets space, Mr. Lalan served in executive leadership roles in traditional financial services.
Brett Enclade
Chief Information Security Officer
Mr. Enclade brings over 20 years of cybersecurity expertise, with a strong focus on integrating security into transformative blockchain technology. He has a proven track record of building resilient cybersecurity programs that safeguard against emerging threats while enabling business growth. Prior to joining 1Money, he served as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Ripple, where he was responsible for securing payments, custody, and stablecoin products leveraging the XRP Ledger. During his tenure, he scaled the information security organization, strengthening governance, risk management, compliance, and operational capabilities. Before Ripple, Mr. Enclade held senior cybersecurity leadership roles at both global enterprises and high-growth startups, where he developed and led enterprise-grade security programs to protect complex, global systems.
1Money's Distinguished Board
of Directors
In addition to the Founders, 1Money's Board members exemplify the Company's dedication to responsible corporate governance, demonstrating a strong commitment to compliance and regulatory leadership in the stablecoin industry
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Kenneth A. Blanco (Ken)
Board Member
Mr. Blanco is a distinguished leader in domestic and international financial crime compliance and regulation. He previously served as Chief Compliance Officer of Citibank's Global Financial Crimes Unit, overseeing the firm's Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, Global Financial Crimes Investigations and Intelligence, and Anti-Bribery & Corruption programs. Prior to joining Citibank, Ken was the Director of FinCEN, the Chief Regulator and Administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act, and head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) for the United States, where he led efforts to combat domestic and international financial crimes and regulatory compliance and enforcement. Earlier, Mr. Blanco held a 22-year tenure at the U.S. Department of Justice, serving as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for more than a decade as well as the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, overseeing significant financial and international investigations and prosecutions involving white-collar fraud, public corruption, computer crime, kleptocracy, organized crime, and money laundering.
Michael Mosier
Board Member
Mr. Mosier brings decades of experience in financial crime prevention, digital assets and related blockchain analytics, and emerging technology regulation. He is a co-founder of Arktouros PLLC, a law and advisory boutique of former federal prosecutors dedicated to emergent technology. Michael has also served as in-house counsel at technology companies Chainalysis and Espresso Systems. During his tenure in public service, Mr. Mosier served as Acting Director and Deputy Director of FinCEN, as well as Associate Director at OFAC. Before that, he was a Deputy Chief in the Department of Justice's Money Laundering Section, where he created and led the Special Financial Investigations Unit. Mr. Mosier also served on the White House National Security Council as Director for Transnational Organized Crime.
Ed Roman
Board Member
Ed is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Hack VC. Prior to Hack, Ed was an angel-operator and seed venture capitalist for over 10 years, making more than 250 investments into early-stage tech and Web3 startups. He is also a three-time tech startup founder with two successful exits. A lifelong open-source developer, Ed has authored a best-selling book on software development.