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Michael J. Stanton is the Chief Executive Officer at COMPLY, a global market leader in regulatory compliance solutions.

Michael assumed the role of CEO in April 2024 and is responsible for all day-to-day operations. He joined COMPLY from FTV Capital where he served as an operating advisor, counseling a range of FinTech and B2B SaaS businesses. Michael previously served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Diligent Corporation, a leading GRC software-as-a-service (SaaS) company providing solutions across governance, risk, and compliance.

Before his role at Diligent, Michael served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance & Treasurer at Blackboard Inc., the world's largest educational SaaS provider at the time – playing a pivotal role in that company’s IPO and subsequent sale to private equity.

Michael’s expertise in SaaS, financial strategy, and operational management has been recognized through media profiles and coverage in notable outlets such as the Associated Press, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, and The Washington Post.

Michael is active in a range of corporate, non-profit and philanthropic organizations as an advisor as well as board member. Michael received his bachelor's degree from the College of the Holy Cross.  He currently resides in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife and four children.

David Bliss joined the company in 2023 as chief product officer, leading the product management and user experience teams. David focuses on driving customer- and market-centric, outside-in product strategies to build innovative roadmaps and drive growth.  Prior to COMPLY, David held multiple leadership roles in the software space, including as the chief product officer at Calero, VP of product at CCC Intelligent Solutions, senior consultant at PwC and leader of the product marketing team at Accuity. David earned his MBA from Northwestern University and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois.

Arin Chassine joined the company in 2019 to begin building out the finance function. He was named chief of staff in early 2021, where he has been responsible for working alongside the leadership team on key strategic and cross-functional initiatives for the organization.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Chassine held various positions within the Asset Management Division of Credit Suisse, where he focused on private equity. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University.

Christopher DiTata, Esq. is the executive vice president, programmatic compliance at COMPLY. He joined the organization in 2021 as part of the acquisition of RIA in a Box, where he had served as vice president and general counsel since 2018. Prior to RIA in a Box, Mr. DiTata served as an associate at Babchik & Young, LLP, an attorney at Drechsler & Drechsler LLP and an associate at Goodwin Procter LLP.

Mr. DiTata is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Financial Planning Association and a licensed real estate broker. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the NYU School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

John Gebauer joined the company in 2021 as part of the acquisition of National Regulatory Services (NRS) and was named its chief regulatory officer in 2022.

Mr. Gebauer was named NRS president in 2006 and over the next 15 years helped grow the company into the nation’s leader in compliance solutions and services for financial services firms. Originally joining NRS in 1992 as an executive vice president and chief information officer, he was responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of industry leading software solutions, including early releases of the E-Z Registration software, the integration of acquired solutions, such as ComplianceMAX and the FIRE Solutions Blaze Platform, and guiding innovations in Blue Sky technology.

Before NRS, Mr. Gebauer served as a senior systems engineer at Mycroft, Inc., and as a systems engineer for the Grumman corporation, where he oversaw the deployment of large-scale military satellites and developed the algorithms used to determine the internal effects of multi-dimensional movement of objects in space.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University and has completed graduate studies in systems engineering at Polytechnic Institute. 

Jeff Hilk joined COMPLY in April 2024 as Chief Revenue Officer, responsible for revenue growth strategies and go-to-market execution across all customer segments from enterprise to SMB.

Jeff has 30+ years of experience in the tech industry, leading teams in account management, sales, product management, and engineering. Prior to COMPLY, Jeff provided consulting services to SaaS companies interested in optimizing commercial growth, as well as corporate clients and private equity firms interested in investing in the GRC software sector.

Previously, Jeff spent nearly 10 years in C-suite commercial leadership roles at Diligent, a leading Governance, Risk and Compliance SaaS provider. During this time, Jeff served as both Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Customer Officer as Diligent experienced explosive growth and emerged as the global leader in the GRC software space.

Prior to Diligent, Jeff held various leadership positions in large multi-national companies such as NCR, AT&T, and McDonnell-Douglas Aerospace, as well as smaller tech firms such as Boundless Corporation and BlueShark Technologies.

Jeff holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Bucknell University. He resides in New York City with his wife and two daughters.

Helen Johnson joined the organization in 2022 as the chief technology officer. Prior to that time, Ms. Johnson, served as the chief technology officer at Data Dynamics, Inc. and worked at AIG where she held numerous leadership positions, including serving as the global head of IT delivery partnership, head of science technology and chief data officer. She has also served at Thompson Reuters Eikon, RBS Global Banking and Markets, and Bloomberg, among others.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science and economics from Cornell University and currently serves as an advisory board member for Wallaroo Labs and Sorcero.

Bill Mahoney joined the company in 2021 as the chief customer officer. Previously, Mr. Mahoney served as vice president of customer operations at LeaseQuery, a three-time member of Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies list, where he was responsible for the customer facing, training and marketing teams. Prior to LeaseQuery, he was the vice president of education and enablement at SalesLoft, one of Atlanta’s fastest growing companies.

Mr. Mahoney holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Michigan University and an Executive Master of Business Administration from Goizueta Business School at Emory University. 

Eric Przybisiki joined the company as its general counsel in 2018 and was named chief legal officer in 2021. Prior to joining, Mr. Przybisiki served as the secretary and general counsel for the North American businesses of Atos (Euronext: ATO), a global IT outsourcing provider, where he oversaw and coordinated the legal strategy and affairs of its regional businesses and led the team responsible for all legal matters, including global outsourcing transactions, intellectual property, data privacy, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and procurement.

Mr. Przybisiki has spent more than 20 years in-house advising clients in the technology field, serving organizations, such as Hyperion Solutions, HSS, Westcon Group and Siemens on a myriad of matters related to their contracting, compliance, operations, product development and strategic growth initiatives.

He holds a Juris Doctorate from New York Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University. He is admitted to the bar in Connecticut and New York.

Daniel Sanders joined COMPLY in 2023 as the company’s chief financial officer. Mr. Sanders brings more than 30 years of global financial and operational experience with publicly traded venture capital-backed and private equity-funded technology companies. His experience includes three initial public offerings (IPOs), more than 20 merger and acquisition transactions, with two full exits, and participation in multiple fundraising events. 
 
Previously, Mr. Sanders served as vice president of finance at TraceLink, a SaaS provider of end-to-end supply chain solutions. Prior to TraceLink, he held executive finance positions as vice president of finance, cloud at UKG, formerly Kronos, a high growth SaaS software development company, and various director-level roles at NaviSite, BladeLogic and Panacos Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Sanders also previously served as a chief finance officer and vice president of finance at InfoRay Corp and interim chief financial officer at ON Technology. 

Mr. Sanders received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Southern New Hampshire University.  

Danielle Schlar joined the company in December 2019 as the chief people officer. Prior to that time, she was the global head of people at LRN and served as the vice president of human resources at Relationship Science, a start-up in the technology and information services space. Ms. Schlar has more than 15 years of experience in human resources and recruiting and a proven track record of building successful teams at growth-stage software companies.

She is certified as a senior professional in human resources (HRCI) and senior certified professional in human resources (SHRM). Ms. Schlar holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and a Master of Science in human resources management from New York University.

Wendy Werve joined as COMPLY’s Chief Market Officer in 2024, and is responsible for building and executing go-to-market strategies focused on generating awareness and demand globally for the company’s market-leading regulatory compliance software and solutions. She leads a high performing marketing team that includes growth and demand generation, field marketing, corporate communications, brand and creative, digital and performance marketing, and product marketing.

Prior to COMPLY, Wendy was CMO at Marigold (previously CM Group), a global MarTech software and services provider serving SMB, Mid, and Enterprise markets, where she  launched a unified brand, bringing together 6 stand-alone brands and teams, and  transformed the company’s go-to-market strategy. She has a proven record of building and scaling results-focused marketing teams and is passionate about data, metrics, ICPs and measuring and improving the ROI for marketing.

Over her 25+ year career, Wendy has served in various marketing and leadership roles at top B2B and B2B2C SaaS organizations, including Virgin Pulse (now Personify Health), Skillsoft, SumTotal Systems (now Cornerstone OnDemand), Metastorm (now OpenText), Plateau Systems (now SAP), Appian, and webMethods (now IBM), among others. She received a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Political Science from Marquette University. An avid runner and WHOOP enthusiast, Wendy currently resides with her husband and daughter in Northern Virgina.