Mr. Rodriguez is assigned the role of Compliance Executive for USEND & Co Payments Inc. and AML Compliance Officer for USEND & CO Securities LLC (“USEND”). USEND is a US based fintech specializing in offering financial and non-financial services and was acquired by Banco USEND, a leading Brazilian supper app serving more than 25 million customers. The USEND platform offers both financial and non-financial products to immigrant clients living in the US and abroad seeking to gain the benefits from a Super App, as well, as Brazilian clients wanting to access international products. In this role at USEND, he will lead the Firm’s Global Financial Crime Compliance program which includes AML, Sanctions and Anti-Fraud program. Mr. Rodriquez will design, develop, implement and be responsible for the Enterprise Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) program, including systems, policies procedures and processes to identify, analyze, report, and manage Financial Crime risks. Rodriguez has broad and extensive experience in AML, Anti-Fraud, Sanctions and holds the CAMS certification.

Mr. Rodriquez’s background includes over 20 years of experience as a Money Service Business/Fintech Financial Crime and Regulatory Compliance Executive. This includes navigating challenging financial crime issues with a pragmatic business-oriented mindset. Mr. Rodriguez has built, implemented, and maintained anti-money laundering, and global economic sanctions programs for North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

For the last 10 years, Mr. Rodriguez oversaw the financial crime risk management framework and compliance programs at AFEX now CORPAY which offers a comprehensive range of global payment and risk management solutions in three continents. Mr. Rodriguez was responsible for design and direction of the company’s Enterprise Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) program, including systems, policies procedures, and processes to identify, analyze, report, and manage enterprise Financial Crime risks. This included the oversight of existing and emerging financial crime risks and formulating and implementing appropriate risk management techniques to improve the overall internal controls.

Mr. Rodriguez is currently an Advisory Board Member of the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at the University of New Haven, and an ACAMS Advisory Board Member representing the MSB industry, as well as a non-for-profit Operational Warrior Shield.

Mr. Rodriguez has achieved the following qualifications Certified Public Accountant, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, Certified International Privacy Professional, a Diploma in Investment Compliance (UK) issued by the Charter Institute for Securities and Investments, a Certificate in Cyber Security Oversight issued by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, and a Certified Crypto-Currency Risk Specialist.