Leigh Curtis

About Leigh Curtis

Compliance-focused legal professional with sound business judgment and experience ensuring all business registration and licensure requirements meet federal, state, and local conditions for a money service business targeting digital currency. A lawyer, manager, and compliance specialist able to conduct investigations, review documents, evaluate information, and leverage legal research to secure licensing through the US. Skilled at interacting with regulatory compliance agents, legislative offices, and vendors to improve internal processes.Initiative-taking and accountable leader with unquestionable ethics, integrity, and current knowledge of licensing trends. Demonstrated success meeting deadlines and time constraints while deploying strong organizational skills to prioritize and multi-task. Able to communicate effectively to a diverse audience at multiple levels internally and externally. Core competencies:Digital Currencies Project & Organizational Management Process Improvements Licensure RequirementsKnowledge of Laws & Legal Codes Administrative Law Precedents Government Regulations & Compliance Professional Responsibility Document Drafting Writing Legal Research Due DiligenceMethods of Legal Research & Analysis Relationship Cultivation Communication Leadership

Experience

1. Licensing Manager, Compliance

   Tipalti

   Jun 2022 — Present

   Own accountability for Tipalti’s US licenses in 46 states, including DC, supporting a high-volume money transmitter business generating millions of dollars daily in daily transaction volumes in certain jurisdictions. Research, interpret and operationalize complex state regulatory requirements; prepare and submit license applications or amendments; manage ongoing compliance obligations; and service as the primary liason with state regulators. o Assisted the Chief Compliance Officer by taking the lead on all document gathering across numerous internal stakeholders for multiple state regulatory examinations, serving as a central point of coordination. Supported examination preparation by designing a structured documentation framework, assigning tasks, setting deadlines, tracking progress and providing executive level status updates throughout the examination lifecycle. o Assist the Chief Compliance Officer and other relevant stakeholders in drafting and submitting regulatory responses, remediation plans and follow-up materials. o Served as the lead point of contact for a multi-state unclaimed property audit covering 29 states, conducted by an external audit firm. o Develop and maintain internal guidelines, procedures and controls to ensure ongoing compliance with licensing, renewal, reporting and examination requirementso Manage all money transmitter licenses through the NMLS systemo Monitor and analyze evolving legal, regulatory and policy developmentso Implemented new tracking and monitoring processes o Took ownership of updating Tipalti’s Unclaimed Property Policy and partnered with relevant teams to ensure operational compliance. o Led license application efforts for Canada under the Bank of Canada’s new Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA) for two entities and have ownership of the Annual Reporto Manage money service business (MSB) registrations with FINTRAC for two entities

Education

• Cooley Law School

  Juris Doctor

  2013 — 2017

• East Carolina University

  BS, Public Relations

  2004 — 2008

• Hertford College at University of Oxford

  Summer Foreign Study Program, Law

  2016 — 2016