Melissa is a financial crime expert with over 10 years of industry experience in fraud and compliance. She began her career at Linden Lab where she was a founding Compliance team member building the compliance framework around Second Life’s virtual token, and worked toward launching Tilia, Linden Lab’s regulated payments entity. After Tilia, Melissa joined Ripple where she spent close to four years in a fundamental role managing its Investigations Program and deepening her knowledge of virtual assets and blockchain technology.