Summary
Suraj Swaminathan is a senior compliance technology leader with 11 years' experience designing and deploying AML transaction monitoring and sanctions screening solutions, currently leading the Transaction Monitoring & Sanctions Screening team at Coinbase. He combines an NYU M.S. in Data Science with a strong foundation in machine learning and computational statistics to build probabilistic and deterministic detection scenarios and customer segmentation models. His background at PwC’s Financial Crimes Unit involved architecting AML systems for global markets, trade finance and commercial wires, giving him deep domain expertise across bank-scale and crypto-native ecosystems. Known for translating complex regulatory requirements into operational, auditable systems, he balances technical rigor with product-facing delivery. Based in the UK, he brings both consultancy-derived breadth and in-house leadership depth, bridging data science research with pragmatic compliance engineering.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Data Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Data Science at New York University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology
English, Hindi, Tamil, French