Our Team

Meet the experienced professionals leading Surus in delivering institutional-grade custody and compliance solutions.

Patrick Murck

Founder & CEO

Co-founder and Principal at Plural VC. Previously, President & CLO at Transparent Systems, Special Counsel at Cooley LLP, and co-founder of Bitcoin Foundation. Advisor to IMF and Federal Reserve Bank of NY. Affiliate with Berkman Klein Center at Harvard and MIT-DCI.

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Bradley Gibson

Chief Technology Officer

Previously VP of Engineering at Transparent Systems. CEO at Human Enginuity and Co-Founder & CTO at LearnBIG (Acquired).

Bethany Wheeler

Chief Trust Officer

Previously, Chief Trust Officer at Paxos. Founder of Fiduciary Management Solutions. More than thirty years of experience in the trust industry.

Jennifer Hoopes

Chief Legal Officer

Previously, General Counsel at FarmTogether. Former General Counsel at Foreside Financial Group.

Melissa Wisner

Chief Compliance & BSA Officer

Previously Vice President of Crypto Risk at Mastercard, with extensive experience in crypto (Paxos) and compliance (HSBC). Former official at U.S. Treasury.

Tyler Whirty

Chief of Staff

Previously, investment associate at Plural VC. Former founder of HODLpac and research associate at the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives.

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Nathan Flint

Senior Software Engineer

Previously, Senior Engineer at Transparent Systems. Former Senior Software Engineer at Parametric. Drawn to the world changing potential of Bitcoin.

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Ava Trogus

Senior Software Engineer

Previously, software engineer at Transparent Systems.

Ericson Soares

Senior Software Engineer

Previously Head of Engineering at Spacedrive. Former Software Engineer at e-Xyon.

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Nikita B

Senior Software Engineer

Previously, Engineering Lead at Zenotta. Former Senior Software Engineer at Autonomi.

Kyrha Ruff

Business Development & Marketing

Investment Associate at Plural VC. Previously, Director of Brand Operations and Programming at The Post. Former Documentary Development Coordinator at Imagine Entertainment.

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Sierra Owens

Chief of Staff, Surus Trust Company

Previously Chief of Staff & Head of Operations at Frontlands, Inc. Formerly Chief of Staff for Global Banking at United Texas Bank.

Our Investors

Backed by leading venture capital firms and strategic investors

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