💡Colin Darke

• Collaborated with the CompliSun team to enhance the Compliance Management System at Checkbook. • Proactively identified and mitigated risks to safeguard the company’s interests.

As CEO of CompliSun, I help fintech companies turn complex regulatory obligations into clear, manageable systems. Through our fractional compliance, operations, and legal support—and our compliance-as-a-service platform—we automate and organize the Compliance Management System so teams can spend less time navigating regulations and more time building their businesses. With a background in law and regulatory compliance, I focus on equipping founders and operators with the structure, tools, and guidance they need to operate confidently in highly regulated environments. My work centers on simplifying complexity, aligning compliance with growth, and helping innovative companies move forward without compliance slowing them down. DM me to see how we can work together.

Senior Advisor for Fintech Training and Educational Programming - focused on providing practical training and educational programming for those new to fintech regulatory compliance (and those not so new, but wanting to level-up).

I joined the Rocket Family of Companies in 2015, playing an integral role in the genesis of its Fintech arm, Rocket Loans. As a member of both the Executive Team and the Board, my oversight over the years spanned compliance, legal, servicing, operations, marketing, and technology divisions. My true passion, however, always remained in nurturing and mentoring my teams. I took the initiative to reinforce this belief by helping structure the senior leadership training program for the Rocket Family of Companies. Further validating my commitment, I attained certification as a leadership coach, focusing on the continuous growth of senior leaders within our network. Another significant milestone during my tenure was the founding of the Online Lending Policy Institute. As its inaugural Chairman, I spearheaded efforts to enlighten thought leaders, regulators, and policymakers about pressing fintech concerns (hosting a popular summit in DC every year). It's noteworthy to mention that in 2021, OLPI merged with the Marketplace Lending Association, culminating in the birth of the American Fintech Council. A pivotal focus of mine remained the legal and compliance strategy of Rocket Loans, ensuring its robust alignment with industry standards and best practices. My interactions with various regulators and lawmakers yielded positive outcomes for Rocket. Additionally, I was privileged to be a part of the dynamic team that orchestrated Rocket Companies' going public in 2020, and I was instrumental in securing a federal government contract for Rocket.

The Online Lending Policy Institute is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Boston, MA. Our mission is to encourage responsible innovation in online lending through thought leadership and fostering a meaningful dialogue between policy makers, industry experts, and academics. Host of the annual policy summit which seeks to create opportunity for responsible industry participants to share insights, propose standards and provide regulators and policymakers with consensus viewpoints on the regulation of online lending. The Online Lending Policy Summit will include participants from across the Online Lending Industry, including: online lenders, academics, lawyers, banks, consumer advocates, regulatory agencies and many more.

I was Flagstar's in-house counsel supporting its community banking business, which includes deposits, branch inquiries, and consumer lending issues. I also supported Flagstar's servicing activities. I regularly advised Flagstar's lines of business on compliance with applicable state and federal consumer regulations (including Dodd Frank Act, TILA, ECOA, FCRA, FDCPA, SCRA, Reg. CC, Reg. DD, Reg. E).

Bank Regulatory and Debtor-Creditor Rights & Bankruptcy attorney I advised financial institutions on regulatory and consumer finance issues, represented large financial institutions in numerous complex loan workouts and restructurings, and represented automotive supplier companies in various troubled supplier matters and bankruptcy cases (including the General Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC bankruptcies) Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranks Bodman as one of Michigan's leading law firms in five of the six practice areas it ranks in Michigan, including ranking as the state’s top firm for Banking & Finance.

Assisted Professor Tamar Frankel with preparing her teaching book: Law and the Financial System (Securitization and Asset-backed securities). I assisted Professor Frankel with converting her treatise to a school textbook. In a recommendation letter that references this work, Professor Frankel stated, "Mr. Darke performed his task with flying colors. His grasp of complex material was extraordinary. His ability to offer suggestions in a way that demonstrated help without criticism was incredibly sensitive and helpful ... He understands complex problems quickly, evaluates the problems' different importance, simplifies the problems and communicates them well."

Performed legal research for the Legal Department for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. During this period, I wrote and gave a presentation to the Legal Department titled, "Asset Securitization: What is it?" which provided a broad overview of securitization law.

Attorney in Predatory Lending/Consumer Protection Clinic where I assisted Harvard Law School Professors and students primarily with bankruptcy matters.

LL.M. Scholar designation (scholarship); and awarded The A. John Serino Outstanding Graduate Banking Law Student Prize (scholarship “awarded to the student who displays outstanding overall performance, in terms of academic achievement and dedication to the highest standards of scholarship and service”)

Graduated cum laude, Dean’s List (every semester), Tutor: Tort law, Criminal law, and Civil Procedure