Phil Strauss

Phil Strauss has more than 20 years of diverse experience at the intersection of law, business, technology, privacy and compliance in the San Francisco Bay Area. Phil is the VP & Chief Compliance Officer for Rakuten USA, where he started the Americas privacy and compliance functions, 12 business units in the Americas for Japanese e-commerce giant, Rakuten, Inc. Phil was previously General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at Ebates Inc., a shopping rewards company acquired by Rakuten in 2014.

Phil has had several other General Counsel, CPO and CCO positions: Health Fidelity, Inc. (health care analytics software); MarketTools, Inc. (market research software, now Survey Monkey); Actuate Corporation (enterprise software, now OpenText); and Brio Software (enterprise software, now Oracle). Phil was also a Director at KPMG LLP and an associate at Shearman & Sterling and Jones Day. Phil holds a B.A. in International Relations from Emory University, a J.D. from Duke University, and an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, where he has served as Adjunct Faculty, teaching business law.

Education

• Doctor of Law - JD Duke University School of Law
• Master of Business Administration - MBA University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
• Bachelor of Arts - BA Emory University
• Cleveland Heights High School
• U.S. Capitol Page School

Companies

• Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer StockX (2021)
• Advisory Board Member Parley Pro (2020)
• Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Rakuten Americas (2017 — 2021)
• Consultant (Ebates) Rakuten Americas (2015 — 2017)
• Vice President, Operations & General Counsel; Chief Privacy & Compliance Officer Health Fidelity (2015 — 2017)
• General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Rakuten Rewards (Ebates) Rakuten Americas (2014 — 2015)
• Associate General Counsel, Rakuten Rewards (Ebates) Rakuten Americas (2013 — 2014)
• Director, Advisory KPMG (2011 — 2013)
• Consultant, Business Development and Operations Ironstrauss Consulting (2009 — 2011)