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James Balbas

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Head of Sales Engineering at StarCompliance
📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States

James leads Sales Engineering at StarCompliance, leveraging extensive experience from his time at Pacific Life where he managed enterprise compliance programs. He is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach, with deep expertise in areas like Broker/Dealer supervision and Investment Adviser Code of Ethics.

His recent focus has been on the intersection of compliance and emerging technologies, particularly within the digital asset space. He actively engages with industry leaders on topics like tokenization and the future of capital markets.

He attended the CoinAlts 2025 conference to learn how tokenization is creating new opportunities in capital markets.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Head of Sales Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
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Digital Asset Regulation
He is actively following developments in crypto and tokenization, having recently attended the CoinAlts 2025 conference to engage with industry leaders.
Compliance Automation
In a previous role, he provided direction and support for the robotic process automation of compliance tasks, showing an interest in efficiency through technology.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Head of Sales Engineering
StarCompliance
1-2025 - 9-2025
Associate Director, Customer Success
StarCompliance
3-2020 - 12-2024
Associate Director, Relationship Manager
StarCompliance
7-2019 - 3-2020
Compliance Manager
Pacific Life
6-2018 - 6-2019
Compliance Supervisor
Pacific Life
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Education
2007 - 2009
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
California State University, Long Beach
Associate of Arts (AA)
Saddleback College
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