Helping Innovative Companies Build, Scale, and Navigate Complex Markets
Technology + Markets
Product development and strategy, design partner sourcing, client discovery and adoption, capital raising, go-to-market strategy, and organizational and digital transformation services.
Leadership Across Emerging Technology, Government, Finance, and National Security
VirFin Solutions brings a multidisciplinary perspective to clients operating in highly regulated, technologically complex, and fast-changing markets
BUILT FOR CONSEQUENTIAL WORK
Public + Private
Cross-sector relationships and strategic partnerships, government relations, stakeholder mapping and engagement, coalition building, and federal/state outreach and advocacy.
Policy + Execution
Legislative and regulatory strategy, executive thought leadership, white papers and regulatory comments, model legislation, exit and acquisition planning, commercialization, and procurement advisory services.
WHERE INNOVATION MEETS EXECUTION
Novel Solutions for Innovation-Driven Leaders and Organizations
VirFin Solutions helps clients translate complex technologies and policy environments into practical strategies and measurable growth opportunities.
Artificial Intelligence Advisory
Quantum Technology Strategies
Cybersecurity Solutions
Digital Asset & Blockchain Services
Policy & Government Affairs
Business Development & Partnerships
Tech Adoption & Innovation
Regulatory Strategy & Solutions
Executive Advisory
OUR APPROACH
Clear objectives. Credible positioning. Sustained execution.
We work as an extension of client leadership by connecting technology, product, policy, regulatory, commercial, and communications priorities into one coherent strategy.
Understand the objective
Define the product, market, stakeholder, policy, or growth outcomes that matter most.
Map the environment
Identify customers, decision-makers, incentives, risks, timing, and credible pathways forward.
Build and execute the strategy
Develop positioning, relationships, product priorities, materials, and actionable engagement plans.
Former Idaho Securities Bureau Chief
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FORMER U.S. TREASURY NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIAL
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GOVERNMENT, REGULATORY & PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
LEADERSHIP
John Yaros
John Yaros is a finance, technology, and national security expert who currently serves as the President of VirFin Solutions a financial and technology strategic advisory firm that provides government relations, policy, business, and product solutions for clients. Yaros specializes in a wide array of disciplines including artificial intelligence, banking, cybersecurity/cybercrime, digital assets/distributed ledger technology, emerging technology, finance, fintech, illicit finance, money transmission, prediction markets, quantum, and securities/commodities.
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Previously, Yaros served in numerous high profile positions including leading the U.S Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’s (TFI) Terrorism and Nuclear Proliferation Team, conducting investigations for the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), advising AI, digital asset, fintech, quantum, and cybersecurity companies, managing cybersecurity audits at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and working in the securities industry at Morgan Stanley.Â
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Most recently Yaros was appointed Securities Bureau Chief for the state of Idaho where he managed a large team of financial professionals who investigated financial crimes and provided regulatory oversight for the over 153,000 entities and individuals that are licensed/registered to offer securities and financial services in Idaho. In this position he created and led the Idaho Financial Innovation Lab and was recognized as one of Idaho's 500 most influential people. He was also the Chair of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) Cybersecurity Committee and the Commodity Future Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Fraud Technology Disruption Group.   Â
Yaros also serves in a leadership role for Cyber Idaho and is a Board Member for the TechCongress Fellowship Program, a former Division 1 college ice hockey player, and a proud cancer survivor.