Ryan Gledhill

About

I find markets that are structurally broken and build the infrastructure that fixes them using revolutionary technology. Across four founding journeys, my focus was on two things: bold technical vision and the team quality to execute it. In AI; blockchain infrastructure; fintech; carbon markets; and construction tech I've delivered against the same pattern: find a market that's structurally broken, architect a system that fixes it at the root, and ship it fast with a small, elite team. Currently focused on Agentic AI and its application to real-world problems. Some highlights: - At Contxt: Architected & built a multi-modal Agentic recruitment engine (voice, email, chat) responsible for tens of thousands of candidate touchpoints. Warm network mapping across 15m+ UK professional profiles is the superpower. - At Ivno (acquired by R3): Co-built what became Corda's stablecoin & token infrastructure used in a 28-entity global trial involving 18 banks and 3 securities exchanges. Tokens classified as HQLA L1 / Cash Equivalent. Also architected the Dynamic Rules Engine, extending Corda's static smart contract language into a real-time, multilaterally-enforced framework. The tech underpinned

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