WHO
Ryan J. Lee
Commerce, Fintech, and Logistics — specializing in Marketplaces
Silicon Valley founder turned AI enthusiast who built and delivered products for Apple, Visa, and several startups—across commerce, fintech, and logistics
Highlights
Fundraising, product leadership, and go-to-market at global scale
$33.2M
Capital raised
Raised for his own company as a founder—building and scaling venture-backed platforms
$150M+
Collective fundraising
Helped companies raise over $150 million across his startup career as operator and advisor
Apple Pay
Pre-launch product leader
Among the first product leaders recruited to shape the worldwide launch for the product millions use every day
Experience
Business leadership across both startups and global enterprises
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Trident Advisors
Building Trident Advisors to help startups and enterprises embed AI into how they operate—pairing fractional experts from world-class product teams with AI-native architecture patterns
- Drove client product and strategy to scale their business from $0 to $50M GMV
- Commissioned to build a prototype, pitch first customer, secured $2.5M seed
- Launched a product line in under a week contributing $5M in GMV
- Built the product roadmap and monetization levers for Series A and B
- Recrafted pitch deck and narrative for Series A to secure $5M investment
- Developed the Progressive Ai Maturity Model™ transforming product team
- Built an Ai-native form factor to meet the customer where they are
- Created a team of fractional "special forces" to accelerate client product
- Specializing in the impossible from idea to revenue at an insane speed
In the media
Coverage and conversations over the past 8+ years across interviews, press, speaking engagements, and video
Forrester · Nautical2023From Marketplace to Market Share: How Distributors Are Maximizing Marketplace ROI
Work with Ryan
Fractional product leadership, masterclasses, and AI-native architecture for teams shipping at enterprise scale