Ryan C.

Head of Product at Risk Labs (Across and UMA Protocol)

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

About

Product leader who builds at every layer — product strategy, UX, system and API design, data and ML pipelines — all the way to rewiring product discovery and delivery with AI. Built product and data organizations from the ground up for financial systems: grew payments infrastructure from <1% to 35% market share, processing $37B+ in volume and scaled the resolution system powering the world's largest prediction market. Working at the frontier of AI-native product development, because the best products demand it.

Experience

  • Risk Labs Foundation (Full-time · 3 yrs 10 mos)
    • Head of Product
      Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

      Leading product across both protocols — Across (leading cross-chain bridge, ~35% market share, $37B+ volume) and UMA (oracle powering Polymarket). Grew Across 10x in volume, 31x in users, from <1% to 35% market share. Helped lead the team that built the AI-powered oracle achieving 99.5% accuracy, enabling Polymarket to become the world's largest prediction market.

    • Product Lead
      Sep 2022 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      First product hire. Built the first intents-based bridge delivering industry-leading speed and capital efficiency, landing integrations with Uniswap, Coinbase, and MetaMask. Implemented a cross-chain interoperability architecture that became the dominant framework in the Ethereum ecosystem. Shipped cross-chain swaps, multi-modal routing, ML-driven relayer selection, and core bridging infrastructure across 25+ chains.

  • Senior Product Manager at BlockFi
    Jun 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Owned the retail trading product line across web and mobile for a crypto wealth management platform backed by Valar Ventures and Coinbase Ventures. Launched 24 cryptocurrencies driving +10% MoM revenue growth, upgraded the trading pricing engine via real-time hedging integration, and delivered first-to-market crypto tax features under shifting regulatory conditions.

  • Product Manager at Zylo
    Oct 2018 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Led two cross-functional teams (15 engineers) across integrations and platform for a SaaS Management category creator backed by Bessemer and Menlo Ventures. Built an automated payment classification pipeline powered by an LSTM neural network with human-in-the-loop feedback for continuous model improvement. Shipped the Salesforce integration that drove $340K in customer savings within 3 months of launch.

  • Co-Founder & CEO at Zensei, Inc.
    Oct 2016 - Sep 2018 · 2 yrs

    Founded a digital fitness marketplace connecting consumers with online fitness coaches.

  • ExxonMobil (3 yrs 3 mos)
    • Program Manager
      Apr 2016 - Sep 2016 · 6 mos

      Led site-level execution programs across ExxonMobil's U.S. retail fuel network of 11,000+ stations.

    • Senior Business Analyst
      Jul 2013 - May 2016 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Economic and market analysis for capital projects across natural gas, midstream processing, and pipeline infrastructure in North and South America