Ryan Orton
Venture Partner at Brain-Too-Free Ventures- Claim this Profile
Click to upgrade to our gold package
for the full feature experience.
Topline Score
Bio
Sergey Klinkov
I've had the pleasure of working with Ryan the past year, he is certainly a team player supporting & impacting across the business including our website refresh, podcasting, event planning & presenting. His positive attitude and willingness to go above and beyond have made a big difference.
Ted Simendinger
Ryan is a very thoughtful professional--a thinker who processes options and ideas wider and deeper than most. When I was writing my most recent book, I credited and quoted his thoughtful words verbatim. This is high praise, as it was obvious to me that Ryan, as usual, thought before he spoke. He is a forward-thinker in a business climate that lacks enough of them. Professional, consistent, and reliable, Ryan Orton is a winner.
Gary Allinson
I first met Ryan in 2016, from the first moment I met him, there was a sense of warmth and loyalty as an individual coupled with a vast knowledge and experience of the Payments Industry as a professional. Ryan has an innate ability to build value around a product, service or a partnership. His commercial awareness is unparalleled and he is unfazed by the size of the task - dealing with customers and partners around the world, on a global scale. I admired how Ryan always finished at the top of the European Sales Performance board for revenue generation and he always joined the annual Presidents Club. I particularly enjoyed working with Ryan as our blended skills, ranging from commercial, solution, technical to operational accelerated some wonderful partnerships across CyberSource and Visa. Ryan is leading large FI deals today and I expect to see more success, albeit long tail. I hope to see Ryan sharing his knowledge and expertise with the next generation of Fintech employees as he has a lot to offer.
Sergey Klinkov
I've had the pleasure of working with Ryan the past year, he is certainly a team player supporting & impacting across the business including our website refresh, podcasting, event planning & presenting. His positive attitude and willingness to go above and beyond have made a big difference.
Ted Simendinger
Ryan is a very thoughtful professional--a thinker who processes options and ideas wider and deeper than most. When I was writing my most recent book, I credited and quoted his thoughtful words verbatim. This is high praise, as it was obvious to me that Ryan, as usual, thought before he spoke. He is a forward-thinker in a business climate that lacks enough of them. Professional, consistent, and reliable, Ryan Orton is a winner.
Gary Allinson
I first met Ryan in 2016, from the first moment I met him, there was a sense of warmth and loyalty as an individual coupled with a vast knowledge and experience of the Payments Industry as a professional. Ryan has an innate ability to build value around a product, service or a partnership. His commercial awareness is unparalleled and he is unfazed by the size of the task - dealing with customers and partners around the world, on a global scale. I admired how Ryan always finished at the top of the European Sales Performance board for revenue generation and he always joined the annual Presidents Club. I particularly enjoyed working with Ryan as our blended skills, ranging from commercial, solution, technical to operational accelerated some wonderful partnerships across CyberSource and Visa. Ryan is leading large FI deals today and I expect to see more success, albeit long tail. I hope to see Ryan sharing his knowledge and expertise with the next generation of Fintech employees as he has a lot to offer.
Sergey Klinkov
I've had the pleasure of working with Ryan the past year, he is certainly a team player supporting & impacting across the business including our website refresh, podcasting, event planning & presenting. His positive attitude and willingness to go above and beyond have made a big difference.
Ted Simendinger
Ryan is a very thoughtful professional--a thinker who processes options and ideas wider and deeper than most. When I was writing my most recent book, I credited and quoted his thoughtful words verbatim. This is high praise, as it was obvious to me that Ryan, as usual, thought before he spoke. He is a forward-thinker in a business climate that lacks enough of them. Professional, consistent, and reliable, Ryan Orton is a winner.
Gary Allinson
I first met Ryan in 2016, from the first moment I met him, there was a sense of warmth and loyalty as an individual coupled with a vast knowledge and experience of the Payments Industry as a professional. Ryan has an innate ability to build value around a product, service or a partnership. His commercial awareness is unparalleled and he is unfazed by the size of the task - dealing with customers and partners around the world, on a global scale. I admired how Ryan always finished at the top of the European Sales Performance board for revenue generation and he always joined the annual Presidents Club. I particularly enjoyed working with Ryan as our blended skills, ranging from commercial, solution, technical to operational accelerated some wonderful partnerships across CyberSource and Visa. Ryan is leading large FI deals today and I expect to see more success, albeit long tail. I hope to see Ryan sharing his knowledge and expertise with the next generation of Fintech employees as he has a lot to offer.
Sergey Klinkov
I've had the pleasure of working with Ryan the past year, he is certainly a team player supporting & impacting across the business including our website refresh, podcasting, event planning & presenting. His positive attitude and willingness to go above and beyond have made a big difference.
Ted Simendinger
Ryan is a very thoughtful professional--a thinker who processes options and ideas wider and deeper than most. When I was writing my most recent book, I credited and quoted his thoughtful words verbatim. This is high praise, as it was obvious to me that Ryan, as usual, thought before he spoke. He is a forward-thinker in a business climate that lacks enough of them. Professional, consistent, and reliable, Ryan Orton is a winner.
Gary Allinson
I first met Ryan in 2016, from the first moment I met him, there was a sense of warmth and loyalty as an individual coupled with a vast knowledge and experience of the Payments Industry as a professional. Ryan has an innate ability to build value around a product, service or a partnership. His commercial awareness is unparalleled and he is unfazed by the size of the task - dealing with customers and partners around the world, on a global scale. I admired how Ryan always finished at the top of the European Sales Performance board for revenue generation and he always joined the annual Presidents Club. I particularly enjoyed working with Ryan as our blended skills, ranging from commercial, solution, technical to operational accelerated some wonderful partnerships across CyberSource and Visa. Ryan is leading large FI deals today and I expect to see more success, albeit long tail. I hope to see Ryan sharing his knowledge and expertise with the next generation of Fintech employees as he has a lot to offer.
Experience
-
Brain-Too-Free Ventures
-
Singapore
-
Financial Services
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Venture Partner
-
May 2023 - Present
-
-
-
Finery Markets
-
Cyprus
-
IT Services and IT Consulting
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Managing Director
-
May 2022 - Oct 2023
Delighted to be offered the role of MD @Finery Markets with key responsibilities for Strategy & Growth. Wow this industry moves fast!!
-
-
Business Development Director
-
Jan 2022 - May 2022
Global Marketplace for Crypto Liquidity & Execution
-
-
-
Unizest
-
United Kingdom
-
Financial Services
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Partner & Business Development Advisor (Contract)
-
Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
-
-
-
OnMoni
-
London Area, United Kingdom
-
Business Development Advisor - Crypto (Contract)
-
Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
Business Development in a world of crypto that is a decentralized & inclusive financial infrastructure for ALL. Business Development in a world of crypto that is a decentralized & inclusive financial infrastructure for ALL.
-
-
-
Visa
-
United States
-
IT Services and IT Consulting
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Strategic Alliances Director
-
Feb 2015 - Apr 2021
Responsible for building strategic, relevant global partnerships. Passionate about innovation, ecommerce & the world of crypto. Multi Year entrant to Visa Pinnacle Club- Top 2% of Visa for revenue generation Part of initial niche team selected to devise the strategy for a global Visa Acquiring solutions strategy Managed the link between Cybersource and the Visa Innovation centres Mentored to promotion four people in three years Responsible for building strategic, relevant global partnerships. Passionate about innovation, ecommerce & the world of crypto. Multi Year entrant to Visa Pinnacle Club- Top 2% of Visa for revenue generation Part of initial niche team selected to devise the strategy for a global Visa Acquiring solutions strategy Managed the link between Cybersource and the Visa Innovation centres Mentored to promotion four people in three years
-
-
-
Paysafe
-
United Kingdom
-
Financial Services
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Head of Sales, Partnerships & Relationship Management
-
Feb 2014 - Jan 2015
Responsible for European P&L Digital Ecommerce strategy & revenue, managing a team of twelve across European region. Creating, coaching, generating profit by creating relevant customer centric solutions in conjunction with Product & Marketing teams. Constructed a new pricing model to reflect true revenue and costings for the digital ecommerce business Responsible for European P&L Digital Ecommerce strategy & revenue, managing a team of twelve across European region. Creating, coaching, generating profit by creating relevant customer centric solutions in conjunction with Product & Marketing teams. Constructed a new pricing model to reflect true revenue and costings for the digital ecommerce business
-
-
-
J.P. Morgan
-
United States
-
Financial Services
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Sales Director (JP Morgan Commerce Solutions)
-
Mar 2010 - Feb 2014
Responsible for building the European ecommerce business Responsible for building the European ecommerce business
-
-
-
First Data Corporation
-
United States
-
IT Services and IT Consulting
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Area Sales Manager
-
Oct 2008 - Mar 2010
Promoted from Senior Business Development Manager to Area Sales Manager to acting Regional Sales Manager responsible for running a team of 25 Business Development Managers across the Southern region and regional P&L.
-
-
Senior Business Development Manager
-
Jun 2006 - Oct 2008
Responsible for winning new non banked business for The London & South East region. Awarded the accolade of BDM of the year 2008 for European team
-
-
-
Barclaycard
-
United Kingdom
-
Financial Services
-
700 & Above Employee
-
New Business Manager
-
Nov 2004 - Jun 2006
To actively hunt new Acquiring and Issuing business through the Barclays Bank network and cold calling To actively hunt new Acquiring and Issuing business through the Barclays Bank network and cold calling
-
-
-
Continental Snacks
-
Kent
-
Director
-
Jul 2002 - Nov 2004
A self start snack business. Products sourced from across Europe and Sold/Wholesale mainly in the UK A self start snack business. Products sourced from across Europe and Sold/Wholesale mainly in the UK
-
-
-
Sainsbury's
-
United Kingdom
-
Retail
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Dry Good Manager
-
1994 - 1997
-
-
Education
-
1999 - 2002
Canterbury Christ Church University
BA Hons, Business with I.T -
1987 - 1994
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Rochester
Community
