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Ruan Odendaal

Head of Product at Findable AI

AI-native product leader who ships code — and presents to the board. 15 years in B2B SaaS across VC-backed startups and £1B+ enterprises, owning product, design and the commercial motion end to end. Currently Head of Product at Findable AI.

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Findable AI

Findable AI

Head of Product · 2025 – present

AI asset intelligence for real estate — ingestion, classification, lease abstraction and portfolio-level querying for commercial real estate professionals.

Remy AI

Remy AI

Director of Product · Nomad Homes · 2023 – 2025

A 0→1 generative-AI assistant for real estate agents — voice, SMS, WhatsApp and email in one place. Idea to 30 paying customers in 8 weeks.

News UK

News UK

Head of Customer & Monetisation Platform · 2019 – 2021

Led a 70-person platform team across three global locations — owning subscriptions, billing and proposition management behind The Times, The Sun and talkSPORT, and shipping early ML/AI at scale.

Bear Notes MCP Server

Bear Notes MCP Server

Creator · Open source · 2025

A custom Model Context Protocol server giving Claude direct access to 1,000+ personal markdown notes.

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