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Ryan Smedstad

AI Strategy & Solutions • Digital Visibility

A decade-plus across Fortune 500s, agencies, and startups, now architecting how organizations adapt to the AI era. Leading strategy, workflow transformation, and solution design that pair strategic judgment with hands-on execution. Grounded in digital discovery, web performance, and cross-functional marketing operations.

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Core Capabilities

Strategic Vision with Technical Knowledge

Deep expertise in AI systems, digital discovery, and data analysis integrated with enterprise strategy to drive innovation and growth.

Extensive Experience Across Industries

Proven success across diverse B2B and B2C sectors: e-commerce, finance, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare manufacturing

AI Transformation & Solution Design

Leading AI-era workflow transformation, solution architecture, and custom tool development. Equal comfort shaping strategy with leadership and building the systems that deliver on it.

Current Focus & Recent Highlight

Currently helping shape AI strategy and driving solution development within enterprise marketing and communications. Workflow transformation, custom tool design, and advisory to leadership on how AI reshapes digital discovery, user behavior, and marketing operations.

AI Transformation
Solution Design
Expertise
Innovation

Recent Highlight

The State of AI: 2025 Lookback & 2026 Shifts

Part 1

The State of AI: A 2025 Lookback

Adoption, enterprise use, technology leaps, and the open web

Part 2

AI-Driven Shifts for 2026

Where AI platforms compete next, enterprise adoption, and the open web

Expertise

AI Strategy & Implementation

Shaping enterprise AI strategy and building the solutions that deliver on it. Workflow transformation, custom tool development, and partnership across marketing, IT, and product teams.

Core Areas:

AI Transformation Applied AI Workflow Redesign Responsible AI Solution Design

SEO & Digital Discovery

A decade-plus across digital marketing strategy and technical implementation, now focused on how AI is reshaping discoverability across the full digital stack.

Core Areas:

AI-Era Search Semantic Optimization Site Architecture Global SEO Performance & Crawlability

AI Systems & Data Insights

Designing and deploying intelligent systems that pair AI capabilities with analytical rigor. Complex inputs turned into clear, actionable outputs.

Core Areas:

Agentic AI Workflow Orchestration Analytical Design Data Visualization RAG & Vector Indexing

Solutions & Experiments

AI Visibility Readiness

AI Readiness Analyzer dashboard displaying comprehensive domain analysis with overall readiness score, category breakdowns for bot access and structured data, and detailed recommendations

Comprehensive AI readiness assessment evaluating data, infrastructure, and organizational preparedness

Key Features:

AI Discoverability Modernization Internet Standards
Analyze AI Readiness

UX Bench

UX Bench dashboard showing Core Web Vitals analysis with LCP and INP metrics, competitive benchmarking against industry peers, and performance score visualization

Domain performance benchmarking with Core Web Vitals analysis and competitive comparisons

Key Features:

User Experience Web Vitals Web Accessibility
Launch UX Bench

Content Decoder

Content Decoder dashboard displaying multi-dimensional text analysis with readability scores, sentiment analysis, keyword distribution, target audience insights, and industry classification

Multi-dimensional text analysis with AI-powered insights for readability, sentiment, and audience targeting

Key Features:

Content Insights Theme Clarity Entity Recognition
Try Content Decoder

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Interested in discussing AI transformation, digital strategy, or potential collaborations? I'm always open to connecting with fellow innovators and organizations ready to drive transformation.

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