geodapp is a venture and applied-AI studio. It builds decision platforms for place-based markets, where settlement can't wait: energy, broadband, digital assets. Current research focus: real-time clearing on the XRP Ledger.
Thirty years turning high-stakes problems into products that last.
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Ron Swartz, Founder
The Name
geo
Markets rooted in geography. Energy grids. Broadband footprints. Locational pricing. Where a thing sits decides what it's worth.
dapp
Decentralized applications. Peers transact directly. Settlement runs on trust-minimized rails, not through an intermediary.
Multiply them and you get the bet: place-based markets are headed toward direct peer settlement on trust-minimized rails, energy first, and they will need decision intelligence to work. geodapp builds for that shift. The name came first, in 2021. The work grew into it.
XRPL Research
My research asks one question: can XRPL's payment channels, atomic swaps, tokenization primitives, RLUSD, and on-ledger DEX support marketplaces where peers transact directly within regulatory guardrails. The requirements are architectural, not optional: deterministic finality, programmable compliance, and token-based value exchange. Applied context: micropayments and peer-to-peer energy settlement. The goal: bring regulated, place-based markets onto XRPL rails, energy first. Ripple takes XRPL to institutions; geodapp builds for the layer beneath.
Prior work in this space: co-authored the Dominant Energy whitepaper (2024), a platform architecture for tokenized fractional energy assets, from token lifecycle and smart-contract revenue distribution to GIS-mapped asset views and secondary-market liquidity. The playbook is one I've run before: in the 1990s I helped move pharmaceutical regulatory submissions onto Adobe's PDF (InformationWeek, 1995), and that work is still in production.
"The most interesting problems I've worked on share a common structure: high-stakes decisions, real-time data, distributed participants, and a trust layer that doesn't exist yet. XRPL is the first settlement infrastructure I've seen that addresses all four simultaneously — at the speed markets actually require."
— Ron Swartz, geodappCurrent Engagements
Creative Velocity Group
Principal — Telecom Fiber To The Home (FTTH) Operations Consulting
Collaborating with founders to define vision, positioning, brand, and product architecture for a software-centric business transforming FTTH domain expertise into reusable business logic and scalable value.
Designing an AI-native modular product suite spanning eligibility screening, application assembly, bid optimization, and post-award compliance auditing for Telecom and Broadband ISPs.
creativevelocitygroup.com ↗AI Strategy Advisory
Founders & executive teams
Advising founders and executive teams on AI strategy, market positioning, business models, and commercialization, from first thesis to working prototype. Where the fit is right, engagements extend into operating and interim leadership roles.
XRPL Research
Independent — Blockchain Settlement Architecture
Actively evaluating Ripple's XRP Ledger platform capabilities — payment channels, atomic swaps, tokenization primitives, RLUSD settlement, and on-ledger DEX infrastructure — for incorporation into real-time peer-to-peer settlement architectures.
Assessing how XRPL's deterministic finality and regulatory-compliant transaction framework can power next-generation marketplace infrastructure. Primary applied context: peer-to-peer energy transaction settlement.
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Open to design partnerships, operating collaborations, and advisory engagements across AI, decision intelligence, and blockchain settlement.
Upcoming Event
Ripple Swell 2026: New York, October 27–29. The XRPL ecosystem's builders and institutional partners in one room. These are the conversations this research is built for.
Seeking design partners for a peer-to-peer energy settlement pilot on XRPL. I've helped a platform ecosystem grow before: built CoreDossier on Adobe's PDF in the 1990s, presented the approach at NIST, and helped move pharmaceutical regulatory submissions onto the format. That work is still in production. XRPL is the same play.