Summary
Bart Cant is a serial founder and technology leader with 11 years of experience building blockchain, digital asset, and AI solutions across financial services and hospitality. He co-founded and grew blockchain practices at Capgemini and IBM—scaling IBM’s Blockchain Services from 20 to 100 people—and now runs Rethink Labs while launching Msg2ai, an AI‑powered text messaging product for events and hospitality. His background blends strategy, architecture, and program leadership across payments, treasury, lending and regulatory reporting, enabling him to translate complex financial workflows into practical tokenization and AI roadmaps. A seasoned speaker and advisor, he mentors fintech startups and leads the Digital Asset Innovation Council to accelerate industry adoption. Notably, he holds a pending patent connecting SMS/text messaging to LLM infrastructure, reflecting a knack for marrying legacy channels with cutting‑edge AI. Based in Charlotte, he brings enterprise-scale delivery experience to early-stage product and market development.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Commercial Engineer, MS, Commercial Engineer at University of Antwerp
Summer Exchange, Summer Exchange at Georgetown University
Xaverius college
English, Dutch, French