Meet The Team

Rod
Smyth Conceived by a team who have created and re-invented Talent Acquisition and Staffing Technology. CEO

Repeat entrepreneur, Rod has successfully created 5 businesses, exited 4, and been embedded in recruiting and staffing technology for over 25 years Glyde is the dream that gave 3 individually successful friends an opportunity to come together, leveraging their skills, experience, knowledge and networks to redefine recruiting in the next decade. COO

Sailor, creator, connector, father, husband and travel addict, Shane has walked many paths from physics, to private equity and founding member of 2 successful exits in the Talent Acquisition space Shane
Grey Kelly has a track record of creating and building world class companies in staffing, job advertising technology (Broadbean) and Media Kelly
Robinson Our story is being written by people with a burning desire to create magical journeys for talent.

Leadership Team

Working with exceptional people like these, with proven record of results and staffing and recruiting expertise.

stephen
Stephen Peare, CFO
Stephen has experience managing corporate finance across Europe and US. Prior to joining Glyde Stephen was CFO for a RPO business.
erik
Erik Barrera, Product Owner
With a background in actuarial science and working on analytics products in Amex, Erik previously worker with Rod and Shane as product lead in Shiftfillers before its acquisition in 2023
David
David Manning, General Counsel
Previously a partner at a large lawfirm, David work with Rod previously in Erecruit before moving on to work with an Industrial AI technology company

Will our story include you?

Our core values at Glyde guide us, they are a direct
reflection of the founding team, not aspirations,
find out if they matter to you

Our Story So Far