Profiles, not proof
CVs and bios rarely show what someone delivered, in what setting, and at what level of responsibility. Gartner forecasts one in four candidate profiles could be fake by 2028.[1]
EMPLOYER-SIGNED WORK RECORDS · RIGHT-SIZED EXPERT DECISIONS
Expert work should be
proven.
Not just claimed.
TalentLedger is designed to turn delivered work into portable evidence — and help companies buy the expertise a task needs with an AI fit-check and a clear record of the decision.
JooLC Tech s.r.o. · Prague · Pre-seed · Product in development
EMPLOYER-SIGNED WORK RECORD ✓
Proof that travels.
Role · Deliverables · Responsibility
Illustrative record✓ Issuer verified
ILLUSTRATION · PLANNED PRODUCTSTUDIO · AI FIT-CHECK
The expertise needed.
The evidence behind it.
The evidence behind it.
A proposed team. A clear rationale.
A human makes the decision.
✦ Every assignment strengthens the next decision
01 / THE THESISScroll to discover ↓
01 / THE PROBLEM
Regulated enterprises buy
expertise with imperfect evidence.
Banks, utilities and IT firms often vet external experts from profiles that are difficult to check and specify seniority by habit. Evidence of what a person actually delivered can stay inside the vendor and be rebuilt at every engagement.
Seniority by habit
Requests can follow precedent rather than the task. Studio is designed to compare the evidence and show a documented, right-sized alternative.
Registers under pressure
Financial entities must maintain registers of ICT third-party arrangements. In the supervisors’ dry run, only 6.5% of 947 submitted registers passed all checks.[2] This concerns register quality, not a requirement for individual work credentials.
OUR THESIS
Employer-signed records make expertise legible. A fit-check can make the decision more economical. A logged decision makes the reasons visible.
02 / WHY NOW
Four shifts.
One window.
Pressure on adviser spend
A Financial Times report describes two European banks cutting external-consultant spend by 24% and 9% in the first half of 2026. [3] Buyers are looking for ways to connect cost with outcomes.
Profiles are harder to trust
Gartner forecasts that one in four candidate profiles could be fake by 2028. [1] Employer-signed records are designed to support verification alongside conventional checks.
Credentials have matured
W3C Verifiable Credentials 2.0 became a Recommendation in May 2025; EU member states are due to offer digital-identity wallets by 24 December 2026. [4][5] The planned issuer stack is open source. [6]
A window to prepare
The EU has set 2 December 2027 for the application of rules for stand-alone high-risk AI systems, which may include employment tools. [7] The Decision Packet is designed to support applicable documentation and human oversight.
03 / THE PRODUCT · THREE ARTEFACTS
Bring the experts you use.
Make the next decision better.
Start with a company’s existing contractors. Add a fit-check for new requests and a clear record of each decision.
01EXISTING EXPERT POOL · STAGE 1
Verified work records.
Proof that travels.
Planned employer-signed records capture role, period, deliverables and responsibility. Professionals hold the record; future clients can check it.
DELIVER → SIGN → KEEP → REUSE
02EVERY NEW REQUEST · STAGE 1
Studio fit-check.
The expertise the task needs.
Studio is designed to compare the request with verified evidence, propose a right-sized team and show the potential saving using the client’s rates. A human with authority makes the decision. An optional outcome fee may be tied to documented savings.
DEFINE → COMPARE → EXPLAIN → HUMAN DECISION
03PROCUREMENT, RISK & AUDIT · STAGE 1
Decision Packet.
Evidence behind the decision.
A planned timestamped, hash-chained record of the inputs, outcome, reviewer and reasons. Designed to support procurement review and applicable AI Act evidence duties. [7]
DECIDE → LOG → EXPLAIN → AUDIT
STAGE 1 · Records + Studio with design partners · planned from Q4 2026STAGE 2 · Verified placement, subject to permit and legal review · 2027–2028STAGE 3 · Ladder and verification API · 2028+
THE COMPOUNDING ADVANTAGE
More than a profile.
A record that grows.
01
Record
Employer signs what was delivered.
02
Right-size
Studio proposes the team the task needs.
03
Decide
A human decides; the reasons are logged.
04
Deliver
The outcome becomes the next record.
TRUST INFRASTRUCTURE
Built for scrutiny.
Designed for portability.
Trust should be visible in the product. Legal points are design intent; an opinion on platform work and agency questions is planned for Q1 2027.
Discuss technical architecture ↗Signed by the source
Records are designed as portable verifiable credentials on an open-source issuer stack. [4][6] The classification of employer work records under eIDAS 2 and wallet compatibility remain subject to legal and technical review.
AI proposes. People decide.
No score of any person is planned for publication. An authorised reviewer can change the proposal; this design considers GDPR Article 22, the SCHUFA judgment and applicable AI Act human-oversight duties. [8][7]
Portable proof. Protected data.
Personal data is planned for EU-region systems. The tamper-evident audit design anchors hashes and timestamps; linkable hashes may still be personal data. TalentLedger will not hold client or contractor funds. ClearChain remains a separate future option in the source report.
Prove the design before scaling
The Czech Platform Work Bill remained before Parliament on 26 October 2026; its proposed 1 January 2027 start depends on enactment. [9] Placement is planned only after required permits and legal review; a permit alone does not determine employment status.
05 / WHO BUYS
Start where evidence matters.
Buyers include procurement, CROs, CISOs and delivery partners. Sectors are research-led; client demand is yet to be confirmed.
Banking & financial services
The ECB found many outsourced critical functions difficult to substitute; its analysis used year-end 2023 data. [10] Buyer: CRO / third-party risk, CISO.
Energy & utilities
The IEA reports widespread hiring bottlenecks. [11] Relevant Czech infrastructure and cybersecurity obligations depend on an entity’s scope. [12] Buyer: resilience, CISO, procurement.
IT services & consultancies
Covered providers face cybersecurity personnel-assurance requirements. [13] Buyer: compliance, CISO and delivery partners.
Public sector · wave two
Czech tender requirements can include technical qualifications and subcontractor information. [14] Buyer: procurement and legal.
Planned sector confirmation includes budget-owner interviews and paid letters of intent. Companies are named only after confirmation and consent.
BUSINESS MODEL
The buyer funds it.
Professionals keep the proof.
Start in banking, energy and IT services, where the founder knows the buying problem. Confirm demand with budget owners before naming clients or expanding.
01 / COMPANY · PLANNED
Work records
€15–40 per contractor per month; minimum €500 per month. Start with the experts a company already uses.
02 / COMPANY · PLANNED
Studio
€5K paid pilot, then annual Pro at €9K and Enterprise at €30K. An optional fee may be tied to documented savings.
03 / LATER STAGE · PLANNED
Verified placement
Planned fee of 12–18% of contract value. Offered only after the required employment-agency permits and legal review.
04 / LATER STAGE · PLANNED
Learning & verification
Funded Ladder partnerships and a verification API for screening and recruitment software. Introduced only when demand and delivery are validated.
Non-negotiable: professionals never pay for their records, access to jobs, visibility or ranking.
GO-TO-MARKET
Start with a real buyer.
Grow into the bigger vision.
Records + Studio
Test historical requests and issue first records with design partners. Start in Czechia, then confirm demand in Slovakia and Poland.
Verified placement
Connect buyers with the verified pool, subject to permits, legal review and demonstrated demand. Test adjacent EU markets.
Ladder + verification
Bring gamified learning and emerging talent into the loop through funded partnerships. Extend verification to partner software.
THE THIRD LEG · LADDER · STAGE 3
Where verified supply
can begin.
Every verified record starts with a first assignment. Ladder is a planned gamified pathway for 16–26-year-olds: challenges, competence levels and a first verified assignment, connected to the same portable work record. It is planned free for participants through funded learning and early-talent partnerships after the enterprise core is validated.
01 / Discover02 / Develop03 / Verify04 / Work
07 / TEAM
Built by the buyer.
Experience across regulated industry, technology and finance — with Adam leading the company and Luis leading the build.
Employers and holdings named in biographies are not presented as TalentLedger clients or partners. Founder commitments and related-party declarations can be reviewed in the data room.
FOUNDERS
Adam Sliwka
Director at KPMG CEE Advisory, serving CEE utilities for six years in enterprise strategy, business development and transformation; full-time on TalentLedger from closing. Earlier an investor and Chief Business Development Officer at accredi, a regulated e-money institution he exited; it operates today as Cyrrus FX.
Luis Molero Castro
Built and ran a US technology company and founded the advanced-analytics approach to fraud detection at Iberdrola. Technical adviser to telecom and utility operators on smart-grid analytics; more than ten years working with the founder through LyT Consulting. Full-time from closing.
Ivana Sliwková
Head of Hedging Operations and ALM at Komerční banka; co-owner of the McKay group, spanning energy advisory, facility management, digital advisory and workforce supply. Owns privacy, GDPR and AI governance with an external data-protection officer.
TECHNICAL TEAM (contract)
Jiří Kram
Platform architecture: cloud, data and AI architect, previously at Oracle, Accenture and Deloitte.
Jiří Mojžíš
CTO of Analytics Data Factory, Prague; over 15 years building data and compliance platforms in banking, insurance and telecom, including fraud-loss reduction and regulatory-readiness programmes.
ADVISORY BOARD
Marek Dotlačil
Nearly thirty years in banking; mathematician and former ALM, deputy CFO and ALCO leader at Komerční banka.
Petr Brávek
Former Erste Group C-suite executive.
André Dravecký
Founder of Ringil; go-to-market and investor perspective.
PRE-SEED · A 21-MONTH PLAN
Prove the loop.
Then earn the right to scale.
Seeking €1.2M in convertible pre-seed funding to build the core product and validate demand. The wider plan assumes €100K of committed founder capital and €200K of CzechInvest support: application planned, not awarded.
Request the investment memo ↗Data room on request: use of funds, founder commitments, related-party declarations, sector study and a legal opinion once issued.
PRE-SEED CAPITAL SOUGHT
€1.2M
OBJECTIVES BY MID-2028 · NOT RESULTS- At least 12 paying clients across two countries
- 2,000 professionals with verified work records
- 500 Decision Packets with measured savings
- Evidence of retention and readiness to scale
What exists today: the concept, technical design, sector study and confirmation process. The proof of concept is planned for November 2026–February 2027 on founder capital. Figures shown are forward-looking objectives, not achievements.
QUESTIONS THAT MATTER
Clear answers.
No hype.
What is the first product?
Verified work records and Studio for companies and the external experts they already use. This gives us a focused starting point without needing an open marketplace.
Does AI decide who gets work?
No. Studio is designed to propose a fit and explain its reasoning. A human with authority to change the recommendation makes the decision.
How will work be verified?
The employer will sign the role, period, deliverables and responsibility. The professional will hold a portable credential, with the issuer and validity checkable by a future client.
What is live today?
The product is in development. The page illustrates the planned experience; it does not claim live customers, issued credentials or achieved savings.
Can I become a design partner?
The planned offer is a paid three-month pilot in banking, energy and utilities or IT services in Czechia, Slovakia or Poland: records for the existing contractor pool, fit-checks on ten requests, and a Decision Packet for each. The planned pilot fee is €5K, after a budget-owner interview. Write to adam@joolc.com.
Who are your first clients?
We name sectors rather than companies until a client confirms and agrees to be named. The opening focus is banking, energy and utilities, and IT services.
Is this a blockchain or cryptocurrency venture?
No. Records are planned as verifiable credentials; the decision log is designed as a permissioned, hash-chained, timestamped audit trail. There is no token, no crypto payment and no public-chain identity.
What happened to Ladder?
Ladder remains the third leg after work records and Studio. It is planned for 2028+ through funded learning partnerships, free for participants.
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