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Multi-skilled Operator | Operations, B2B Outbound & AI Systems | EUR 36M Programme to AI Pipelines

Windhoek, Namibia
Only remote
MSc Agricultural Economics
Windhoek, Namibia
Only remote
MSc Agricultural Economics

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About me

Managed a EUR 36M programme. Founded 3 businesses. Built 6 production AI systems from scratch. 5 industries, 4 countries - agriculture, e-commerce, IoT, infrastructure, B2B. USD 375K generated for clients via cold outbound. Institutional rigour when it's needed. Startup speed when it's not.

AI AgentsIoTLLMBusiness Process AutomationBusiness Workflow AnalysisCode GenerationWeb ScrapingEconometricsFinancial AnalysisPython (Programming Language)Lead GenerationProject ManagementOperations ManagementProduct ManagementProgram ManagementProcess AutomationSQLiteStakeholder ManagementBayes' Theorem (Bayesian Statistics)Outbound MarketingPrompt EngineeringGo to MarketProcurementpandasData Pipeline
I build and run things from scratch. Businesses, operations, outbound engines, AI pipelines. 6+ years. 5 industries. 4 countries.

Ops & PM: Coordinated 210 concurrent projects under a EUR 36M KfW-funded programme. Budgeting, cost control, procurement, donor reporting. Ran rapid-response projects across Africa and South Asia for USAID/DFID at WISE Development (DAI). Managed a 7-person delivery team - built SOPs and workflows from scratch. Operation hit USD 100K MRR in 3 months.

B2B Outbound: USD 375K generated for clients in under 2 years via cold email and LinkedIn. Full stack - ICP, list building, multi-source enrichment, CRM hygiene, scoring, sequencing, deliverability, reporting. Daily in Clay, Smartlead, Instantly, Sales Nav. Set up 500+ inboxes end-to-end. One client: 80 booked calls in 23 days, 7-figure+ brands only. His words: "literally over 100x ROI." Another: USD 100K in 12 months from zero. No lists, no warm intros, no ads.

AI & Data Engineering: Built 6 production systems from scratch. Primary pipeline: discover leads -> enrich across 6 sources (Exa, Firecrawl, Jina, Serper, Sonar, niche databases) -> cross-reference -> Bayesian scoring that learns from reply data -> personalized copy -> spam/QA -> push to campaign tools. One command. 10,000+ leads per batch. Python (asyncio, pydantic, httpx, pandas, SQLite). OpenRouter gateway routing 7 LLM providers across 29 routes. MCP server with 39+ tools. Also built: D2C pipeline for 18 brands (2.2M leads), enrichment system (20,000+ companies validated), opportunity scanner (10+ sources, 4-model council), tax calculator (LLM transaction classification, Namibia-specific rules).

GTM & Strategy: 3x founder. Developed IoT commercial strategy at FAI Farms - pricing, positioning, partnership talks with the world's largest agriculture firm. Built an e-commerce marketplace at Vona - brand, Shopify, cross-border logistics, all from scratch. Positioning work at Agricycle placed 3rd in Startupper of The Year. Finalist in the African Entrepreneurship Award out of 5,000+ competitors.

Data: MSc Agricultural Economics. STATA, Gretl. Financial analysis, forecasting, quarterly projections at programme scale.

Tools: Python, asyncio, pydantic, httpx, pandas, SQLite, pytest, OpenRouter, Claude, GPT, DeepSeek, Kimi, MiniMax, Clay, Smartlead, Instantly, LinkedIn Sales Nav, HubSpot, Salesforce, Airtable, Shopify, Firecrawl, Jina, Exa, Serper, Sonar, STATA, Gretl.

Experience

Professional experience5 - 10 years
Freelancer since2020

Languages

EnglishNative speaker

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