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Operations and technology, from the same person.

Fifteen years running operations and delivering technology: as a COO, as a head of delivery for secure systems, and as the designer and developer of the tools businesses run on.

  1. Operations + technology2023–2024

    Merged two companies and doubled the valuation

    EyeCarePro, Toronto (COO)

    Led the operational integration of EyeCarePro and National Strategic Group into Preeminent Growth Partners, scaled the team across 10 countries, and introduced AI into the delivery workflow.

    • $8m → $16mcompany valuation
    • 100 → 217people, across 10 countries
    • 68% → 80%staff retention
    • +15%productivity from AI integration
  2. Operations + technology2025–2026

    Rebuilt delivery for an 85-person design and development agency

    Growmodo GmbH, Germany (Operations Manager)

    Designed the company Operating Rhythm: delivery pods, SLA governance, QA gates and KPI frameworks for a remote design and development subscription business, plus the blueprint to scale it from 200 to 8,000 clients.

    • 32 → 11 daysaverage delivery turnaround
    • −32%cycle-time variance
    • <3%customer churn
  3. Technology2011–2023

    Secure communications for tier-1 banks in seven countries

    Pfortner, Centurion (COO, Head of Operations)

    Ran delivery of encrypted email, messaging and network products into banks and remote, low-signal sites across Africa. Built PCI DSS and NIST-aligned governance from the ground up, under secret-level security clearance.

    • 99.99%uptime on secure comms
    • 100%customer retention
    • +30%market share
  4. Operations2026–now

    Embedded COO for a four-brand agency group

    Current client, Montreal (fractional)

    Restructured task management across ClickUp, Notion and Airtable for about 40 client accounts, and built the executive dashboards, capacity planning and operating rhythm for a distributed team of 20+.

    • 40active client accounts
    • <3%customer churn

Software vStratify has designed and built

The practice that fixes your operations can also build the tool that runs them. These are real products, shown as they look today.

ClarityOS home page showing this week’s outcomes and how many are on track

Active build

ClarityOS

Business operating system

A workspace for owners to set 90-day outcomes, assign accountability, surface blockers, record decisions and review business health without adding more meetings.

Built with Next.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL, AI Gateway

Visit clarityos-3wxp.vercel.app
BLOCKR home page: a school sports field divided into sponsor blocks, with funds raised so far

Active build

BLOCKR

School fundraising platform

A multi-tenant fundraising platform for South African schools, with sponsored-block campaigns, raffles, donations, PayFast payments and live campaign updates.

Built with Next.js, Supabase, PayFast

Visit www.blockr.co.za
ForeverHome property search with a Western Cape home and a search bar

Demo MVP

ForeverHome / PropMatch

Multi-tenant property platform

A South African residential property platform where each agency has an isolated workspace, listings with maps, agent access, leads, viewings and transactional email.

Built with Next.js, Supabase, Leaflet, Resend

Visit prop-match-orpin.vercel.app
Praat Oor Jesus home page with the app’s first session on a phone

In testing

Praat Oor Jesus

Offline-first gospel training

An Afrikaans training app with three guided sessions, quizzes, a field guide and a private notebook that keeps progress and prayer lists on the user’s device.

Built with React, Vite, TanStack Router

Visit www.talkaboutjesus.co.za
Rise Up, Man of God book cover in EnglishStaan Op, Man van God book cover in AfrikaansPhakama Mntu ka Thixo book cover in isiXhosa

Live

Rise Up, Man of God

Guided book and discipleship app

A 12-week reading journey with completion-locked phases, private reflections, offline access and optional accountability between mentors and participants.

Built with Next.js, Firebase, Playwright, Vitest

Visit riseupmen.co.za

The frameworks behind the work

Written playbooks, built and used inside real companies. Clients get the ones that fit, adapted to their business.

  • Operating Rhythm

    How a company plans, delivers and reviews work: pods, 30-day delivery cycles, 90-day strategy snapshots and the tooling behind them.

  • Vision System

    Why the company exists, where it’s going in 10 years, and the 3-year and 1-year targets that connect the two.

  • Wiki North Star

    One source of truth for SOPs, tools and training, with an owner for every section and access by role.

  • Founder’s Operating System

    A diagnosis and install plan for founders who have become the bottleneck in their own business.

  • Strategic Growth Framework

    Alignment, scorecards and decision rhythm for R5m–R50m businesses with teams of 10 to 50.

What do you need built or fixed?

A few lines about the business and where you’re stuck is enough. Seán replies personally, usually within one working day.

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