Ship it.
An idea is worth nothing until someone can use it. I scope tight, cut what does not matter, and get products into real hands.
Open to collaboration
Johannesburg, --:-- SAST
I run the operation.I write the code.
COO of Omnatix, a Gauteng technology company building AI agents, websites, and dashboards for South African businesses, and Data and AI Engineer at Afribit Technologies. I take products from idea to launch, and I still write the code that gets them there.
28.05° E
7Products built and shipped
4Microsoft certifications, plus 2 from Oracle
111K+Microsoft Learn XP, Level 10
5yrsIn 24/7 operations control
01 / About
Operator first. Engineer always.
At Omnatix I build practical AI and software for South African businesses. As COO I own how our products get made. As an engineer I still write the code that gets them there.
I lead product development and AI engineering across every Omnatix solution: prompt design, data architecture, and the end-to-end build of intelligent agents, along with the scope, security, documentation, and last mile to launch.
Before software, I spent five years in a 24/7 operations control room, running real-time monitoring and incident response. That is where I built the operational discipline I now bring to every product.
- Role
- COO, Omnatix
- Also
- Data and AI Engineer, Afribit Technologies
- Recognition
- Microsoft Virtual Agent-a-thon 2026, EMEA
- Based in
- Johannesburg, South Africa
How I operate
Four rules I build and run by.
Secure by default.
Row-level security, escaped output, locked-down rules, and POPIA controls go in on day one, not after the first incident.
Write it down.
READMEs, runbooks, and decision records, so the product outlives the person who built it and the next engineer starts fast.
Build for real people.
Small landlords, Grade 1 learners, grassroots clubs. Technology for the people who need it most, not only the people who can pay most.
02 / Flagship case study
Tenanto
In development, pilot 2026Property management built for South Africa's small landlords, those with one to twenty units. A landlord app, an install-free tenant portal, and a marketing site, all running on one secure backend.
The brief
Give a landlord with a handful of units the rent tracking, maintenance workflow, and tax records of a professional agency, and give their tenants a portal they never have to install.
My role
Product lead and architect. I own the scope, the data and security model, the delivery plan, and the documentation, and I build across all three apps.
Stack
pnpm + TurborepoReact Native + ExpoNativeWindVite + React PWAAstroSupabase PostgresRow-Level SecurityEdge Functionspdf-lib
LandlordsLandlord appReact Native and Expo, for iOS and Android
TenantsTenant portalInstallable PWA, no app store needed
PublicMarketing siteAstro, static and fast
SupabaseOne secure backend
PostgresRow-level security on every table
Edge FunctionsAudit pack PDF and tenant portal API
VaultEncrypted ID and tax numbers
Audit trailEvery row change recorded
Rent ledger
Rent due is generated every month. Mark it received and attach proof of payment.
SARS-ready expenses
Expenses filed under SARS categories and filtered by tax year, March to February.
Maintenance tickets
Tenants report issues with photos. Resolving a ticket with a cost logs the expense.
Signed inspections
Property inspections signed by both landlord and tenant, right on the phone.
One-click audit pack
A tax-season PDF generated on the server, scoped to the landlord's own data.
POPIA by design
Tenant data export and erase built in, sensitive numbers encrypted, every change audited.
3Apps on one backend
0Installs needed by tenants
1-clickSARS audit pack
100%Tables behind row-level security
43Automated tests
9Monorepo workspaces
Final sprint toward a pilot with real landlords.
Ask me about Tenanto
03 / Selected work
Real products. Real users.
Products I have conceived, built, and shipped across data, AI, sport, edtech, and productivity. Every one of them solves a problem I could see and touch.
Decision Intelligence Demos
Four dashboards, four industries
Analytics demos for FMCG distribution, freight, microfinance, and a clinic group. Each starts from the raw CSV exports a business already produces and ends with a finding worth money that someone can act on this week. Bronze, silver, and gold layers in dbt, tests that block any unchecked number from publishing, and a query engine that runs in the browser with no server to host.
dbtSQLMedallion LayersData TestingIn-Browser Analytics
New Hope Stars FC
Club website and admin portal
The full digital home of a grassroots football academy, designed and built end to end. Nine public pages plus an admin portal where staff manage news, fixtures, squads, shop, and sponsors. XSS-escaped output, locked-down Firestore rules, and security headers throughout.
FirebaseFirestoreJavaScriptSecurity
EduAid Explorer
Student funding platform by Omnatix
Find every bursary you qualify for. EduAid checks learners against nine funders' published rules, works out admission points the way each university does, and checks suspicious payment messages for scams. Eligibility and scam verdicts come from rules checked by code, never AI, and personal details stay on the phone. The first version, a Copilot Studio agent, was entered in the 2026 Microsoft Virtual Agent-a-thon (EMEA).
Rules EngineAI Q&AScam CheckerPrivacy by Design
Omnatix Club-Site Platform
Site generator and admin portals
A wizard that turns a short form into a complete football club website with its own admin portal. Theme presets, per-client Firebase projects, hardened security rules, and content the club edits itself. The engine behind Omnatix club websites.
Node.jsFirebaseCloudinaryProduct
Sunbird
Adaptive learning for Grade 1 to 3
An adaptive learning app in English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, and Sesotho. A speech-based reading coach, visual maths, and a parent dashboard with WhatsApp-shareable weekly reports. Local-first, and runs on any device with a browser.
EdTechSpeech Recognition4 LanguagesPWA
Universal Notebook
Flutter, cross-platform, AI assist
An offline-first notes app for Android, Windows, and the web. Markdown editing with live preview, Supabase sync behind row-level security, Claude-powered AI assist, and a CI pipeline that ships every push straight to a live APK and PWA.
FlutterSupabaseClaude APICI/CD
Adobe Acrobat Bulk Downloader
Python and Playwright
Built for a real task: 500+ government photos shared as separate Adobe Acrobat view-only links. Resumable downloads, automatic retries, and original filenames preserved, published to GitHub with a full README.
PythonPlaywrightOpen Source
04 / Capabilities
What I work with.
The tools, platforms, and disciplines I use to design, build, and ship data and AI products, and to run the operation behind them.
Highlighted: daily drivers
01
Operations & Leadership
The COO side: strategy, compliance, documentation, and getting products over the line.
Product StrategySecurity & POPIA ComplianceTechnical DocumentationClient DeliveryData GovernanceTraining & Facilitation
02
Data & Analytics
Pipelines, semantic models, and dashboards that find money in data a business already has.
Microsoft FabricPower BI & DAXdbtSQL & Data ModellingAzure Data FactoryReal-Time Intelligence
03
AI Engineering
Agents grounded in real sources, from Copilot Studio to the Claude API.
Microsoft Copilot StudioAzure AI FoundryPrompt EngineeringAgentic AIEmbeddings & RAGConversational AIAzure OpenAIClaude API
04
Product Engineering
Full products across web, mobile, and desktop, from schema design to store-ready builds.
PythonFlutter & DartJavaScript & TypeScriptReact Native & ExpoSupabaseFirebaseNode.js
05 / Experience
From the control room to the boardroom.
From operations control to running operations at a technology company. Every role added a layer.
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Jan 2026 to present
Chief Operations Officer
I lead product development and AI engineering across every Omnatix solution, from prompt design and data architecture to the end-to-end build of intelligent agents, and run delivery across the portfolio: Tenanto, EduAid Explorer, the decision intelligence demos, Sunbird, and the club-site platform.
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Apr 2025 to present
Data and AI Engineer
Afribit Technologies, internship
Working across four disciplines: data analytics, data engineering, AI engineering, and software development. I build and maintain Microsoft Fabric pipelines, Power BI dashboards, and Copilot-based conversational agents for enterprise clients.
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Jul 2023 to present
Freelance Programmer
Self-employed
Independent projects across automation, web development, and data tooling. I publish open-source utilities and contribute to community projects.
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Nov 2019 to Dec 2024
Operations Control Specialist
Alpha Armed Response
Managed real-time operational monitoring and incident response in a 24/7 environment for over five years. Built the operational discipline and problem-solving mindset I now apply to running a technology company.
06 / Credentials
Certified. Verified. Trusted.
Four Microsoft Certifications, including Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer, two Oracle certifications, two Microsoft Applied Skills, plus Founderz and full stack credentials. Open any certificate to view the original.
Microsoft LearnProfile progress
10Level
111,575XP earned
75Badges
19Trophies
MicrosoftApplied Skill
Create agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
Jan 2026
MicrosoftApplied Skill
Implement Real-Time Intelligence with Microsoft Fabric
Jul 2025
07 / Now
What I'm building this season.
Three products, three different people they serve, one company running all of them.
To pilot.
Driving the final sprint toward a pilot launch with real landlords.
To families.
Validating the reading coach with real families in four languages.
Onto the platform.
Onboarding new football clubs, each with its own branded site and admin portal.
Microsoft Virtual Agent-a-thon 2026. EMEA region, Level 1 submitted with EduAid Explorer.
08 / Contact
Have a problem worth solving?
Whether it is an AI agent, a dashboard that finds money in your own data, or a collaboration for social good, I would love to hear about it.