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Cedric Kato, AI Solutions & Automation Consultant

5+ years · 200+ US businesses

I design and build the automations, AI agents and internal tools that run businesses in the background.

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Manila, Philippines · Remote, flexible across US Eastern and AEST hours

Fig. 0 — Plan of a back office that runs itself

Selected work

Products I've designed, built and shipped.

Multi-tenant SaaS, AI utilities, internal tools and consumer apps, each designed and built end to end and running live.

  • Axis sign-in screen: the operations OS for service businesses.
    Fig. 01 — SaaS · Operationsaxis-ops.app

    Axis — visit live site (opens in a new tab)

    Multi-tenant SaaS operations platform for VA service businesses — team, clients and communications on one control surface.

    • Next.js
    • Vercel
    • Neon Postgres
    • Resend
    • Anthropic API
  • Sortie landing page: your inbox, finally sorted.
    Fig. 02 — AI · Emailgetsortie.xyz

    Sortie — visit live site (opens in a new tab)

    AI inbox organizer: maps every Gmail sender, classifies them with Claude, then builds the labels and filters so new mail arrives pre-sorted.

    • Claude
    • Gmail API
    • Google sign-in
  • Curriculum Hub overview dashboard showing milestone progress and a lesson sign-off table.
    Fig. 03 — Internal toolcurriculum-hub-portfolio.vercel.app

    Curriculum Hub — visit live site (opens in a new tab)

    Curriculum operations dashboard with role-based access for content, editorial and voiceover teams.

    Portfolio demo with fictional data.

    • Next.js
    • Role-based access
    • Dashboards
  • Motherboard sign-in screen: the operations OS for Example Company, listing automated provisioning, role-based access, audit trail and Slack notifications.
    Fig. 04 — Internal tool · Operationsmotherboard-portfolio.vercel.app

    Motherboard — visit live site (opens in a new tab)

    Internal operations dashboard: onboard new team members, provision tool access across the stack and keep it in sync, with role-based access, an audit trail and Slack notifications.

    Portfolio demo with fictional data. Demo sign-in details are on its login page.

    • Next.js
    • Google sign-in
    • Role-based access
    • Audit trail
    • Slack notifications
  • Chronicle landing page: every story you've watched, in one elegant chronicle.
    Fig. 05 — Consumer · Socialthechronicle.ink

    Chronicle — visit live site (opens in a new tab)

    Social tracking app for movies, series, anime and documentaries: collections, reviews, a follow feed and a leaderboard.

    In beta.

    • Next.js
    • Social graph
    • Reviews
  • Log Pose card catalog showing a filter sidebar and a gallery of One Piece cards.
    Fig. 07 — Tool · Cataloglog-pose-optcg.vercel.app

    Log Pose — visit live site (opens in a new tab)

    One Piece Card Game navigator: browse, filter and sort the full English card catalog and build tournament-legal decks.

    • React
    • Vite
    • Search & filters

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Practice areas

What I do

All services, as a sheet index

Experience

The record behind the work.

5+ years building systems for 200+ US-based businesses, and an architecture degree before that.

  1. 2021 – present

    Independent AI & Automation Consultant

    Contract engagements with US-based clients, delivered remotely.

    • US-based client

      Head of Admin Tech

      • Designed a central operations dashboard covering subscription tracking, the affiliate system and automated Gamma deck generation for prospects, with a roadmap for GoHighLevel contact and campaign monitoring.
      • Owned email deliverability and DNS: SPF, DKIM and DMARC configuration, sending-domain inventory, and Resend vs. GoHighLevel sending paths.
      • Rewrote the client's llms.txt so AI crawlers index current positioning, services and pricing.
      • Stood up the Circle.so course structure and led the WordPress-to-Circle content migration, including account and access handoffs during a vendor transition.
      • Helped launch an inbound AI voice agent with GoHighLevel contact capture, sales handoff and SMS fallback.

    • Language-learning curriculum for schools

      LMS Content & Production Specialist

      • Drove multi-year LMS content input across Spanish curricula (levels 1–8+), including practice questions, culture modules and teacher resources.
      • Delivered a 2025 French curriculum sprint: practice, culture and dialogue sets.
      • Trained and coordinated additional VAs on content input to scale curriculum throughput.

    • 200+ US client accounts

      Systems & Automation Specialist

      • Built automation systems with Zapier, Make, Airtable, ClickUp and n8n across multiple client accounts.
      • Configured CRMs and ran email marketing on GoHighLevel, HubSpot, Keap, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Brevo and ActiveCampaign.
      • Created client onboarding systems and SOP documentation; ran a Graphic Design/Canva mentorship track for other VAs.

  2. 2021

    Junior Architectural Designer, V. Soliven

    Architectural design and documentation; trained the design team on Autodesk Revit.

  3. 2020

    B.S. Architecture, University of Santo Tomas, Manila

How I work

I map the whole building before laying a brick.

I trained as an architect (B.S. Architecture, University of Santo Tomas), and I still work like one. Before building anything, I map the whole system: every tool, handoff, inbox and spreadsheet, and the people who touch them.

Most automation fails because it gets built one fix at a time. Drawing the full plan first is how the pieces end up working together. In 5+ years I've built systems for 200+ US-based businesses across nearly every industry this way.

years building business systems
5+
US businesses supported
200+
full system map before any build
1
  1. 01

    Survey

    I map how work actually moves today: every tool, handoff, spreadsheet and inbox. You get the map in writing before anything is built.

  2. 02

    Blueprint

    A scoped plan: what gets automated, what stays human, what it connects to and what it will cost to run. You sign off before I build.

  3. 03

    Build

    Delivered in stages your team can test with real data, with error handling and logging from day one rather than bolted on later.

  4. 04

    Handover

    Documentation and a recorded walkthrough, so your team can run it and change it. Your accounts and your data stay yours.

Latest field notes

All notes

  1. FN-003

    Why my images went blank: Vercel's 402 image-optimization error

    6 min read

  2. FN-002

    llms.txt: what it is, what it isn't and how I generate mine

    6 min read

  3. FN-001

    Free business email on your domain: ImprovMX, Resend and Gmail

    6 min read

Contact

Tell me what's slowing the business down.

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I read every message myself.

What happens next

  1. 01I reply personally by email.
  2. 02A short call to walk through your current setup.
  3. 03A written map and a scoped plan, with running costs, before anything is built.
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Metro Manila, PhilippinesGMT+8 · Remote, flexible across US Eastern and AEST hours
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