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Ketz MandaliaPortfolio · Business & digital
Available for work · Remote & UK

AI Automation, Digital Systems & Business Growth Specialist

15+ Years of Business Experience | SaaS Platforms | AI-Assisted Development | Digital Marketing | Business Automation

I'm a business founder and digital solutions specialist with over 15 years of hands-on experience building businesses, developing online platforms and creating systems that help companies operate more efficiently and attract customers.

My experience combines business development, website creation, AI-assisted software development, workflow automation, lead generation and digital marketing.

I'm now looking to bring these skills to established businesses through permanent remote employment, freelance projects and long-term collaborations.

Founder & business owner UK-based · remote-ready
Ketz Mandalia, business founder and digital solutions specialist Open to opportunities
Ketz Mandalia
Founder · AI automation, digital systems & business growth
Skills & expertise

Business judgement, backed by delivery

Four areas of practical experience, built through owning and operating businesses rather than theory alone.

AI Automation & Business Systems

  • AI-assisted application development
  • Workflow automation
  • Business process automation
  • CRM workflows
  • API integrations
  • Automated lead generation systems
  • Customer onboarding automation
  • SaaS platform workflows

Website & Digital Product Development

  • Website planning and development
  • Landing pages and conversion optimisation
  • SaaS product development
  • Customer dashboards
  • Subscription systems
  • User onboarding
  • Website testing and improvements
  • AI-assisted coding tools

Digital Marketing

  • Search engine optimisation
  • Paid advertising strategy
  • Email marketing
  • Lead generation
  • Marketing automation
  • Social media campaigns
  • Customer acquisition
  • Sales funnels
  • Conversion optimisation

Business Development

  • Business strategy
  • Customer acquisition
  • Sales operations
  • CRM processes
  • Product launches
  • Business growth
  • Customer retention
  • Commercial operations
How to read this section. These are areas of hands-on business and delivery experience. Where technology is named elsewhere on this page, it is taken from the platform's repository, configuration or live product. My software work is led personally and delivered using AI-assisted development tools; I do not claim independent engineering expertise beyond what these projects evidence.
Featured work

Platforms built, launched and operated

Four platforms live and operating, plus the newest product now in development.

Lead generation SaaS 9amLeads homepage showing daily UK business opportunity delivery
Lead Generation SaaS & Marketing Automation

9amLeads

Developed a business lead generation platform that combines fresh opportunity sourcing, customer dashboards, lead management, automated marketing workflows and optional print-and-post services.

Problem
UK service businesses were hunting for opportunities across fragmented public sources, then managing follow-up in separate inboxes and spreadsheets.
Solution
A subscription platform that sources, processes and delivers relevant opportunities each weekday at 9am, with dashboards, allocation and marketing tools to act on them.
My role
Founder and product owner: business model, product requirements, service design, build direction and ongoing operations.
  • Lead sourcing & processing
  • Customer dashboards
  • Subscription management
  • Lead allocation
  • Marketing automation
  • Customer onboarding
  • Affiliate & partner programme
  • Commission management
  • Admin dashboards
  • CRM workflows
  • Business reporting
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Stripe
  • Brevo
  • Netlify
  • Render
Automotive marketing List a Vehicle homepage showing studio vehicle photography and presentation videos
Automotive Marketing Technology

List A Vehicle

Developed an automotive marketing platform helping vehicle dealers improve their listings through image enhancement, background replacement, professional video presentations and digital listing tools.

Problem
Independent dealers compete on price because their listings look like everyone else's, while professional photography and video are slow and expensive at forecourt volume.
Solution
A self-serve platform that turns ordinary vehicle photos into studio-style images and short presentation videos, with dealer branding, vehicle checks and listing preparation.
My role
Founder and product owner: proposition, product design, feature priorities, go-to-market and day-to-day operation.
  • Vehicle listing workflows
  • Image processing
  • Video presentations
  • MOT checking
  • Dealer dashboards
  • Marketing tools
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Express
  • PostgreSQL
  • Stripe
  • OpenAI API
  • Cloudinary
  • FFmpeg
Training & business support The Moving School homepage showing moving business training programme
Training, Business Development & Digital Marketing

The Moving School

Created an online training and business support platform for moving companies, combining industry expertise, educational content, business development and digital marketing.

Problem
Moving company owners often learn operations by trial and error, with training, pricing and sales systems scattered across documents and advice.
Solution
An online programme that packages training, staff manuals, interactive business tools and lead-generation guidance into one structured platform.
My role
Founder and creator: content direction, product structure, website delivery, positioning and digital marketing.
  • Website development
  • Training content
  • Business positioning
  • Lead generation
  • Digital marketing
  • Customer acquisition
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Vite
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Express
  • PostgreSQL
  • Stripe
  • PayPal
AI property video marketing VidaListing homepage showing AI-assisted property video marketing for estate agents
AI Property Video Marketing & PropTech

VidaListing

Developed an AI-assisted property video marketing platform that turns listing photos into branded cinematic property videos, backed by a marketing website, subscription business systems and customer acquisition workflows.

Problem
Estate and letting agents know video helps properties stand out, but professional production is slow and expensive for a busy listings pipeline.
Solution
A self-serve platform that turns ordinary listing photos into a short branded property video with AI voiceover, music, cinematic motion and agency branding.
My role
Founder and product owner: proposition, product design, website, subscription model, marketing and day-to-day operation.
  • AI-assisted property videos
  • Listing photo workflows
  • British AI voiceover
  • Three video styles
  • Agency branding
  • Download & share
  • Subscription plans
  • Business systems
  • Website development
  • Marketing website
  • React
  • Vite
  • Stripe
  • Cloudinary
AI social publishing · pre-launch PostMySocials homepage showing AI-assisted social publishing from idea to published post
AI Social Media Publishing & Workflow Automation

PostMySocials

A new project I'm working on: an AI-assisted social publishing platform that takes a business from a rough idea, a set of photos or an existing draft through to reviewed, scheduled and published posts across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook and Pinterest.

Problem
Small businesses and agencies run social media across scattered captions, approvals, calendars and six different apps, then find out after the fact whether each post actually went out.
Solution
One workspace where an AI assistant drafts and adapts posts per network, a person approves what goes out, the week sits in a single calendar, and every network's delivery result stays visible.
My role
Product and build direction: proposition, workflow and approval design, pricing, website content and direction of the AI-assisted build.
  • AI drafting & per-network variants
  • Approval workflow
  • Publishing calendar
  • Six social networks
  • Delivery status & retries
  • Duplicate-safe publishing
  • Workspace roles & limits
  • MCP & REST API access
  • Subscription plans
  • Marketing website
  • MCP
  • REST API
  • OpenAPI 3.1
  • Web app
Working systems

Inside the platforms, not just the shopfront

Genuine screenshots of the dashboards and tools behind the projects, taken from read-only demo or sample-data modes.

9amLeads customer dashboard in live demo mode showing daily leads and export tools
9amLeads customer dashboard DemoDaily delivery, lead status, exports and print-and-post controls in one account view.
9amLeads partner dashboard demo showing referral clicks, trials and recurring commission
9amLeads partner dashboard Sample dataReferral links, clicks, trials, paying members and recurring commission in one partner view.
List a Vehicle photo editor with studio backgrounds, vehicle levelling and dealer branding controls
List a Vehicle photo editorBackground replacement, floor levelling, contact shadows and dealer branding applied to real vehicle photos.
The Moving School read-only customer dashboard showing business tools and training resources
The Moving School dashboard Read-only demoPricing, operations and customer-management tools organised into a single training library.
Case studies

The problem, the build and what shipped

Expand any project for the challenge, approach, implemented features, verified stack and outcome.

Case study 01

9amLeads — daily opportunity delivery as a subscription product

Lead generation SaaS · live at 9amleads.com

The challenge

Business owners in trades and services know new work exists, but the sources are scattered: property listings, probate notices, company registrations, planning applications and public tenders. Checking them daily is repetitive, and the follow-up usually lives somewhere else entirely. The product had to make a morning routine out of opportunity finding without adding another admin burden.

My approach

I started with the daily habit rather than the software: one delivery time, a small set of relevant opportunities, and a clear next step. From there I defined the customer journey, subscription tiers, targeting by area and lead type, the dashboard experience, and the operational process behind each delivery. The build was delivered iteratively with AI-assisted development, testing each release against the live delivery run. The product later grew affiliate and partner channels, which required referral tracking, recurring commission calculations and internal administration controls.

What I built

  • Lead sourcing and processing across five opportunity types
  • Customer dashboards for viewing, managing and exporting leads
  • Subscription management and plan-based access
  • Lead allocation and postcode targeting controls
  • Automated lead alerts and marketing workflows
  • Customer onboarding, trial signup and account flows
  • Affiliate programme with referral tracking and recurring monthly commission
  • Partner dashboards showing referral links, clicks, trials, paying members and commission
  • Commission calculation, payout queues and affiliate/partner administration
  • Internal administration dashboards for customer accounts, delivery operations, billing and CRM connections
  • Customer CRM workflows with webhook-based lead delivery and CRM-ready exports
  • Automated marketing campaigns, lifecycle emails and reusable templates
  • Business reporting and delivery status reporting
  • Optional print-and-post service with mailing tracking

Technologies and tools

Verified from the platform repository and deployment configuration:

Node.jsExpressStripeBrevoNetlifyRendernode-cronREST APIs

Outcome

Delivered and operating: a live subscription platform that sources and delivers opportunities every weekday, with a customer dashboard and supporting marketing and print services. The working product can be inspected at 9amleads.com.

Revenue, customer counts and conversion statistics are not published here because they are not independently verified for this portfolio.

9amLeads live homepage
9amLeads partner dashboard demo showing sample referral and commission data

Partner dashboard demo (sample data). No partner or customer records are shown.

Case study 02

List A Vehicle — studio presentation for the motor trade

Automotive marketing technology · live at listavehicle.co.uk

The challenge

Dealers publish the same kind of photos as every other dealer, so buyers default to comparing price. Proper studio photography and video production are expensive per vehicle and unrealistic for a busy forecourt. The challenge was to make consistent, professional presentation achievable from ordinary phone photos, without adding a production workflow.

My approach

I shaped the product around one listing in, a complete presentation out: clean images on a chosen backdrop, dealer branding, a short narrated video and the information a marketplace needs. I mapped the dealer journey from signup and photo upload through credits, generation, download and publication, then prioritised the features that removed the most manual work. I directed the build and tested it against real vehicle listings.

What I built

  • Vehicle listing and photo upload workflows
  • Background removal, studio backdrops and image levelling
  • Dealer logo and dealership name placement
  • Narrated presentation videos from the same photos
  • Registration and MOT history checking
  • Dealer dashboard for managing vehicles and downloads
  • Credit-based pricing and secure checkout
  • Listing URL import and marketplace-ready exports
  • Private listing feed for a dealer's own website

Technologies and tools

Verified from the repository and deployment configuration:

ReactTypeScriptViteTailwind CSSExpressPostgreSQLDrizzle ORMStripeClerkOpenAI APICloudinaryFFmpeg

Publishing integrations: eBay Motors publishing is automatic through a connected seller account. For AutoTrader, Gumtree, Motors.co.uk and other marketplaces, the platform prepares the listing and feed for the dealer to post. No claim is made that every marketplace integration posts automatically.

Outcome

Delivered and live: dealers can take a vehicle from photos to branded studio images and a presentation video, check its MOT history and prepare it for their chosen marketplaces. The working product can be inspected at listavehicle.co.uk.

Revenue, dealer counts and performance statistics are not published here because they are not independently verified for this portfolio.

List a Vehicle live homepage
List a Vehicle photo editor with a real vehicle on a studio backdrop

The working photo editor, captured from the live product with a test vehicle.

Case study 03

The Moving School — training and systems for moving companies

Training, business development & digital marketing · live at themovingschool.com

The challenge

New and growing moving companies need more than a course. They need pricing discipline, sales scripts, staff procedures and a way to win work. That knowledge is usually learned the hard way or bought piecemeal from consultants, leaving owners with information but no operating system.

My approach

I structured the offer as a complete business programme rather than a content library: core training, ready-to-use manuals and interactive tools, supported by a website and marketing funnel that could attract and convert moving company owners. I set the curriculum direction, product structure, positioning and acquisition approach, and directed the platform build.

What I built

  • Online training programme for moving company owners and staff
  • Structured modules, staff manuals and business tools
  • 19 business tools and 35+ downloadable resources
  • Website with course presentation, demos and checkout
  • Free lead-generation support and customer dashboard preview
  • Booking flow for calls and free video content
  • Email capture and monthly marketing communications
  • Digital marketing and customer acquisition strategy

Technologies and tools

Verified from the repository and deployment configuration:

ReactTypeScriptViteTailwind CSSExpressPostgreSQLDrizzle ORMStripePayPalSendGrid

Outcome

Delivered and live: a structured training and business-support product for the moving industry, with a working website, checkout paths and lead-generation tools. The platform can be inspected at themovingschool.com.

Student numbers, revenue and results are not published here because they are not independently verified for this portfolio.

The Moving School live homepage
The Moving School read-only dashboard demo showing business tools

Read-only dashboard demo. No student or customer data is shown.

Case study 04

VidaListing — AI property video marketing for estate agents

AI property video marketing · live at vidalisting.com

The challenge

Estate and letting agents are expected to market properties with video, but traditional production is slow and expensive for a busy listings pipeline. Most agents already have good photographs; the missing piece is a consistent way to turn those photos into branded video content without booking a videographer for every property.

My approach

I designed the product around a simple input and output: upload a set of listing photos, let the system analyse them and assemble a short branded video, then download or share it. The commercial model is a self-serve subscription with a free first video, so an agent can see the output before paying. I shaped the proposition, product flow, pricing, website and marketing, and directed the AI-assisted build.

What I built

  • Property listing photo upload and processing workflow
  • AI-assisted photo analysis, script generation and video assembly
  • British AI voiceover, music and cinematic motion
  • Three presentation styles: Listing Pro, Luxury and Social
  • Agency logo and branding applied to the output
  • Free regeneration and HD download/share options
  • Subscription plans, credits and a free first-video funnel
  • Marketing website with product examples, pricing, FAQs and account signup
  • Customer acquisition and conversion content for estate and letting agents

Technologies and tools

Verified from the deployed application build and product configuration:

ReactViteStripeCloudinaryAI video generation pipeline

Outcome

Delivered and live: agents can create a branded property video from listing photos, choose a presentation style and download the result, with subscription and credit options handled in the same product. The platform can be inspected at vidalisting.com.

Revenue, customer counts and performance statistics are not published here because they are not independently verified for this portfolio.

VidaListing live homepage
Case study 05

PostMySocials — AI-assisted social publishing with approvals built in

AI social publishing · pre-launch at postmysocials.com

The challenge

Most social tools assume the hard part is the calendar. For a small business or agency the hard parts are knowing what to post, writing it for each network, getting a person to approve it, and then finding out whether it actually published. Content, approvals and delivery status usually live in different places, and "scheduled" is treated as "posted" until someone notices otherwise.

My approach

I designed the product around four honest states: draft, needs approval, scheduled and posted. Approval is a workspace setting rather than an afterthought — draft only, schedule approved content, ask before publishing, or publish automatically. Each network delivery is recorded separately, so a temporary failure can be retried and a refused post keeps the provider's reason. Where a provider's answer is unclear, the system stops rather than risk sending the same post twice. The same rules are exposed to a company's own agents and tools through MCP and a documented REST API, so an automated client cannot bypass the approvals a person relies on.

What I built

  • AI assistant that turns a plain-language request, media or existing draft into posts
  • Per-network wording and media variants for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook and Pinterest
  • Draft, needs approval, scheduled and posted workflow in one calendar
  • Approval policies per workspace, from draft-only to publish automatically
  • Publishing records per network with retry handling, visible provider errors and duplicate-safe behaviour
  • Workspace roles, account limits and subscription plans, including a free forever plan and 14-day trial
  • Agent and integration access through MCP and an OpenAPI 3.1 REST contract
  • Public marketing site covering the workflow, audience pages, pricing, API contract and legal pages

Technologies and tools

Verified from the public site and its published API contract:

MCPREST APIOpenAPI 3.1Web app

Outcome

In development and pre-launch: the product story, pricing and API contract are published at postmysocials.com, with accounts opening soon. No customer, usage or revenue figures are claimed for this project.
PostMySocials pre-launch homepage

The public pre-launch site, captured from the live build.

Professional experience

Founder | Digital Business Development & Technology

15+ years of business ownership and management, moving from traditional service businesses into digital products and automation.

Founder | Digital Business Development & Technology

Self-employed
9amLeads · List A Vehicle · The Moving School · VidaListing · PostMySocials · 15+ years in business

I own and run the businesses featured on this page. My role spans the commercial and the practical: deciding what to build, defining how it should work, directing development, launching it, marketing it and operating it day to day. I work with AI-assisted coding tools and modern web platforms to turn product requirements into working software.

  • Project ownership
  • Digital transformation
  • Business operations
  • Product development
  • Marketing
  • Customer acquisition
  • Process improvement
  • Problem solving

Traditional service business ownership

Self-employed
Removals, relocation and local services

Before building digital platforms, I built and ran service businesses in the removals and relocation sector. That meant winning customers, pricing work, hiring and coordinating teams, managing operations and handling the commercial reality of a small company. One of those businesses was built, grown and sold to a new owner. Another was liquidated due to the impact of COVID, which taught me a great deal about resilience and adapting a business model quickly.

  • Sales & marketing
  • Operations
  • Team coordination
  • Pricing
  • Customer service
  • Cash flow

Transition into digital products

Self-employed
From service delivery to software-enabled businesses

The move into digital products came from solving my own operational problems: how to find customers consistently, how to present a service professionally and how to remove repetitive admin. That led to lead generation systems, customer dashboards, subscription platforms and automation workflows. Each platform now combines business experience with website development, AI-assisted software delivery and digital marketing.

  • SaaS planning
  • Workflow design
  • Automation
  • Website development
  • Digital marketing
  • Product launches
Clarity on employment history: the experience above is self-employment and business ownership. I have not implied employment by unrelated companies. My interest is in bringing this owner's perspective into an established team, with the discipline and accountability that running a business requires.
Qualifications & certifications

Verified learning, honestly presented

Only confirmed education and completed qualifications are listed on this page. Nothing is added until it can be evidenced.

Formal qualifications

Verified education. Grades, schools and dates are not published here.

Business VCE
GCSE qualifications

Grades, schools and dates are available on request. Only confirmed education is listed.

Professional development

Confirmed, ongoing learning applied directly in the platforms above.

  • AI-assisted application development, applied across four live products and a fifth in development
  • Workflow and business process automation in production systems
  • SaaS product planning, subscription models and customer onboarding
  • Search, paid media, email marketing and conversion optimisation
  • CRM process design and automated lead generation
Permanent & contract

Open to Remote Employment Opportunities

I'm interested in joining an established company where I can contribute practical business experience, digital development capabilities and automation skills while continuing to develop professionally.

I'm particularly interested in AI automation, digital systems, CRM implementation, SaaS operations, website development and digital growth roles.

  • Remote permanent roles
  • Remote contract positions
  • UK-based employment
  • International remote opportunities, subject to employer approval and legal requirements

Both CVs are downloadable PDFs. Prefer to ask a question first? Email me or use the enquiry form and choose “Employment opportunity”.

Freelance & consulting

Available for Freelance & Business Projects

Separate from permanent employment, I take on defined projects and ongoing collaborations for businesses that need practical delivery, not a slide deck.

  • AI workflow automation
  • Website development
  • Business process automation
  • Lead generation systems
  • CRM and marketing automation
  • Digital marketing strategy
  • SaaS product planning & development
  • Business growth consulting

Happy to work through Upwork or PeoplePerHour if that suits your process; profile links can be provided on request. Project scope, timelines and pricing are agreed in writing before work begins.

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