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Profile / 2026 Remote · Cebu, PH
01

Meet the
builder.

I’m Dexter—an AI Automation and Operations Specialist turning repetitive work into clear, dependable systems.

DM Builder systemOperations profile / 2026
Online / Cebu PH
CORE / 01ACTIVE
Dexter Manlao
Dexter ManlaoAI Automation Specialist
01 / CaptureSignal intakeForms · Webhooks
02 / ReasonDecision layerAI · Rules · Context
03 / BuildOrchestraten8n · APIs · CRM
04 / ObserveKeep it usefulLogs · Recovery
01 Friction mapped 02 Logic made clear 03 Handoff documented
Mode / Build dependable systems ↗
01Foundation

Technology became useful when it removed friction.

Operations engine01 / 04
MANUAL INTAKEINBOX / FORMCOPY + PASTEREPEATEDLOST CONTEXTHANDOFF!CLEAR FLOWONE ROUTEBOTTLENECK / IDENTIFIED
Friction mapFRICTION → FLOW

My background in Information Technology and systems design taught me to look beyond isolated tasks. I became interested in the gaps between tools—the handoffs, repeated admin, and missing context that quietly slow a business down.

02Practice

I build operations that can think and move.

Operations engine02 / 04
TRIGGERNEW SIGNALAI ROUTERDECIDE / ENRICHN8NORCHESTRATECRMUPDATEAPIACTIONDBMEMORY
Agent routingSIGNAL → DECISION → ACTION

Today I design AI-powered workflows across n8n, Make.com, Zapier, CRMs, APIs, communication tools, and operational databases. Each build is shaped around a real decision or bottleneck, not automation for its own sake.

03Method

Clarity is part of the engineering.

Operations engine03 / 04
TRIGGERRECEIVEDVALIDATESCHEMA ✓EXECUTESAFE RUNAUDITLOGGEDRETRY / 02BACKOFFHUMAN REVIEWWHEN NEEDEDERROR PATHS / READABLE BY DESIGN
Resilient logicVALIDATE → RECOVER → DOCUMENT

The system has to make sense after launch. I care about clean architecture, resilient logic, useful error paths, readable documentation, and workflows that a team can confidently maintain instead of fearfully avoiding.

04Outcome

Less busywork. Better signals. More room to operate.

Operations engine04 / 04
NEW LEADUNSORTEDSUPPORTINCOMINGAPPROVALWAITINGOPS COREONE SYSTEMQUALIFIEDREADYROUTEDOWNER SETAPPROVEDMOVINGLESS HANDOFFSCLEARER SIGNALSMORE ROOM
Operational outputQUALIFY → ROUTE → APPROVE

From lead qualification and support routing to approval pipelines and internal operations, my goal is consistent: turn fragmented manual work into a dependable system that gives people time and visibility back.

03

Verified
credentials.

Platform certifications earned through hands-on coursework and practical assessments.

N8N / 04

n8n Academy

04 records
ZAP / 03

Zapier Academy

03 records
Working toolkit

Tools are only
as good as the system.

Current practice / 2026

A selected stack for building, connecting, documenting, and maintaining modern operations.

01 / ORCHESTRATE

Automation Platforms

Workflow engines used to connect triggers, decisions, actions, and dependable fallback paths.

01 n8n
02 Make.com
03 Zapier
04 GoHighLevel (GHL)
02 / INTELLIGENCE

AI & Workflow Systems

Models, APIs, and retrieval patterns that turn unstructured inputs into useful operational decisions.

01 Claude
02 OpenAI
03 Gemini
04 RAG Systems
05 Prompt Engineering
06 Rest APIs
07 Webhooks
08 QuickBooks
03 / OPERATIONS

CRM & Operations

The records, routing logic, and data structures that keep teams working from a shared source of truth.

01 Airtable
02 Pipedrive
03 Google Sheets
04 Data Mapping
05 Lead Routing
04 / DELIVERY

Tools

The everyday platforms where automated work arrives, gets reviewed, and becomes part of the business.

01 Google Workspace
02 Web Scraping
03 Slack
04 Gmail
05 Calendly
06 Fillout
07 Tally
08 LinkedIn API
09 Facebook API
Next / Selected work

See the stack
in motion.