Durban, South Africa / Product + Growth

Product founder with a marketer's instinct. I take products from positioning to launch to the code that ships them — built genugc.ai, Lively, and RevFlow.

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01 / About

I sit wheremarketing instinctmeets product execution.

Building genugc.ai, Lively, and Duokast taught me there are no shortcuts. I had to own every part of getting a product out the door: the sales, the marketing, the code, and the design.

I build AI-native products end to end. That means everything from the first call on how to position something to the workflow that actually ships it.

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3

Products Launched

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7+

Years Experience

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3

Countries

Selected Work

AIProduct

genugc.ai

AI-native UGC platform I took from zero to launch, including product strategy, the build, and go-to-market. Founder & PM.

2025-PresentView project
ProductLive-streaming

Lively

Live-streaming platform that scaled to thousands of users. I owned the roadmap, video infrastructure, and the monetization model.

Singapore, 2022-2023
MarketingAgency

RevFlow Digital

Digital marketing agency I run. GTM strategy, paid ads, SEO, and brand development built to move revenue for clients.

South AfricaView project

Independent builds

Projects I've Built

A growing record of products I designed, developed, and shipped end to end.

Build 01Live product

Cashflow Agent

An AI-powered collections assistant that automatically follows up with customers on WhatsApp, helping businesses keep outstanding payments moving without repetitive manual chasing.

I built the frontend in Next.js, used InsForge for authentication, the database, and scheduled cron jobs, then shipped the production application through Vercel.

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Technical architecture

Frontend

Next.js

Responsive interface, product flows, and application logic.

Backend

InsForge

User authentication and database infrastructure.

Scheduling

InsForge Cron Jobs

Scheduled jobs trigger automated follow-up tasks at the right time.

Automation

WhatsApp

The customer follow-up and collections channel.

Deployment

Vercel

Production hosting and continuous deployment.

What I Do

Product

  • Product Strategy & Roadmapping
  • User-Centered Design (UX/UI)
  • Agile/Scrum
  • A/B Testing & Experimentation
  • Go-to-Market Strategy
  • Product Analytics

Marketing

  • Marketing Strategy & GTM
  • SEO/SEM & Google Analytics
  • Email Marketing & Automation
  • Paid Advertising (Google/Meta)
  • Content Marketing
  • Brand Development
  • CRO & Funnel Optimization
  • Sales & Client Acquisition

Technical

  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • AI/ML API Integration
  • Prompt Engineering

Experience

Founder & PM

genugc.ai (AI-Powered UGC)

Mar 2025-Present / Remote

Building an AI-native UGC platform across strategy, product, workflow design, and launch.

English Specialist

Eton International

Dec 2023-Dec 2025 / Remote

Taught business English to professionals across Asia — reps that sharpened how I communicate and sell across cultures.

Founder & Product Lead

Lively (Live-streaming)

Mar 2022-Dec 2023 / Singapore

Led product roadmap, video infrastructure decisions, user experience, and monetization.

Founder & Product Lead

Duokast

Jan 2021-Jan 2022 / Shanghai

Built and shipped an early media product — my first full run at product discovery, build, and operations.

Retail Sales & Customer Experience

AutoZone SA

Dec 2013-Dec 2020 / South Africa

Seven years selling and serving on the floor of an auto-parts retailer — where I learned to read customers, handle objections, and close.

Contact

Let's Work Together.

Looking for product roles where a marketer's instinct is an edge — also open to partnerships and interesting builds.

© 2026 Preston Govender