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CURRICULUM VITAE · 2026

Gert Stefanus
Watson.

Systems, Operations & Technology Professional

  • CE-commerce & Marketplace Systems
  • OBusiness Operations
  • ASenior Live Sound Engineer

I build the systems that let a small team outrun the competition — and then I run them.

Business owner and systems practitioner combining hands-on e-commerce operations with a 14-year live-production career. I design and implement internal software and workflows, translate legacy supplier data into usable commerce systems, and own the commercial decisions behind them. Now bringing that to a long-term role in technology-enabled operations and business systems.

R27.8m+Pro-Outdoor lifetime online revenue
11,000+Pro-Outdoor online orders since 2021
~R6mAnnual sales across the group
3 × 3Three channels, run by a team of three
1,000+Rehearsal & show days
~40Artists on in-ears per production

Commerce figures: September 2026 CV snapshot. Revenue is not profit; Pro-Outdoor lifetime and group annual figures are reported separately.

Founder & Director

Pro-Group eCom Solutions (Pty) Ltd

2021 — NOW
PRO-OUTDOOR.CO.ZA hunting & reloading PRO-STAGE.CO.ZA pro concert tech TAKEALOT marketplace
  • Built the business from zero — its systems, operating model and a three-person team running daily operations across three sales channels.
  • Bridged wholesale and online retail — turned product, price and stock data from legacy accounting systems, spreadsheets and rep-led processes into structured, commercially usable data.
  • Architected and built the custom stack — the Pro-Group operations portal, StockSync AI supplier mapping, Takealot listing tools, courier integration and reconciliation.
  • Own the commercial decisions — supplier relationships and purchasing, pricing and gross margin, cash flow, accounting and VAT, marketplace fees, stock risk, returns and logistics costs.

CTHE COMMERCE LINE — END-TO-END OWNERSHIP

  1. Supplier & ERP data
  2. Catalogue & SKUs
  3. Price & stock sync
  4. Storefronts & listings
  5. Orders & purchasing
  6. Fulfilment & tracking
  7. Customer care
  8. Payments & accounting

Automated integrations and staff-run processes, designed as one flow — with commercial viability guiding every technical choice.

GERT STEFANUS WATSON01 / 02

Independent Senior Live Sound / Monitor Engineer

Concerts · Festivals · Broadcast · Corporate

2012 — NOW

The artists hear the show through me. I run the in-ear monitor mixes on many of South Africa’s biggest music productions — up to ~40 personal mixes at once, live, with no second take.

31headline productions in 12 months — plus smaller shows & corporate events
4stadiums: FNB · Loftus · DHL · SuperSport Park
6provinces
1,000+rehearsal & show days
  • Requested by name by artists, producers and production managers — repeat engagements on flagship productions, year after year.
  • Own the whole monitor system: design and preparation, leading the technical team and live operation; find and fix faults fast under live-show pressure.

LAST 12 MONTHS · HEADLINES Scorpion Kings Live (FNB Stadium) · Krone (Loftus) · Afrikaans 100 (DHL Stadium) · Melk Fest (SuperSport Park) · Afrikaans is Groot · Kip Moore · Steve Hofmeyr Ikoon · Francois van Coke & Vriende · Spoegwolf op Ys · Lexus Classics · Jacaranda Carols · Swingin’ Las Vegas · Passievol · Liefde by die Dam · Afrikaans op die Platteland · Ons vir Jou · Innibos · Groot Fees · Nampo · Atterbury Versnit · Droomland · Dorp Toe Fees · Mahela Boskonsert · Helpmekaar College Fest · Vodacom CEO Awards · Aitsa Musiek Toekennings · Ontbytsake Toekennings · Standard Bank MOE · Famous Brands · Spar Dealers · AWS Developers Conference · plus many smaller shows & corporate events in between

Publicly credited by DiGiCo · KLANG · MA Lighting · DWR  ·  Earlier South African Music Awards · South African Idols · international touring artists

Selected builds

designed & built by me — live demos on my site ↗
P0040Pro-Group PortalSupplier data → catalogue → pricing → listings → orders → invoices, in one portal.Postgres · StockSync AI · Takealot
U0041UPWRKSMaintenance SaaS: recurring routines, checklists, evidence, manager review.Vue · TypeScript · Postgres
M0042MxA · MixAssistantOne tap fires every artist, co-artist and FX routing change as OSC.Python · Streamlit · OSC
B0043Bus RemotePerformers control their own in-ear mix from their phone; console stays authoritative.Node.js · OSC · DiGiCo
T0044TimeFestShared show clock: planned, actual and forecast for operator, FOH and stage.JavaScript · SSE
X0045Industrial InterfacesSensors on a production line trigger actions in existing workstation software.Arduino · USB HID
S0046Pro-InboxSupport inbox with order context beside every conversation; AI drafts, staff decide.Nuxt · Postgres · MCP
+MORESee them workingInteractive demos and case studies on the portfolio.Portfolio · GitHub

Technical toolkit

1Systems & integration

REST APIsWebhooksOAuthMarketplace integrationsWorkflow automationData transformationSupplier / ERP data

2Development & data

PythonJavaScriptNode.jsVueFastAPIStreamlitSQLSQLiteHTML/CSSJSON · XML · CSVGit / GitHub

3Infrastructure & platforms

LinuxDockerUnraidRailwayTakealotShopify / EcwidBob GoXeroUniFi networking