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Vanessa B.

AI & Operations Automation | n8n, HubSpot, RevOps | Former Startup COO

Your team is spending hours on things that should run themselves: follow-ups, lead routing, proposal generation, CRM updates, reporting. I build the systems that make that stop. I'm a former startup COO (scaled companies from 10 to 30+ people) who now builds end-to-end automation for B2B teams. Not toy demos, production systems that run daily, handle edge cases, and don't break when you scale. What I've built recently: • An AI-powered sales pipeline that auto-drafts email responses, generates proposals in one click, and runs follow-up sequences with zero manual input for a 3-person sales team handling 100+ clients • A lead classification pipeline processing 70,000+ restaurant leads/month using LLMs - scoring, deduplication, and routing with 94% accuracy • AI sales call processing: transcript → structured notes → CRM update → follow-up draft, all triggered automatically after every call • Self-updating dashboards, calendar sync across tools, signature notifications to Slack, the unglamorous plumbing that makes everything else work My stack: n8n (primary), HubSpot, Python, JavaScript, OpenAI/Claude API, Microsoft Graph, Google Workspace, Make, Zapier. I pick the right tool, not my favorite tool. Who I work with best: → B2B SaaS teams (10-50 people) scaling ops without scaling headcount → Founders still doing manual work they know should be automated → Small sales/CS teams drowning in admin How I work: 1. Map your current process and pain points 2. Design the automation architecture with you 3. Build, test, and ship - with documentation so your team can maintain it I don't do generic consulting decks. I audit your systems, build the workflows, and hand you something that works on day one. 15+ years in operations (ExxonMobil, Bosch, multiple SaaS startups). Economics background. Based in Berlin, working async with teams globally. Message me with what you're trying to automate. I'll tell you honestly if I can help and what it would take.

🇩🇪Berlin, Germany$100/hr100% JSS5.00 (30)Since Aug 2014
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$626

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#68,519 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#485 / 3,842
Revenue, last 30 days
$452

Last 6 months: $3.8k

World#65,441 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#425 / 3,842
Total earnings
$23k

Billed in all: $23k

World#131,089 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#972 / 3,842
Per project
$629

$1.9k in the last 6 months

World#161,959 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#1,482 / 3,842
Projects, last 6 months
2
50% fixed50% hourly
World#88,918 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#715 / 3,842
Projects in all
36

Across 38 contracts

68% fixed32% hourly
World#83,215 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#666 / 3,842

Earnings, last 30 days

$23.2k+$452 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$22,500$22,750$23,000$23,250Oct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 15% in Startup Company

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  4. #68Implementation353 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #1Top 19%
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  7. #713Process Improvement2,840 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #6Top 25%
  8. #979Business Operations4,003 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #8Top 24%