"Find the bottleneck, automate the grunt, measure the gain."
Marnus van Staden
Product & Process
Marnus is an industrial engineer who ended up in software, which is exactly the right order. He starts with how the work actually flows, finds the bottleneck, and only then reaches for technology. At ReadyRun he heads Product & Process, making sure everything we build moves a number that matters.
On your project, Marnus is the one asking "what does this save you?" before anything gets built, and checking the answer afterwards.
Superpowers at a Glance
Gets owners, managers and developers telling the same story, so handovers don't drop things.
Builds simulations that try a change on paper before you commit money to it.
Designed bots that cleared a 13,000-order backlog in under a week.
Runs requirements and testing sessions that catch problems while they're still cheap to fix.
Tracks scope and budget so projects finish, and finish worth it.
Career Snapshot
Industrial engineer at Level Products. Used Monte Carlo simulation to guide machinery investment.
Intelligent automation specialist at Jurumani. Built automation bots and a process-mining proof of concept.
Business analyst and Scrum Master at Vodacom Enterprise Tech, the bridge between business and a four-developer squad.
Process analyst at Vodacom Technical Product Engineering, covering the cloud, hosting and security portfolio.
Salesforce consultant and business analyst at NTT Data, leading high-impact Salesforce and integration projects.
External examiner at the University of Pretoria, assessing final-year industrial engineering dissertations.
Co-founded ReadyRun. Heads Product & Process across the whole solution.
Certifications & Badges
Toolbox
Modelling & Simulation
AnyLogic, Monte Carlo (R), Python
Automation & Integration
RPA (Python/MQTT), Salesforce Platform, Mulesoft
Product & Project Ops
ClickUp, Agile Scrum frameworks, Budget & Scope tracking
Analytics & Process Mining
Python pandas, bespoke process-mining tool prototypes
Facilitation
Requirements workshops, test sessions, Toastmasters-honed public speaking
Recent Wins
Backlog blitz
An automation bot cleared 13,000 stuck fibre orders in under 7 days, unblocking the delivery teams.
Simulation-led investment
A Monte Carlo model gave Level Products the confidence to green-light new machinery.
Process-mining pioneer
Built the concept tool that seeded Jurumani's commercial process-mining offering.
Speaking & Community
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External Examiner, University of Pretoria Industrial & Systems Engineering
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Executive committee & mentor, Toastmasters Pretoria Advanced Club (Sergeant-at-Arms 2023/24)
Beyond the Keyboard
Trail runner, cyclist and hiker who finished the 2025 Ultra Trail Drakensberg 100 km in 24 hours and 26 minutes. When he's not on a mountain, he's tinkering with weekend DIY projects or perfecting a V60 pour-over from his latest single-origin beans.