Fernando Marques · Business Automation & AI Specialist for boutique founder-led firms

In ninety days, the firm
stops waiting on you.

Take repetitive admin off your team’s plate, using the tools you already own. Built, tested, and handed over in ninety days—with AI where it helps.

Where it hurts

Your processes work.
But how much of your time do they cost?

Industry research, not Jovadan client results. Samples and measures differ; these figures do not estimate your savings.

Where could your firm recover time? Take the workflow assessment →

In practice · Carol Coelho Náutica

One listing.
Entered once.
Published across platforms.

Before60+ min
After<5 min

Timed for Carol’s listing workflow.

From roughly 40% of her working week to just 5%.
Carol’s estimate of the time she spends preparing and publishing listings.

See what changed for Carol →
Gmail, Canva, Odisea, eBoat, Bombarco, Instagram and WhatsApp connected to Carol Coelho Consultora Náutica.
  1. Enter once
  2. Images prepared
  3. Published across platforms
What changed behind the scenes

Carol provides the boat details and photos. Images are watermarked automatically, and the listing is posted across multiple platforms.

Watermarking alone saves over five minutes per image—around three hours each week.

A specific client result, not a promise for every firm.

Before your next hire

You could hire another person. That cost renews every year.

The hire you are considering
The work filling their week
Where automation can help
Administrative coordinator$48,310/year benchmark
Chasing documents and copying information.
Reminders sent and records kept in sync.
Operations manager$114,130/year benchmark
Tracking handoffs and preparing updates.
Next steps routed; delays flagged for review.
Another accountant, consultant, or engineer$83,680/year for an accountant
Gathering inputs and preparing routine drafts.
Inputs assembled and drafts ready for professional review.
If volume dips
A salary remains a recurring commitment.
No additional full-time salary. Software and operating costs remain; continuation with Jovadan is optional.
If they leave
Continuity depends on documentation and handover.
Automations and runbooks stay with your team, ready for the next person to take over.

Hire for judgment, leadership, and expertise. First, see how much routine work you can take off your existing team’s plate.US median annual wages, BLS May 2025; excludes employer taxes and benefits. Benchmarks: administrative assistants, administrative services managers, and accountants and auditors. Actual pay varies by role, location, and experience.

Ninety days. What happens, and when

From diagnosis to everyday use.

Days 1 – 14 · Diagnostic

Find what’s worth fixing

Measure the bottleneck, agree on the business case and scope, then decide whether to build.

Days 15 – 90 · Implementation

Put it to work

Connect your tools, test the agreed improvements, and bring them into daily use. AI where it fits.

Within the ninety days · Handover

Make it yours

Your team learns to run it, manage exceptions, and pause it. The systems and documentation stay with you.

Work directly with me throughout: weekly calls and async support. The diagnostic is included in the engagement total.

What your team keeps

Your accounts, documented workflows, monitoring, and human approvals where needed.

Training, a runbook, and thirty days of fixes for delivered functionality after deployment.

Continuation and management with Jovadan are fully optional.

The diagnostic payback commitment

A business case for 12-month projected payback.

$18,000/mo
Combined monthly benefitCarol Coelho Náutica. Client-reported: reduced contractor spend plus the value of time recovered.
16hrs/wk
Broker hours reclaimedEvery week, against her listing workflow.
5min
Per new listingDown from over an hour. Timed.

A specific client result, not a promise for every firm. Your diagnostic runs the same arithmetic on your firm, with your figures, in the first two weeks.

How projected payback works

If I cannot substantiate twelve-month projected payback for the engagement and necessary additional costs, I refund the Founders’ diagnostic fee—even if you proceed. See the conditions.

The forecast accounts for human review, software, API costs, and maintenance. Actual spending reductions and avoided hiring are counted separately from the value of recovered time.

As an illustration of the arithmetic: fifteen hours a week at an $80 loaded hourly cost is roughly $60,000 a year across fifty working weeks. That is recovered capacity, not payroll savings, and your own figures replace these in the diagnostic.

Who’s behind this

The person you speak to is the person who builds it.

You work directly with me, from the first conversation through implementation and handover. No subcontractors.

I started Jovadan to give people more time for judgment, expertise, and relationships. Automation handles the repetition; AI earns its place where it helps.

Read the longer version
One signature offer · Founders’ Edition

Fixed fee. Agreed before anything starts.

$20,000

On day ninety-one you have

  • The workflows running in your own accounts, under your own logins.
  • Your team trained to run them, pause them, and handle exceptions.
  • A runbook, monitoring, and thirty days of fixes after each deployment.
Diagnostic
$5,000
Two weeks. Included in the $20,000 total.

Available on its own. Founders' diagnostic fee refunded if I cannot substantiate 12-month projected payback. How the guarantee works.

Upkeepoptional
$1,500 per month
Maintenance of shipped systems, with a monthly log.

Covered systems, support limits, and response commitments are agreed in writing. New features are scoped separately.

Extendedoptional
$4,000 per month
New workflows after Day 90. Month-to-month.

Maintenance and improvements within an agreed monthly scope and delivery capacity. Move between continuation tiers at any time.

Terms
Payment & cancellation
50 / 50 split. Thirty days’ written notice.

$5,000 diagnostic · $5,000 on implementation authorization · $10,000 at Day 45. The diagnostic is included in the $20,000 total.

You decide whether to proceed after the diagnostic. The first thirty days of implementation are non-cancellable. After that, thirty days’ written notice applies, with a refund for the unused portion.

Compare standard pricing & support terms
Dimension
Founders' Edition
Standard
Engagement
$20,000
$30,000
Diagnostic · credited in full
$5,000
$8,000
Continuation
$1,500 Upkeep · $4,000 Extended, rate locked for life
$2,500 Upkeep · $6,000 Extended
Case study
Named and public
Anonymized by default
Access
Direct phone access · 4 business-hour response during business hours; 24 elapsed hours outside · monthly advisory call
12 business-hour response during business hours; 48 elapsed hours outside

Business hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm New York time (EST/EDT), excluding US federal holidays. During-hours requests use business-hour clocks; outside-hours requests use elapsed-hour clocks. These commitments cover an initial response, not resolution. Delivery is identical across both editions.

A thirty-minute conversation

Where could you get time back?

Book a thirty-minute call → Or send a note Read the case studies Take the workflow assessment →

A free thirty-minute conversation about what’s taking your time and whether I can help.

By email
Practice
Jovadan · Business Automation & AI
Availability
Founding cohort, first three firms
Before the call

Plain answers, before the conversation.

How does an engagement start?

A thirty-minute call checks fit. The diagnostic runs during Days 1–14 of the ninety-day engagement and sets the scope and business case. Its $5,000 Founders’ fee is included in the $20,000 total. You decide whether to proceed with implementation afterward.

What if a system doesn't work as expected?

We test before release, and your team can pause each workflow. Fixes for delivered functionality are included for thirty days after deployment; new requirements are scoped separately.

Who owns the code and configurations you build?

You do, from day one. The systems, code, configurations, and documentation live in your accounts and stay with your team after the engagement ends.

How is this different from hiring a consultant?

You receive working improvements, testing, documentation, and training—not just recommendations. Compare the deliverables and responsibilities in each proposal; some consultants also implement.

What about confidentiality and client data?

An NDA is signed at the start. We agree on data flows, providers, and relevant confidentiality requirements before using client data. AI providers and hosting are selected to meet those agreed requirements.

Can I cancel mid-engagement?

Yes. The diagnostic does not commit you to implementation. The first thirty days of implementation are non-cancellable; afterward, cancellation requires thirty days’ written notice, pro-rated for the unused portion.

What happens at Day 90 if I want to continue?

You can manage the systems yourself or choose optional monthly support: $1,500 for Upkeep or $4,000 for Extended, which includes improvements within an agreed scope. Both are month-to-month; Founders’ rates stay locked while you continue.

Do you work with my existing engineering team?

Yes. I coordinate with your engineers on architecture and standards, and take responsibility for the agreed automation work.