Benjamin Grec

Benjamin Grec

Systems Consultant & Automation Strategist

Helping B2B companies replace bloated SaaS stacks with self-hosted CRM platforms, automated outbound pipelines, and AI-driven workflows — measured by adoption, retention, and documented ROI.

Available for consulting engagements and advisory roles with growth-focused B2B teams.

About

Systems consultant and automation strategist with a foundation in both technical implementation and direct sales. I founded Better Growth Systems to help SMB and mid-market B2B companies replace bloated SaaS stacks with self-hosted CRM platforms, automated outbound pipelines, and AI-driven workflows.

I built real sales instincts across SDR operations, field prospecting, and high-pressure client-facing environments before channeling that experience into building the systems that make outbound scalable. I build solutions clients actually use — not shelfware.

Services

CRM Architecture & Migration

Replace costly legacy platforms with fully customized SuiteCRM deployments — discovery, configuration, and live training that drives 100% day-one adoption with an 85% cost reduction versus prior platforms.

Outbound Infrastructure Engineering

Build automated data-scraping and ingestion pipelines that populate CRMs with thousands of SIC-coded, pre-segmented B2B leads — eliminating hundreds of hours of manual research per engagement.

AI & Open-Source Automation

Migrate from per-seat SaaS to self-hosted open-source stacks (n8n, Mautic) on Debian Linux and Docker — delivering full data ownership, zero licensing overhead, and 10+ hours of admin saved per week per client.

Email Deliverability & Infrastructure

Design and deploy self-hosted email infrastructure for high-volume outbound campaigns — engineered template engines and hardened SPF/DKIM/DMARC configurations for consistent inbox placement at scale.

Technical SEO & Web Engineering

Migrate legacy B2B websites from WordPress to Astro — sub-second load times, perfect Core Web Vitals, and technical SEO that eliminates reliance on paid acquisition.

Sales Operations & SDR Enablement

Overhaul outbound infrastructure with structured CRM migration, regional lead databases, and territory segmentation — enabling sales teams to scale outreach and double qualified daily appointments.

Case Studies

Cross-Platform VoIP Automation System

Jan – Feb 2024

Designed and deployed a VoIP solution across iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux using VoIP.ms SIP trunks, enabling seamless cross-platform deployment and zero manual data entry for outbound sales teams.

Solution
Orchestrated APIs, webhooks, and real-time data pipelines to automate lead management and call recording — integrating directly with existing CRM infrastructure for unified pipeline visibility.
Impact
Eliminated manual data entry across outbound calling workflows, maximizing team outreach velocity and ensuring every call, lead, and outcome was captured automatically in the CRM.
Technologies / Tools

Infrastructure

  • VoIP.ms
  • SIP Trunking
  • iOS
  • Android
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Automation

  • API Pipelines
  • Webhooks
  • CRM Integration
  • Call Recording

GPU Passthrough — Windows VM on Fedora Linux

Apr – May 2024

Implemented NVIDIA GPU passthrough to a Windows 10 KVM/QEMU virtual machine using IOMMU, VFIO, and custom libvirt XML configurations for near-native GPU performance on a Fedora Linux host.

Solution
Configured kernel parameters, IOMMU groups, VFIO driver binding, and advanced resource allocation to achieve near-native GPU performance inside a VM while retaining Linux as the host OS.
Impact
Achieved near-native GPU performance in the VM and translated the full configuration into a public step-by-step technical guide enabling self-service community onboarding and troubleshooting.
Technologies / Tools

Virtualization

  • KVM/QEMU
  • IOMMU
  • VFIO
  • libvirt
  • XML Configuration

Platform

  • Fedora Linux
  • Windows 10
  • NVIDIA GPU
  • Kernel Modules

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Stack

Customer Success & RevOps

SuiteCRM Close CRM Salesforce HubSpot Zoho CRM Workflow Architecture Live Training & Enablement Performance Reporting Pipeline Management Cold Calling & Outbound Prospecting Sales Genie ZoomInfo Community Management Content Strategy

Automation & Data Engineering

n8n Mautic B2B Web Scraping Database Lead Ingestion Webhooks VoIP.ms SIP Trunking API Pipelines SPF/DKIM/DMARC

Core Infrastructure

Debian Linux Fedora Linux Docker Nginx Apache Cloudflare Backblaze B2 rclone KVM/QEMU IOMMU VFIO SSH VPS Management

Development & AI

JavaScript Node.js Python Go PHP SQL HTML/CSS Git Astro WordPress Playwright Claude Code ChatGPT Plus GCP APIs (Maps, Search)

Design & Creative

Blender (3D Animation & Motion Graphics)

Experience

2022 – 2026

Security Guard

Partytown.ca / CMG Entertainment

Kitchener, ON · Part-time

Jan – Apr 2023

Security Guard

Allied Universal

Waterloo, ON · Full-time

Sep – Nov 2022

Production Line Worker

Latem Industries

Cambridge, ON · Full-time

2021 – 2022

Tech Sales Associate

Staples Canada

Waterloo, ON · Part-time

Sep 2021

Central Poll Supervisor

Elections Canada

Kitchener, ON · Seasonal

2017 – 2020

Founder & Online English Instructor

BG English

Ontario · Remote · Self-employed