Strategy & systems · by an operator

I've run the machine you're trying to scale. Now I build yours.

Five-time DTC founder. 300,000+ orders sold. Systems operator for a six-channel retailer. For 26 years I've done the work most agencies only put in slide decks — and I work with a few founders at a time, start to finish.

No pitch deck. No junior team. Just a working session.
Marcos Cantoni, founder of Mindtech Solutions
300K+
DTC orders sold by brands I founded
5×
DTC brands founded & operated in the US and Brazil
6
Channels run at once — Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, Target, eBay, B2B
26
Years across strategy, marketing & engineering 360

Most consultants tell you what to do. I've had to live with the consequences of my own advice.

I've founded supplement brands and shipped over 300,000 orders. I've built the BI dashboard a multi-channel retailer ran on — sales, margin, inventory, tax, A/B tests, one screen. I've designed SKU systems with thousands of variants and automated the workflows nobody wants to do by hand.

That's what I bring to your business: not a framework — a working operator who writes code, reads a P&L, and has made payroll.

— Marcos Cantoni
2000–2009
Founded a marketing agency in San Diego — clients included The Chopra Center, Tower Investments, Sovereign Capital
2009–2011
Marketing Director at a 600-person company
2011–2024
Founded 5 DTC companies in the US and Brazil — 300K+ supplement orders sold
2023–2025
Systems & Operations Manager for a six-channel ecommerce retailer
Today
Building for founders — strategy, systems, and a live DTC brand of my own
Services

Three ways we work together

Scoped engagements. 50% to start, 50% on delivery. No forever-retainers — when the work is done, you own everything.

2 weeks · fixed price

Strategy Sprint

A working diagnosis of your growth, systems, and margin — with a prioritized roadmap you can execute with or without me.

  • Full-funnel & unit-economics review
  • Systems & data audit
  • Prioritized 90-day roadmap
Best first step for most founders
4–8 weeks · scoped

Store & Systems Build

High-converting storefronts, ecommerce replatforms, or the operational dashboard your team actually runs the business on.

  • Storefront / ecommerce builds
  • BI dashboards & reporting
  • Workflow automation & integrations
Designed and built by me, end to end
Monthly · cancel anytime

SEO + GEO Foundation

Visibility that compounds — in Google and in AI answers. Technical health, content architecture, and structured data.

  • Technical SEO & site health
  • Generative Engine Optimization
  • Content architecture
This site is the demo — ask me to show you
Selected work

Receipts, not promises

A few engagements that show the range — strategy, systems, and brands of my own.

USA Nutrition
DTC supplements · my own company
300K+
orders sold

Founded and operated supplement DTC brands from zero to 300,000+ orders. Product strategy, storefront, acquisition, fulfillment, customer service — the whole machine, built and run by the person writing this.

This is where most of my opinions about ecommerce were earned: acquisition math, retention, inventory, and what actually breaks at scale.

DTC strategy · acquisition · operations · fulfillment
Filter King
Multi-channel ecommerce · HVAC filtration
5
sales channels, one system

Ran systems, data, and operations for a high-volume retailer selling across its own site, Amazon, Walmart, Target, and eBay. Built the custom BI dashboard that unified sales, profit, materials cost, shipping, inventory, tax, and A/B testing into one real-time view.

Designed a SKU architecture covering thousands of custom size combinations, automated sales-tax reporting and cartonization, and led a manufacturing-operations program from facility layout to real-time production tracking.

Business intelligence · ecommerce ops · automation · manufacturing
Lume°
Cross-border DTC · wellness
US→BR
cross-border, taxes-included DTC

Built a cross-border DTC brand from scratch — US-manufactured (cGMP), sold direct to Brazilian consumers with duties and shipping resolved at checkout. Brand, storefront, logistics, compliance-aware copy: the full stack, live today.

If you're considering selling into another market, this is the playbook — because I'm running it right now.

Cross-border commerce · brand · Shopify · logistics
Clients

What it's like to work together

"Mindtech transformed how we think about our digital presence. Strategic, methodical, and results-driven — exactly what we needed."

Rick Hoskins
Filter King, LLC

"They don't just execute — they think. That's rare. Our organic traffic has grown consistently since we started working together."

Keith Thorton
Paper Point

"The AI systems they built for us have fundamentally changed how we operate. More efficient, more intelligent, more scalable."

Todd Mikles
Sovereign Capital
FAQ

Straight answers

How do engagements work?

Every engagement is scoped and fixed: 50% to start, 50% on delivery. Most run 2–8 weeks. No open-ended retainers.

Who does the work?

I do. No junior team, no handoffs. You work with the same person from strategy through delivery.

What kind of businesses do you work with?

Mostly ecommerce and DTC founders and SMB leadership teams in the US, typically between $500K and $20M in revenue.

Do you work remotely?

Yes — clients nationwide, with in-person availability in Orlando and Central Florida.

Marcos Cantoni

Bring me a real problem. Leave with a real plan.

Twenty minutes, no pitch. We'll look at your business together and I'll tell you what I see — including whether I'm the wrong person for it.