Saied.FX began inside a working Jamaican business. I saw good people losing hours to calculators, paper, repeated entry, and disconnected spreadsheets—and decided the work should be easier.
01 / THE FIRST FIX
A calculator beside a spreadsheet.
In 2025, I came into my father's office at Exquisite Windows & More and watched estimates being prepared in a basic Excel file. A detailed 30-item estimate could take hours. Names were inconsistent, information lived in different places, and some parts of the operation still depended on paper.
I added macros first. Then I built a proper costing engine. That led to the website, a visual product-pricing engine, CRM, production tools, and a shared customer record across different parts of the business.
02 / FOLLOW THE FRICTION
The payroll problem was connected too.
Payroll depended on five separate spreadsheets: fingerprint-device records, worked-hour calculations, a payroll summary, monthly payroll, and another manual entry into BizPay. A run could take 8–16 hours.
I built one platform to handle the process and the controls around it. The same payroll can now be completed in roughly 15–30 minutes. Today I lead technology and operations at Exquisite, working as the right hand to my father, the company's owner and managing director.
PROOF IN THE WORK
The software has to earn its place.
My banking and e-commerce background taught me to look beyond the screen. A useful system has to respect the numbers, the people doing the work, the customer waiting, and the risk when something goes wrong.
01More than 50 quotes supported in a typical week02Fortnightly and monthly payroll workflows038–16 hours reduced to about 15–30 minutes04Website, CRM, production, and people operations connected
WHY SAIED.FX
Better side effects.
Saied.FX is a play on “side effects.” The name describes what I want the work to create: less repetition, fewer mistakes, faster decisions, clearer customer experiences, and more room for a business to grow.
My goal is to make advanced technology practical for people and businesses in Jamaica—not technology that feels imported, intimidating, or difficult to maintain, but tools that fit how people actually work.
One personal measure matters more than any product: I am a father. It keeps the mission grounded. Better systems should give people time and clarity back, not give them more technology to manage.