The salesperson who builds
It's rare to find someone who can both sell and build. I do both: I sit with the customer, find the number that matters, and come back with a system that works.
Remote · Bogotá (UTC-5) · Spanish and English
Where I add the most
- AI Solutions Engineer
- Sales Engineer (AI products)
- GTM Engineer
- AI Solutions Consultant
- Forward Deployed Engineer (customer-facing)
What I already do: discovery, scoping, demos, proposals and shipping tested systems with agents. What I don't claim: years as a career engineer.
In five numbers
- 10+ years in sales and service, about 7 of them in English, targets beaten at Asurion and Honda ⓘ
- Own online store in production since 2023, built and run with my wife empireessence.co ↗
- 1st place, Claude Code Build Day, Bogotá, October 5, 2026 ⓘ
- QA harness: 20 of 20 checkout cases green in about 65 seconds, challenge winner evidence ↗
- Restocore: 396 automated tests and a security review with no critical or high findings ⓘ
What I bring
Customer discovery: the right questions, objection handling, three-option proposals and closing
End-to-end building with agents: from idea to a product with tests, roles and backups
Cost judgment: I pick models and architecture based on what they cost to run every month
Technical honesty: evals, acceptance cases and clear status labels (demo, pilot, production)
CRM and sales ops: Salesforce, pipeline, objections and account management every day
Native Spanish and advanced English: about 7 of my 10+ years in sales were in English, with US and global customers
Evidence, not a skills list
See all four cases→$ npm run qa:checkout▸ starting test copy of the store… ok▸ fixture: 12 products · 2 viewports · 10 rules✓ EE-01 server decides the price✓ EE-02 retail: 1 to 10 per SKU, duplicates merged✓ EE-03 wholesale minimums respected✓ EE-04 shipping: Bogotá, national, free threshold✓ EE-05 contact and consent validated on the server✓ EE-06 opt-ins unticked and optional⚠ planted bug: pre-ticked opt-ins → caught✓ EE-07 to EE-10 order, payment and totals consistent✓ checkout desktop · 10/10✓ checkout mobile · 10/1020/20 green · 65 s · exit 0
A QA robot that tests checkout before every change
One command, about 65 seconds. The robot buys on a test copy, on desktop and mobile, and tells you if anything broke.
- Dismissal: October 3, 2026
- Pregnant: 4 months, employer informed
- Documents to bring: 3
- Time to brief: 48 s
First-consultation intake agent for Leal Abogados
The agent runs the first conversation, flags what's urgent and hands the lawyer a ready-to-use brief.
Animated illustration of the Restocore point of sale: three products go into the cart, the payment is Nequi, the sale is registered, a receipt slides out, the ingredients of the recipe drop in the location stock and the dashboard shows sales per location
demo · fictional dataInventory, sales and daily close for restaurants and shops
A system that knows what you have at every location, deducts ingredients per recipe and hands your accountant a clean file.
Career at a glance
- 2024 to now
AI systems builder · Independent
Inventory and sales, routing, agents and QA robots with Claude Code and Codex. 1st place at the Claude Code Build Day and winner of Gradiente's harness challenge.
- 2025 to now
B2B Account Executive · Restaurant technology company
B2B sales to restaurant owners and operators on Salesforce: prospecting, discovery, proposals, objections, closing and account follow-up.
- 2023 to now
Co-founder and AI lead · Empire Essence
Online perfume store. Pricing, suppliers and SEO. Retail and wholesale checkout, payments, order logging and alerts with n8n, Telegram and webhooks, plus a custom inventory system.
- 2019 to 2025
Sales and customer success, in English · Audible, Language-course company, Asurion, Priceline and 2 more
See the detail
- 2024 to 2025 Retention Specialist · Audible. Customer retention, negotiation and objection handling, in English.
- 2023 Account Specialist · Language-course company (confidential). Consultative sales to a global audience across the full funnel: prospecting, follow-up and closing.
- 2022 to 2023 Tech Sales Specialist · Asurion. Tech support and sales for US customers. Beat targets and was recognized for results.
- 2021 to 2022 Travel Agent · Priceline. Service and sales for international accounts, in English.
- 2020 to 2021 Sales Advisor · Honda Motos. Motorcycle sales. Beat targets.
- 2019 to 2020 Sales and marketing · American School Way. Quality, lead generation, scheduling and closing.
Education
- Automotive mechanics technician, Instituto Técnico Industrial Centro Don Bosco
- Python, automation and AI applications (Platzi)
- Digital marketing and SEO (Platzi)
- Career Essentials in Generative AI (Microsoft and LinkedIn, 2024)
- Data analysis and data science path (LinkedIn Learning, 2026)
- Advanced English and business communication (American School Way)
- Agent harness class with Ricardo Celis, Gradiente School of Engineering (2026)
I'm active in Claude Community Bogotá: meetups, agent workshops and Build Days.