ERICK PANIAGUA · DETROIT
I build AI systems end to end.
A self-taught engineer who takes AI products from prototype to production: voice agents, LLM pipelines, and the eval and safety layers that make them trustworthy. AI-native from day one. I like systems that already have traction and need someone to make them sharper.
THE PATH
Self-taught, by shipping.
I started in e-commerce, fully self-taught: building brands and scaling ad spend across paid social and search. No CS degree, just shipping and measuring.
When COVID grounded air freight, the business was about to break. I rebuilt the logistics layer as a US fulfillment system out of necessity. It became the most valuable asset in the eventual sale of the business to a private equity buyer.
From there I moved into marketing automation engineering, then founded SalesMind AI in 2024: a multi-tenant AI voice-agent platform where I am the sole engineer and my partner runs sales. In 2025 I co-founded HealthSync AI, an early-stage AI healthcare operations platform.
The throughline: I learn what I need to ship the thing, then I ship it, then I measure it. AI-native from day one.
EXPERIENCE
The path here.
Co-founder, HealthSync AI
2025 to nowEarly-stage AI platform for healthcare operations. Building the product and the engineering from the ground up.
Founder, sole engineer, SalesMind AI
2024 to nowMulti-tenant AI voice-agent platform plus forward-deployed client systems. I build and run everything technical; my partner runs sales.
Automation engineer, Marketing automation (agency)
2023 to 2024Built marketing automation systems for clients across industries. The bridge from operator to engineer.
Founder, operator, E-commerce business
2019 to 2023Grew a brand from zero to 4.6M dollars in revenue. Rebuilt logistics into a US fulfillment system during COVID, the asset a private equity buyer valued most in the sale.
THE STACK
- TypeScript
- Python
- Next.js
- React
- Node
- LLM pipelines
- RAG
- Voice agents
- Evals
- MCP
- Postgres
- Redis
- Vercel
- Claude Code
- GSAP