Brian Shimkus
Solutions Engineer • AI Integration • Pre-Sales Technical Discovery
12+ years building customer-facing solutions in regulated financial organizations. Currently running the technical sales motion at Insolla: discovery calls, solution scoping, tailored demos, and proof-of-concept builds with AI, automation, and enterprise integrations.
Skills
Pre-Sales
Technical discovery, tailored demos, proof-of-concept scoping, solution design, objection handling, executive presentations
AI & LLM
OpenAI, LangChain, Pinecone, RAG architecture, embeddings, prompt engineering, structured outputs
Integration
REST APIs, FastAPI, Salesforce (OAuth 2.0 JWT), DocuSign, webhooks, enterprise systems
Highlights
- →Cut a small business's social media workflow from 8 hours/week to 10 minutes with automation
- →Built RAG assistant over live Salesforce CRM data with source grounding and audit trails
- →Designed policy engine for employee access lifecycle with security review routing
- →12 years at OCC, TransUnion, Marex: stakeholder discovery, enterprise API integration, compliance
Open to Solutions Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, and AI/Automation Engineer roles
Based in Chicago, IL • Available for remote and contract work