Building to secure the technical win

Sales engineer by title, shipper by habit, horseman by choice. I write about what I am building and thinking about as it relates to the world of sales, technology, AI, and even horses.

Caleb riding his horse through a rock hollow
$100M+
in technical wins I've helped close
317
contributions I've made in the last 20 days
2
horses in the barn
Off the clock

Three habits that ship in every deal.

Caleb with two horses on a wooded trail
Horses

Patience is technical.

I don't get in the saddle until the horse is ready. Similarly, I'm not going to push a product that isn't a good fit. I work patiently and diligently to build trust and confidence, that's not sales speak, that's horsemanship.

LEGO models of the ISS, a Saturn V rocket, and the Apollo lunar lander
Builder

I build to understand.

I won't sell what I don't understand, so I build to understand. Nights and weekends, by hand and by agent, I build everything from throwaway prototypes to working SaaS products. When we talk shop, you get a straight answer, not a pitch.

Caleb doing a preflight walkaround of a Cessna
Flying

Attention to detail.

The first time I flew a plane I was overwhelmed by all the knobs, gauges, and inputs. Now it's second nature. I've been through a few sales cycles by now too, and I bring the same attention to detail whether I'm at a conference table or in a Cessna.

What I'm building

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typescript 12d ago

forest

GitHub, new tab a fully custom IDE built to support multi-project, multi-agent, and multi-domain work b4a938e ★ 3
typescript 7mo ago

ai-discord-bot

GitHub, new tab a discord bot that can interact with claude code and openai codex 2a2e245 ★ 11
python 3mo ago

lame-data

GitHub, new tab equine locomotion data collection for detecting lameness in horses 4c26a0e

Drop a line

Building something, want to collaborate, or just want to say hi? I read everything and reply when I'm off the horse.

calebmkeller@gmail.com

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