Portrait of Shanil Panchamia
BUSINESS STRATEGIST × AI SYSTEMS BUILDER

Solving business problems through strategy, systems, and technology.

I build the operational foundations and strategic frameworks that help founders scale what works. I partner with a few ambitious teams to solve complex problems and build systems that last.

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Companies & Institutions
Cisco
Concordia University
Bell Canada
HelloFresh
GoDaddy

About

Most people live inside one of these worlds: technology, business, sales, product, or execution. I've worked inside all five — and that combination, not any one of them alone, is what I bring to the table.

Presenting at a case competition, with Deloitte and AEDC banners in the background
High-fiving a teammate after a case competition round, with the room applauding
Seated on a panel at Concordia University
With fellow founders and mentors at an Entrepreneurship Club event
Graduation portrait, Concordia MBA
Crossing the stage at Concordia's graduation ceremony, Spring 2023
Presenting at a case competition, with Deloitte and AEDC banners in the background
High-fiving a teammate after a case competition round, with the room applauding
Seated on a panel at Concordia University
With fellow founders and mentors at an Entrepreneurship Club event
Graduation portrait, Concordia MBA
Crossing the stage at Concordia's graduation ceremony, Spring 2023

Case competitions, the Entrepreneurship Club, and graduation day — Concordia MBA, Spring 2023.

00Origin

I was drawn to taking things apart as a kid — jamming a stick in a door handle to stop a faulty wire from slipping loose, that kind of thing. Before I cared about the big picture, I wanted to understand how systems actually worked. That instinct became a Computer Science degree.

01Cisco

As a senior technical consultant at Cisco, I managed complex network problems and requirements for global clients, and led innovation projects with a direct bottom-line impact — improving how businesses actually operated, in real time.

02MBA

Wanting to build something of my own, I moved to Canada for an MBA at Concordia, one of the top three programs in the country, to build a real knowledge base before going after the global market. I represented and won multiple national and global case competitions, and served as President of the Entrepreneurship Club, organizing events with multi-million dollar startups.

03Sales

The one tool still missing from my toolkit was sales. So I jumped into the deep end — learning how to actually talk to people, and what makes something sell in the real world.

04Startups

I moved into consultative sales at GoDaddy while helping early-stage businesses get to their next stage — working through the problems founders had, or hadn't seen coming yet, and how to fix them.

05Systems

Since then, I've built automation systems now deployed nationally and globally — improving how businesses run in ways many founders didn't realize could be automated at all.

06AI

Today, I stay at the forefront of AI development — a Level 5 AI generalist, built for a reality where AI isn't optional anymore.

How I Work

LEVEL 01

Think

Strategy

Decide what matters.

  • Product Strategy
  • Growth Strategy
  • AI & Technology Strategy
LEVEL 02

Design

Systems

Design how it works.

  • Business Operating Systems
  • Sales & Revenue Systems
  • Digital Products
LEVEL 03

Build

Implementation

Make it real.

  • Web Applications
  • Mobile Applications
  • Automation
  • AI Systems

Philosophy

01 / FIRST PRINCIPLES

I don't start with technology.

Technology is a means, not the diagnosis.

02 / REDUCTION

Complexity is usually a design problem.

More tools don't necessarily create better systems.

03 / FEEDBACK

Every system should teach you something.

A business should get smarter through its own operation.

Let's talk systems.

I take on a limited number of advisory roles for companies looking to re‑engineer their core business logic.

Have a project in mind, or just want to say hi?