Harsh Patel Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

London, Gb

Ernst & Young Foundry is a Corporate Venture Unit of EY LLP and it focuses on helping early-stage tech startups in the tax, accounting, fintech, legal, regulatory tech, compliance tech, and HR tech space, to accelerate business growth through piloting and scaling activities with the EY organization. Foundry is focused on creating transformational growth for EY and clients by investing in and launching new digital businesses. It acquires startups, incubates new digital businesses, and transforms underleveraged company assets into new growth businesses.As a Product Manager, I owned the digital product portfolio including, soft skill assessment application, Sales and Use Tax Automation compliance software; Achievements:• Led product development from ideation to rollout of a Natural Language Processing based soft-skill assessment software within 10 bi-weekly Sprint’s; worked closely with design(UX/UI), engineering and data analytics team-- Iterated over UI/UX wireframes for new product mockups to be tested in the soft skill assessment application•Discovered and analyzed customer segments and needs through qualitative interviews and qualitative surveys•Advised executive team on go-to-market strategies, value propositions, and execution framework for the digital products-- Performed competitor analyses, market sizing, and SWOT analysis to determine scope and test markets-- Developed key-value propositions for entry-level professionals and recent graduate students, based on consumer research findings

London, Gb

I analyzed prospective industries to find industry verticals where EY Foundry can venture in to diversify the product portfolio. After analyzing and deciding upon the industry verticals, I performed primary and secondary research to gather requirements for third party API's.Acheivements:•Researched S&UT regulations and analyzed the market for SaaS ($90 bil.), digital advertising, & publishing industries, among others, to explore revenue opportunity, the customer wants, etc. and leveraged data points to create market requirements document (MRD)• Financial Analysis: Assessed economic viability of acquiring Zen-Tax, an AI-based start-up focused on Sales and Use Tax (S&UT) compliance automation that assists clients to maintain control, improve remittance accuracy, and access geospatial rate targeting in the SaaS industry which has a market share of about $90 billion in the US• Understood S&UT regulations and analyzed the market for SaaS, digital advertising, and digital publishing industries, among others, to explore the untapped potential that can be leveraged to expand EY Foundry’s business portfolio with revenue of ~$300 million•Performed competitive analysis for 140 SaaS products in the market and gauged features needed to integrate 4 product API’s seamlessly; the gathered data was analyzed to create a product backlog

London, Gb

Owned end to end development of energy rebate filing application which assists end-users to find available energy rebates offered by federal, state, and local government bodies.• Conducted extensive market research to build a database containing more than 7000 existing energy-efficient rebate programs which were leveraged to develop a product roadmap•Worked jointly with 4 software engineers & 3 UI/UX designers, conducted user interviews, and developed personas to set up the design process of a business-to-consumer mobile application by translating customer needs into product features •Prioritized design, development, User Acceptance Testing and release of MVP for onboarding section of Customer Portal within 2 months allowing faster progress

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, Us

•Collaborated with the vice president of manufacturing, Director of operations, subject-matter experts, and analysts to implement industrial IoT devices to improve manufacturing process flow, thereby reducing machine queue time by 15%• Researched SAP Enterprise Resource Planning system to develop a seamless integration of database between various business units thereby ensuring all internal documentation associated with the SBU are consistent further leading to a decrease in redundancy by 50%• Standardized processes such as material tracking, inventory management, materials requirement planning, and cost analysis (including labor, manufacturing, machining, and other variable costs) by utilizing data gathered via various IIoT devices such as RFID tags, data loggers, etc. Analyzed those gathered data points using Tableau to improve operational efficiency and reduce the production bottlenecks by 40%

Mini Hydro Agrotech is a company that deals in the production of fresh fruits and vegetables using environment friendly hydroponic techniques.Achievements:• Delivered 10% top-line and 30% bottom-line growth results despite a 20% increase in raw materials cost - with a sharpened focus on lean manufacturing• Provided product differentiation strategy recommendation using the Kano model for 12 clients by analyzing historical client time records and created demand forecasting models with time methodology and regression model to better the chance of success by 70%•Pioneered product-development of innovative hydroponic setup with the engineering team by conducting beta-testing and rolling MVPs to make it more energy-efficient. Thus, leading to a design that decreased electricity use by 20% and water by 35%•Increased product penetration into the market by conducting competitive analysis to develop product pricing strategies including segment strategies for various markets and channels to drive $30,000 in top-line sales

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

•Led product development of a SaaS Enterprise software targeting diamond polishing industry worth $26.7 billion•Developed product strategy and earned stakeholder agreement to build product roadmap for Cloud ERP software•Facilitated agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups and maintained communications between product, development and testing stakeholders, increasing team productivity by 10% on JIRA tickets•Revamped billing portal of ERP software by developing product backlog and prioritizing feature list within 2 months•Defined key KPI’s to track effectiveness and measure of new features on overall user growth and engagement•Data analyst for billing team reporting responsible for creating and maintaining complex SQL scripts for bill reporting, control reports and data views utilized for front end portals for the ERP software•Designed custom automated reporting feature using Excel Macros to decrease manual work by 500+ hours per year for internal Jewel Star partners and improved data tracking by integrating it into company’s web suite•Led pivot of Android & iOS application development and enabled rapid development of user-critical features in a highly agile environment, resulting in 36% drop in churn, 20% growth in signups within 5 months of relaunch•Improved organization’s web portal by interviewing customers, defining product goals and outlining strategy roadmap resulting in a 30% increase in signups within a year•Strategized A/B tests and multivariate experiment to optimize user experience, resulting in a 150% increase of CTR

• Directed the product development cycle from prototype development to manufacturing 12 custom consumer goods, generating sales revenue of $110,000 annually and capturing 30% of the market• Created and analyzed competitor data using Tableau in order to build and track business intelligence, eliminating the $12,000 per year cost of third-party research fees• Engineered and ran A/B tests using Optimizely web site optimization platform to enhance product offerings leading to an increase in conversion rate by 25% and revenue by 30% within three months

Master Of Science - Ms, Engineering And Technology Innovation Management

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

High School, Science