Harleen Kaur

Patent Engineer

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About me
Microsoft | Technical Product Manager | Product Strategy & Development
Education
- St Mark's School, Meera Bagh, New Delhi
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  High School
  Activities and Societies: ● Office bearer - House Captain throughout the senior secondary classes and School Prefect in the junior classes. ● St Mark's Dance Group - Member of the school's dance group, and represented the school at State/Zonal level Dance competition. Won the State/Zonal level Dance competition. ● Extra initiative - Participated and won in inter-school skit and debate competitions. ● Selected as one of the four House Captains from ~300 students. ● As a House captain, my responsibilities included leading the entire house members in intra-school activities such as skit, dance, debate, sports activities. ● Under my leadership, my house won Best House trophy and Annual Sports trophy for two consecutive years
- Kurukshetra University
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  B.Tech Information technology 77%
  Activities and Societies: Class representative; Cultural society head Cum Laude; 1st rank among 60
- J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA
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  M.Tech Computer Science 9.35 CGPA
  Activities and Societies: Class representative Cum Laude; 2nd rank among 40
- University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
  2020 - 2022
  Master of Business Administration - MBA
  Activities and Societies: SVP WiB Club; VP of professional development TechClub Forté Fellow | Dean's Scholarship Recipient
Experience
- TecEsq
  Jul 2011 - Feb 2012
  Patent Engineer
  ● Worked as a technology analyst helping technology start-ups to develop and commercialize their patent portfolios; started mentoring co-patent engineers on Technology review projects within 4 months of joining
- UnitedLex Corporation
  Mar 2012 - Aug 2019
  ● Led a team of engineers to conduct technology valuation analysis and optimize Microsoft’s patent portfolio on Cloud, AI/Machine learning technologies● Conducted technology review and market assessment of Microsoft’s Base Operating System patent portfolio as part of Android licensing strategy● Spearheaded an engagement to develop technology commercialization strategy in the connected car/IoT domain● Managed engineers to analyse client’s patent portfolio on smart TV technology● Supervised a team to conduct patent due diligence for the client’s Cloud patents portfolio; recommended patents for client’s flagship Azure IP Advantage Program & for the Open Invention Network Show less
  - Manager for Microsoft IPG (Cloud & AI)
    Oct 2015 - Aug 2019
  - Senior Associate (for Microsoft IPG)
    Apr 2014 - Sept 2015
  - Associate (for Microsoft IPG)
    Mar 2012 - Mar 2014
- Seattle Mariners
  Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
  MBA Consultant
  Fan base management
- Microsoft
  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021
  Technical Product Manager
  ● Identified internal Microsoft products/partners for Power BI (SAAS) integration and created partner prioritization matrix● Built feature specification and product road map for Power BI integration with one of the major partners● Identified user personas, interviewed/ surveyed customers, identified their pain points, designed initial wireframes, wrote user stories for engineering and design teams; partnered with engineering team to develop a working prototype for customer validation● Conducted competitive benchmark to understand the market trends in business intelligence space Show less
- Seattle Kraken
  Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
  MBA Consultant
  ● Helped the company to understand their fan base through clustering and segmentation ● Created user personas for the company● Created user journey funnel and life time value of each user personas● Created marketing recommendation for each personas● Recommended different avenues to increase profit
- Google
  Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
  MBA Product Strategy Consultant
  Partnered with Google Cloud SRE team to help Google maintain their thought leadership position ● Performed competitive landscaping within Cloud SRE and DevOps space● Provided recommendations on how Google can differentiate themselves and provide value to the Customers
- Microsoft
  Jun 2022 - now
  Product Manager ||
  Cloud, AI & Analytics
Licenses & Certifications
- Cloud Computing Applications, Part 2: Big Data and Applications in the Cloud
  Coursera
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- Cloud Computing Applications: Big Data and Applications in the Cloud.
  Coursera - University of Illinois
- Situational Leadership 2 Certification
  Blanchard International
  Sept 2017
- UW Foster MS Excel for Business
  University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
  Jul 2020
- Crucial Conversations Certification
  VitalSmarts
  Jun 2016
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Harleen Kaur
  Best Team Lead - Oct 2018
- Awarded to Harleen Kaur
  Best Team - Mar 2016
- Awarded to Harleen Kaur
  Star of the Quarter (Q1) - Jul 2015
- Awarded to Harleen Kaur
  Star of the Quarter (Q4) - Jan 2015
- Awarded to Harleen Kaur
  Best Reviewer for Q3 - Oct 2014
- Awarded to Harleen Kaur
  Star of the Quarter (Q3) - Oct 2013
- Awarded to Harleen Kaur
  Star of the Month - Feb 2013
Volunteer Experience
- Girls Cricket Team and Girls Hand ball team Captain
  Issued by UnitedLex Corporation
  Associated with Harleen Kaur
- CSR team member
  Issued by UnitedLex
  Associated with Harleen Kaur
- Social & Cultural Team - Senior Core member
  Issued by UnitedLex Corporation on Jun 2013
  Associated with Harleen Kaur