Hardik Patel

Hardik Patel

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technology Head at EssayChecker.ai

  • Education

    • L. D. College of Engineering

      1995 - 1999
      B.E.
    • Vidyanagar High School

      1986 - 1995
      High School
    • Gujarat University

      1995 - 1999
      Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
  • Experience

    • LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

      Nov 1999 - Jul 2004
      Tech Lead

      As part of IT Telecom dept, provided technical consultancy to multiple telecom companies across the world including Samsung in South Korea, Sony Ericsson in Germany and Appium in Sweden, Cellon in france.

    • Tata Consultancy Services

      Jul 2004 - Sept 2005
      IT Analyst

      Managed and collaborated with Nortel, Ottawa for telecom product.

    • Meru Networks

      Sept 2005 - Jan 2015
      Product architect and management team

      Product Management Responsibilities• Experience in Requirements gathering, Competitive Study and Analysis, Product Roadmap, Customer Collaboration, Interface with Engg team and TOI to Sales and SE teams. • Expertise in UI/UX, mockup creations, Visualization and Analytics. • Drive multiple System Director Releases and Product requirements for WLAN Controller and Access Points. • Responsible for Customer Collaboration with Premium customers.Architect Responsibilities• Architect and designer for Cloud based Wifi Planner tool (Floor plan management and Auto AP Placement on Floor plans) • Designed and developed Concept, Screens, Frontend, Backend and REST API for 3rd Party for Bluetooth (BLE) and iBeacon based indoor Locationing and Retail Engagement platform (using Django, Python, MongoDB , Django REST, Bootstrap, Openlayer Framework). • Architect for Meru’s ServiceControl (Enterprise Bonjour) , VPN, Captive Portal Interface between WLAN Controller and Identity Manager, Device Fingerprinting features and User Interface Overhaul • Designed and developed analytics platform and various splunk applications for Wireless Diagnostics, Developed complete diagnostics analyzer• Over 9 years designed and developed various features on Wireless Controller and APs. Show less

    • Appcito

      Feb 2015 - Jun 2016
      Principal Engineer, SaaS

      Appcito got acquired by A10 Networks in June 2016.Worked on Designing and managing Analytics Product for Appcito. Created a product from idea to production which provides analytics and dashboard for largest open source load balancer.Designed and managed product solution to orchestrate on-premise enterprise products in GCP, Azure and AWS using Java SDKs for each cloud.

    • A10 Networks, Inc

      Jun 2016 - Apr 2021
      Cloud Architecture Team

      • Member of Company's flagship Cloud Product team.• Involved in Product design, API Design, Feature prioritization and roadmap, end to end product development.• Architecture development in multi cloud environment using microservices framework

    • Self-employed

      Apr 2021 - now
      System based trading

      - Developing rule based derivative trading system and strategies- Working on momentum based multi time frame scoring system (https://www.altraone.com)

    • EssayChecker.ai

      Apr 2022 - now
      Chief Technology Officer

      Running a lean startup with an awesome team of interns and scaling in cloud using GCP, AWS and OpenAI.EssayChecker.ai is micro saas AI product targeted as essay assessment online product for IELTS and other Professional English exams. https://www.essaychecker.ai/- Developed the idea from concept to launch- Used by 75000+ users in last one year- 10000+ registered users.- 300+ DAU- OpenAI integrated with Product.- Involved in ideation, design, development (Backend+ landing), Product management, Product marketing. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • AI Strategy and Governance

      University of Pennsylvania
      Aug 2025
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    • Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn

      Microsoft
      Mar 2025
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    • Advanced General Management Program

      Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
      Apr 2024
    • Google Agile Essentials

      Google
      Mar 2025
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    • Instructional Design Foundations and Applications

      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
      Jun 2025
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    • Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

      Coursera
      Apr 2018
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    • International Certification in Product Management

      Institute of Product Leadership
      Jun 2022
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    • Reliable Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process

      Coursera
      Apr 2018
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    • Introduction to Data Science

      Coursera
      Sept 2014
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    • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

      Amazon Web Services (AWS)
      Oct 2025
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