About

Hardik Patel is an experienced Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience in the field. He is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Petlad Sojitra Taluka Sauraurja Utpadak Sahkari Mandali Limited. In his previous role, he worked as an Assistant Secretary (Software Engineer) at Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) - A State Govt. of India, Petlad. Hardik completed his Masters in Computer Application (Computer Science) Degree from Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad and his Bachelors in Computer Application Degree from SEMCOM, V V Nagar. He hails from Saijpur, a small village situated in Anand, Gujarat in India. Hardik has a unique perspective on technology and design, which reflects in his work. He loves to see technology from a design perspective and vice versa, and he calls himself a 'Desigineer'. He has exposure to fields like design to technology and from art to psychology, which has given him a quite nice/interesting viewpoint to the world. In his past role at APMC, Hardik was responsible for researching and engineering software products, designing and developing software and web solutions for the organization. He also handled Enam (Electronic National Agriculture Market), a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC Mandi's to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. He was responsible for removing the information asymmetry between buyers and sellers and promoting real-time price discovery based on actual demand and supply through transparent auction based on the quality of produce along with timely online payment to the farmers. Hardik has also worked with SourceCodeInfoTech Pvt. Ltd. as a Software Engineer, where he designed and developed dozens of websites driving continuous improvement to processes, systems, work flow, and customer responsiveness. He mentored development teams for best practices and ensured the release of premium-quality of websites that provided intuitive and secure experiences for users. Overall, Hardik is a skilled Software Engineer with experience in web development, research, and Java, PHP, MySQL, Frontend, Backend, and AngularJS technologies. He is passionate about his work and loves to solve challenges related to web and all the smart devices to build things that don't exist.