About

Harsh Patel is a Software Manager at Amazon, where he leads a mobile engineering team building customer-facing retail apps for Shopbop. With over 11 years of relevant experience, Harsh has a proven track record of balancing technical and managerial functions in his roles. He enjoys acquiring knowledge and experience in any area and pursuing it with enthusiasm. Harsh is keen on trying new technologies and constantly improving user experience. Before joining Amazon, Harsh worked as a Digital Manager at Accenture, where he owned the strategic planning and project management for long-term engineering projects, creating value for Accenture clients. He was responsible for hiring, developing, and mentoring team leads and engineers, and managing the day-to-day activities of the engineering team in an Agile/Scrum environment. Harsh managed cross-functional and distributed teams consisting of software developers, testers, and designers. He defined, managed and improved the software and product development processes for Accenture clients. Harsh worked closely with engineers and scientists to architect and develop the best technical design and approach. Harsh also worked as a Lead Engineer at Tagkast and Sears Holdings, where he built customer-facing retail apps. At Tagkast, Harsh developed and innovated the company's client-facing, social-media marketing, tablet app for Android. He architected and implemented the Push notification framework to build a smooth and attractive user experience. Harsh also implemented the Multi-Tablet Sync feature for syncing the data across multiple tablets in the same event. He is actively learning the iOS Swift development for the future iOS app. Harsh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Engineering from L.J. Institute of Technology. His tech stack includes Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Mobile, iOS, Swift, and Android. Harsh has always focused on building breadth of skills and technologies throughout his career. He is a skilled manager and technical expert with a passion for innovation and a strong commitment to delivering results.