About

Harsh Shah is a self-taught developer with over 6 years of experience in the technology industry. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Pedals Up Blockchain Studio and a Polygon Advocate. Harsh has a passion for technology and started his coding journey in 2009 with the C language. Since then, he has learned various technical languages and frameworks, including C++, HTML, CSS, Python, SQL, and more. Harsh has worked with various startups across the globe, including Elemetor, KDE(GSOC), Wikimedia(GSOC), Mokko(USA Based), and Dataone, Pycon Taiwan. He is also a community builder and has contributed to several communities like Makerfest, GDG Ahmedabad, Echai, Pydata, and IIT-B Ecell. Currently, he is a co-organizer of GDG Cloud Ahmedabad & Pydata Ahmedabad. Harsh is a seasoned speaker and has given more than 30 talks on several topics like Google Cardboard (VR), Google Cloud Tech (GCP), Python tech, React Js, React Native, and Design System at the local and global levels. He is also working on Web 3 space for the last 3 years and has worked with more than 10+ startups in the Web 3 space. Harsh's current focus is on Polygon and Web3 technologies. He is a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Blockchain, NFT, Web, Python, Javascript, GCP, ReactJS, and React Native. He has worked as a Tech Lead at Pedals Up and as a Co-Organizer at GDG Cloud Ahmedabad for Google Cloud Developer community, the first Gujarat chapter for Cloud developers. Harsh holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Sal Institute of Technology and Engineering Research and has completed his 12th Science from High-Tech Junior Science College. He also completed his 10th from Vividhlaxi Vidyamandir Trust.