Hardik Patel

About Hardik Patel

Experienced in Business Development, Product Development, Strategy, Operations, and R&D Leadership, spanning a wide range of projects in /. Combination of (),(),(). Leading without authority across functional lines with diverse teams and stakeholders. Dedicated to solving the most challenging problems in life science & healthcare using technology: Lead Generation, Identified and engaged with potential external business partners. Created a framework to identify potential partners, and generated high quality leads. Managed relationship and reduced project cost by 5x and time by 2x: Modeled end-to-end workflow of complex operations involving 4 teams, 30+ individuals and 100+ steps. Stimulated timelines and identified bottlenecks, which led to efficient resource allocations, optimizing of our workflows. Made operations 2-3x faster, transparent and reduced waste: Obtained customer insights, performed competitive landscape and market research. Collaborated with R&D, Ops and BD to direct product development strategies. Contributed to the development of a product path for a market worth $X billion: Built data analysis algorithms, transformed the traditional qualitative approach to quantitative, rational decision-making from tissue images, and improved the quality of data for applications of AI/ML. & : Led research projects in a highly cross-functional team of Hardware and Software engineers, Scientists, Doctors, Product, Ops and BD. o Developed and implemented 3 novel research platforms to support ML model development for digital pathology, led to development of paradigm-shifting imaging technology, winning leadership\'s support and revenue-generating research partnerships worth $XX millions. o Achieved partnership milestones and company-level goals despite supply chain and safety issues in 2020 COVID. Awarded highest ratings (top 2%) for performance.

Experience

1. Investor

   Wharton Alumni Angels

   Jan 2021 — Present

Education

• New York Medical College

  Master of Science - MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• St. Xavier's College

  Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry

• The Wharton School

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing | Operations Management | Entrepreneurship and Innovation

  2021 — 2023

• Gujarat University

  Master of Science (MSc), Biomedical Technology