A life lived across continents, books, and curiosity.

Places I've called home

World map

Aurangabad · Pune · Maryland · Austin · Barcelona

Things I love

  • Reading

    Books are how I travel without moving.

  • Writing

    Making sense of the world, one draft at a time. Read the blog →

  • Lego

    Proof that constraints fuel creativity.

  • Travel

    10 countries and counting.

Education, experience, and the work I'm building toward.

Sep 2025 – Mar 2027

Master of Business Administration

ESADE Business & Law School, Ramon Llull University · Barcelona, Spain

Full-time MBA focused on product management and corporate strategy. VP Careers & Corporate Relations of the Tech Club, leading corporate outreach and alumni engagement across the EU. Lead of Invisible But Essential, a student storytelling initiative spotlighting diverse journeys within the ESADE community.

Current

Aug 2022 – May 2024

Tech Lead

Ericsson Inc. · Austin, United States

Owned product operations for a critical 5G domain, driving roadmap ownership and delivery trade-offs across 20+ cross-functional teams in Sweden, Canada, and India. Built reporting dashboards tracking program metrics and customer insights for 50+ stakeholders. Also led She'ricsson ERG (2022–2024), coordinating 4 programs for 150+ employees, and NextGen ERG (2024) to build mentorship pathways for new grads.

Dec 2020 – Aug 2022

Senior Software Engineer

Ericsson Inc. · Austin, United States

Shipped 6 end-to-end software features across major North American deployments in Ottawa, Dallas, and Chicago, owning the full product lifecycle from problem definition through post-release analysis. Drove test infrastructure automation, reducing manual cycle time by 30% and increasing code coverage to 80%.

Aug 2019 – Nov 2020

Software Engineer

Ericsson Inc. · Austin, United States

Engineered latency-reduction improvements cutting response time by 25% for high-priority network traffic. Developed network optimization features improving system performance by 35% in low-signal conditions. Built Python automation infrastructure freeing 15+ hours per week in recurring test workflows.

Aug 2017 – May 2019

Master of Science

University of Maryland, College Park · Maryland, United States

Associate at Accessibility & Disability Affairs, transcribing course materials to accessible formats for students with visual impairments. Member of TSAN (Telecommunication Students & Alumni Network).

Jun 2013 – Jun 2017

Bachelor of Engineering

Cummins College of Engineering, University of Pune · Pune, India

Board Member of the Robotics Club. Won Best Team in the City at the International Robocon Competition.

Student Initiative

Invisible But Essential

A project born from one question: "What is invisible but essential about ESADE?" What started as a prompt became a portrait gallery of over 100 students from across the world, each with a story that no CV could hold. I contribute to bringing these stories to light and making ESADE's diversity visible to anyone willing to look.

Read the stories

Leadership

VP Careers & Corporate Relations, Tech Club

Leading corporate outreach and alumni engagement for ESADE's Tech Club across the EU. Connecting students with industry partners and championing the intersection of technology and business strategy.

Focus

Product & Strategy

My MBA is built around one question: how do you build things that actually matter? Product management and corporate strategy are the lenses I'm sharpening here in Barcelona.

Product

ChaosPilot

A gamified task manager that takes the stress out of planning your day. Earn points and badges as you complete tasks. An adaptive energy tracker watches how you work and automatically reprioritizes remaining tasks when your energy dips, so your to-do list bends to you — not the other way around. Built end-to-end using Lovable and n8n, validated through structured feedback loops with 20 real users.

Product Design Gamification UX Productivity

Coming soon

Next project

This space is reserved for what comes next. More to come.

I want to build things that actually matter.

My next chapter is in product management and strategy — roles where curiosity, structure, and ambition all live in the same room. I'm drawn to companies shaping how people live and work, and to teams where "why are we building this?" gets taken seriously.

Three continents, an MBA, a gamified task manager, and a habit of asking too many questions. I think that's a reasonable starting point.

Product Management Corporate Strategy Product Strategy

Reach out at bhargavisantosh.patil@alumni.esade.edu

Currently listening

Currently reading

  • Really Good, Actually

    Monica Heisey

  • Giovanni's Room

    James Baldwin

  • The Secret of Secrets

    Dan Brown

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