Places I've called home
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.
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.
CurrentAug 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
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 storiesLeadership
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
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
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.
Coming soon
This space is reserved for what comes next. More to come.
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.
Reach out at bhargavisantosh.patil@alumni.esade.edu
Currently listening
Currently reading
Really Good, Actually
Giovanni's Room
The Secret of Secrets