I'm Shivam Patel, an aspiring Product Owner.

self-proclaimed obsessive organizer, whether it be my closet, projects, or thoughts

Summary

Dedicated and accomplished professional with 7 years of expertise in driving successful product development and launches across Retail, Consumer, Digital, and Commercial Products sectors. Consistently delivered top-notch products on schedule and within budget, showcasing a strong grasp of market dynamics, customer preferences, and industry best practices. Adept at fostering seamless communication, collaboration, and leadership with diverse cross-functional teams. Thrives in fast-paced environments, skillfully managing multiple projects while prioritizing critical tasks for optimal results.

Experience

Shipfusion
Feb 2024 - Present

Product Owner

In Progress...

capgemini
mar 2022 - May 2023

Project Manager

Led a hardware certification team of 8, tracking and managing 70 unique projects, ensuring seamless integration of new hardware systems and technologies.

Transformed and optimized the project intake process resulting in 18% decreased time-to-market by utilizing Jira and Confluence automation and dashboards to track progress, manage backlogs, and facilitate effective communication within the team, promoting increased productivity and transparency across all projects.

Managed cross-functional Agile Scrum teams to define and prioritize product roadmaps, requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria, resulting in a streamlined development process and more efficient product releases.

Coordinated with stakeholders, including external vendors and internal departments, to gather feedback, address concerns, and incorporate iterative improvements into product development, ultimately enhancing hardware performance and customer experience.

Conducted weekly product demonstrations and presentations to stakeholders, showcasing the team's achievements, upcoming features, and project status, ensuring alignment and buy-in from all involved parties.

Capgemini
aug 2019 - mar 2022

Product Owner

Lead a dispersed restaurant POS Software Deployment and Feature Enablement team of 10, applying Agile Scrum principles to efficiently manage and oversee multiple field implementations each month, promoting effective collaboration between QA, Pilot Teams, Clients, and Live Restaurants, resulting in successful software rollouts.

Decreased feature deployment delays by 30% by implementing Jira and Confluence workflows for effective product management, maintaining comprehensive documentation, enabling seamless communication, and knowledge sharing within the team and stakeholders.

Conducted thorough analysis of client requirements, translating them into actionable insights and well-defined product specifications, contributing to the enhancement of the POS software and meeting specific business needs.

Implemented data-driven strategies to assess product performance, user feedback, and market trends via a constant feedback loop, resulting in data-backed recommendations for continuous improvements to the POS software deployment process, optimizing customer satisfaction.

capgemini
AUg 2018 - aug 2019

Technical Business Analyst

Collaborated with client business analysts and product owners to gather comprehensive requirements and parameters for upcoming features, ensuring a clear understanding of project objectives and expectations.

Configured 10 test packages daily, utilizing proprietary restaurant file management systems and XML coding language, resulting in efficient and accurate feature deployments, and contributing to reduced implementation timeframes.

Assisted development teams to communicate gathered requirements and to facilitate the smooth implementation of new features, fostering effective cross-team collaboration and delivering high-quality software solutions.

Collaborated with QA teams to identify and debug errors during the testing phase, ensuring the timely resolution of issues and minimizing disruptions to the software deployment process.

Provided tier 2 on-call support for up to 100 test sites, promptly addressing inquiries, troubleshooting issues, and offering technical assistance, leading to increased client satisfaction and improved overall system reliability.

Digital media services | loyola university
dec 2016 - dec 2017

Digital Media Advisor

Circulated equipment from our Equipment Loan Program. 

Assisted campus users in with projects, software and hardware. 

Assisted with monitoring, support and maintenance of Multimedia and Digital Media Labs. 

Served as a resource for departments, organizations and other clients in person, online and via the phone, answering approximately 100 interactions per week.

dvd Overseas electronics
may 2013 - aug 2016

Technology Support Technician

Provided Tier 1 & Tier 2 Help Desk support for changes in technologyInstalled and configured IT equipment including, Desktops, Routers, Switches, VoIP, Printers, Scanners. 

Designed and developed e-commerce websites using Americommerce platform, HTML, CSS. 

Lead and managed all Social Media accounts. 

Performed various administrative functions, including filing paperwork, delivering and sorting mail, office cleaning, inventory, and bookkeeping.

Skills

Project Management
Agile Methodologies &
Scrum Framework
Requirements Gathering & Analysis
Product Roadmapping & Documentation
User Centric Approach
Leadership & Vision
Cross Functional Collaboration

Tools

Jira
Confluence
MS Office 365
Notion
Kanban
XML

Certifications

Professional Scrum Master PSM1
Google Professional Project Management
Microsoft AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals
3D Rendering Icon - Nancy Webflow Template
PMP
~brewing

Interests

Basketball
Go Bulls!
Modern Cars
Coffee
Podcasts
~ My First Million
~ The Best One Yet

Education

AUG 2014 - Dec 2017

Loyola University Chicago


Bachelor’s of Science, Information Technology
Major: Communication Networks & Security

Want to create something awesome?

Drop me an email.