Hardik Belani

CTO

Pune, Maharashtra, India25 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 24+ years of product development experience.
  • Co-founded a successful technology startup.
  • Filed 3 US patents in gaming technology.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Wireless Technology expert with extensive experience in product development and team leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DevelopmentTechnical HiringIntegrationTeam ManagementSoftware DesignArchitectureSoftware Development

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)AndroidAndroid DevelopmentAndroid SDKApache CordovaApache SparkAutomationBig DataBig Data AnalyticsBootstrapCC++CVSCloud Computing

About

- Hands-on engineering leader with 24+ years of product development experience at various startups across various engineering roles such as CTO, VP of Engineering, Director of Engineering & Product Architect. - Co-founded a technology startup and lead the entire technology vision, R&D, technical hiring & integrations with partners - Filed 3 US patents into the field of input (accelerometer/touch/key) simulation for gaming. - Successfully launched a cloud based SaaS platform for a US based customer involving 3rd party billing integrations. - Successfully built and delivered multiple products at various technology product companies. - Ability to translate ideas into prototypes (PoC), and scale them into high quality products. - Ability to manage product growth with multiple parallel releases and white labelling for various customers. - Ability to keep balance between "Fast to Market" requirements vs "Long Term Stability" requirements in a fast paced variable nature of startups. Specialities: Product conceptualisation, architecture, development, setting up development teams. Technologies: AWS (EC2+LB+EBS+S3+RDS), Nginx, Pyramid WSGI Framework, Apache Kafka, NodeJS, MeteorJS Full Stack JS Framework, Postgres, MongoDB, HTML5, Google Analytics, Core Java, Microsoft .Net, Android app development, Android custom ROM development. Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, C#, C, Shell Scripting

Experience

25 yrs
Total Experience
3 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
4 mos
Current Experience

Authmind

VP of Software Engineering

Dec 2025 – Present · 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Phonepe

Engineering @ PhonePe

May 2020 – Nov 2025 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Arista networks

Engineering @ Arista

Apr 2017 – May 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

18th parallel

Cofounder & CTO

Apr 2011 – Jul 2016 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • www.18thparallel.com
  • 18th Parallel is a Pune based technology start-up and I was responsible for driving the product development effort & core technology vision.
  • Responsible for technical hiring and mentoring the technical team. Also managed technical integration with partners & customers and product demos
  • Built two products and the engineering team from ground up.
  • Successfully deployed a SaaS apps delivery platform for one of the US based customer involving integration with 3rd party authentication and billing APIs.
  • Successfully launched a SaaS re-branded digital app store for Android Phone/Tablet OEMs.
Product DevelopmentTechnical HiringSaaSIntegrationProduct Demos

Softdel systems

Director of Engineering

May 2009 – Nov 2011 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • www.softdel.com
  • Softdel Systems is product development and services company having some of the major MNCs as their customers and I was one of the founding member of the product group.
  • I was responsible for driving the development effort for the enterprise grade Industrial Wireless Network Management product (Aerodel Director) for Wi-Fi and WirelessHART based networks.
  • Built the initial PoC and later delivered production quality release to multiple MNC customers.
  • Built the engineering team (15+) for the product group and maintained near zero attrition.
  • Flagship product awarded “Best of Wireless Sensor Networks 2010” at an international conference.
  • For more details about Aerodel Director: Industrial Wireless Network 24x7 Monitoring Product.
  • http://www.softdel.com/aerodel-director-network-management/
Product DevelopmentTeam ManagementWireless Network Management

Symphony services / mimosa systems

Architect, Product Development

Nov 2008 – May 2009 · 6 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • www.symphonyteleca.com
  • Worked with Mimosa Systems on their flagship enterprise email archiving product: NearPoint.
  • Mimosa was acquired by Iron Mountain (www.ironmountain.com) (NYSE: IRM).

Airtight networks

3 roles

Manager, Engineering

May 2006 – Apr 2008 · 1 yr 11 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • Member of the core engineering group at AirTight Network in Pune, India.
  • Managed product development for two products at AirTight Networks simultaneously.
  • Took complete ownership of the product delievery and was responsible for software R&D, design, development and verification.
  • I was also responsible for recruitment and appraisals.
Software DesignDevelopmentArchitecture

Product Architect / Manager, Engineering

Promoted

May 2003 – Oct 2008 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • www.airtightnetworks.com
  • I was responsible for software design, development and architecture for the two products: AirTight-Planner and AirTight-Mobile.
  • Designed and implemented ray tracing + auto-ap placement algorithms for Wi-Fi network planning product.
  • Designed and developed centrally configurable and policy driven end-point network security software for desktops and mobile devices.
  • Member of the core engineering group at AirTight Network in Pune, India.
  • Technical Hiring and team management.

Senior Member of Technical Staff

May 2003 – May 2006 · 3 yrs · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • Developed a product from PoC and lead a development team. Took complete ownership of software design and development.

Sort infotech

Sr Software Engineer

Apr 2000 – Apr 2003 · 3 yrs · Greater Ahmedabad Area

Education

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) — Computer and Information Sciences

GEB School, Vadodara

12th Standard (HSC) — Science

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