Ashish Patel

CEO and Founder @ Simpat Tech

About

Delivering successful custom software isn’t easy. Having the best software technology or the best engineers isn’t enough to guarantee a good outcome. Instead, solving today’s complex business challenges requires both technical know-how and strategic insight to identify and leverage the right technology, for the right project, at the right time. Throughout my career, I’ve seen first-hand that quality software isn’t developed by accident. Instead, it results from intelligent effort, driven by teams that balance start-to-finish technical excellence with the ability to align project outcomes with business priorities to drive real ROI. I’ve honed my technical expertise through past engineering and product management roles. Now, as the CEO and Founder of Simpat Tech – a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Application Development – I put my experience to work, leading a team of nearshore software development engineers that empower our clients to utilize technology in ways that makes sense for their businesses. At Simpat, I strive to create an environment where we don’t just talk about best practices – we actually put them in place across the entire development lifecycle. Our “Devops first” approach and Agile methodology mean that our clients are deploying and demoing features faster than their competitors. Our commitment to constantly defining requirements and talking to our clients ensures that our solutions make business sense for the clients that trust us. This combination of technical knowledge and business strategy gives the Simpat team a broad toolkit to deploy in support of our clients’ mission-critical software challenges. It is my honor and privilege to lead our company as we work together to help clients achieve their technical milestones, on-time, and on-budget.

Country

United States

City

Austin

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

.NET, Visual C#, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, HTML, AJAX, MapBasic, ESRI, LESS, HTML + CSS, NHibernate, RequireJS, NUnit, xUnit, ASP.NET MVC, Ember.js, GruntJS, AutoMapper, FluentValidation

Experience

CEO and Founder

Simpat Tech

2015-5 - Present · 11 yrs 5 mos

Austin, Texas Area

We engineer client success with custom software development, consulting and resources: • Intimate collaboration to define client goals and success from the outset • Agile software solutions that are built to order • Full-stack development covering backend and user-facing systems • Ability to work directly with IT personnel for ecosystem integration and simple, one-click deployments • On-demand, high-quality resources for short- and long-term engagements • DevOps consulting to improve organizational efficiencies and outcomes

Owner and Manager

Austin .NET User Group

2024-1 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

Austin, Texas, United States

Excited to bring back a thriving and engaged .NET community in Austin, Tx

Senior Consultant, Senior Developer

Headspring Systems

2012-5 - 2015-5 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Austin, Texas Area

Held the role of project and technical lead, overseeing a team of developers working on major client projects: • Gathered requirements and developed user-experience and technical designs • Developed project plans and managed against project timelines and budgets • Supervised and participated in implementation • Worked with clients to plan and execute additional production rollouts As a developer, I applied technical proficiency in a variety of protocols including: • .NET: C#, C++, MVC, StructureMap, FluentValidation, AutoMapper • ORM: NHibernate, PetaPoco, Entity Framework • Browser : Javascript, JQuery, RequireJS, Grunt, CSS, Sass • Testing: NUnit, XUnit, Fixie

e-Commerce Technical Product Manager

NI (National Instruments)

2010-2 - 2013-5 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Austin, Texas Area

• Collaborated with programmers and business analysts to manage e-commerce application projects handling as much as $180 million in annual transactions • Communicated with clients to identify requirements and troubleshoot problems • Managed, maintained and presented metrics for application performance • Worked with UX team to develop and enhance user experience • Developed and executed QA procedures including usability testing and bug tracking

Applications Engineer (Engineering Leadership Program)

NI (National Instruments)

2009-2 - 2010-2 · 1 yr 1 mo

Austin, Texas Area

As a first point of contact for a number of customers, I worked in-person with National Instruments customers to train them on the use of our products, and maintained close collaboration to ensure their successful use on a go-forward basis.

Co-founder, Developer

Notifinder

2009-11 - 2013-5 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Austin, Texas Area

Developed a web-based application and supporting back-end processes that allowed users to subscribe to email alerts for saved Craigslist searches.

Co-founder, Developer

ChowHub.com

2011-3 - 2012-1 · 11 mos

Austin, Texas Area

Used Twilio to develop a virtual waiting list technology for restaurants that was one of the first in its space to facilitate electronic reservations.