Sharvil Patel

sharvilpatel95@gmail.com · github.com/sharvil6 · sharvilpatel.dev

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Experience

Director - Applied AI · DELL

2026 — Present · Austin, TX

  • Building an AI orchestration platform on a custom agent harness
  • Started the Applied AI organization, operating like a startup within an enterprise framework

Senior Engineering Manager - Dell Pro AI Studio · DELL

2024 — 2026 · Austin, TX

  • Drove Dell Pro AI Studio from POC to product launch in just 6 months, leading a global cross-functional team to deliver a first of its kind local AI inference developer framework for Dell AI PCs.
  • Balanced strategic leadership with hands-on building - defined MVP scope, made tradeoff and prioritization decisions, and maintained direct involvement in design and implementation by writing code, fixing bugs, and triaging issues alongside developers.
  • Served as the voice of the product to executives and partners (marketing, sales, support, CTO); featured at Dell Tech World as a flagship AI initiative.
  • Scaled and mentored a team of engineers including new grads and interns, fostering a culture of rapid iteration, technical rigor, and customer focus - building a startup-style "build and iterate" culture inside a Fortune 500.

Engineering Manager - Dell Trusted Device · DELL

2021 — 2024 · Austin, TX

  • Led a cross-functional team delivering first cloud-based supply chain verification product, enabling customers to validate device integrity upon delivery and creating a recurring revenue stream and a first to market differentiator.
  • Owned full lifecycle delivery - balancing roadmap strategy with hands-on design and technical reviews
  • Parterned with product and customers to translate business needs into technical requirements, directly shaping roadmap priorities and security feature development

Senior Software Engineer - Firmware Security Solutions · DELL

2019 — 2021 · Austin, TX

  • Spearheaded a complete overhaul of BIOS / Firmware code signing infrastructure, developing signing tools and strengthening CI/CD pipelines to reduce release risk and improve resilence of security updates

Software Engineer - Firmware Security · DELL

2017 — 2019 · Austin, TX

  • Led a team of 5 engineers hardening a substantial portion of Dell BIOS code to support Intel Runtime BIOS Resilience and Microsoft SystemGuard; ultimately leading to Intel showcasing the Dell Latitude 7400 at Computex, calling it "the latest in commercial system design"

Education

B.S Computer Engineering, Minor in Business · University of Michigan

2013 — 2017

Projects

Selected personal projects with full writeups: AI Orchestration Platform, Hestia, and YNAB Tracking Accounts.

Beyond Work

  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), September 2021
  • Achieved rank of Eagle Scout, March 2012
  • Developed a rudimentary computer vision system to improve medication adherence
  • On a quest to visit all 63 U.S. national parks.