Unal Patel

About Me

Unal Patel is a dedicated software engineer based in San Jose, California. In addition to building a successful career in software development, Unal has continued developing his interests outside of work. For example, he is a passionate philanthropist dedicated to giving back to the community. He also loves music and spending time with those who share his passion for creating songs. Learn more about this modern renaissance man below.

Unal Patel is currently a senior software engineer at Cisco Systems, Inc., a multinational technology company based in San Jose, California. Although he works from home, Unal is also based in the San Jose area. He enjoys being a Silicon Valley professional specializing in software development and other high technology services.

With more than a decade of experience under his belt, Unal Patel is a rising star who continues to receive promotions and increasing responsibility at Cisco. On more than one occasion, Unal has been recognized for individual and team awards, such as Customer Service Excellence and Meeting and Exceeding Customer Expectations, and he has also been tapped to attend client-facing meetings as a subject matter expert.

Prior to coming onboard at Cisco, Unal Patel worked with three friends to launch, grow and sell a small startup focused on building apps for nonprofit organizations. The company, NextApp Nonpro, built software to allow nonprofit organizations to collect feedback and donations from subscribers.

Prior to starting NextApp Nonpro, Unal Patel worked as an intern for a digital marketing firm. He was selected from more than 100 candidates and handled website programming tasks requiring Java, C++, C, Sharepoint and HTML. In this paid role, e averaged 20 to 25 hours a week while maintaining a GPA of 3.7.

Unal Patel is proud of the work he did redesigning the company’s internet and intranet pages. He learned about the importance of SEO when optimizing web designs to rank highly on SERPs.

Unal Patel thoroughly enjoyed his time at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he received a bachelor’s of science in computer science in 2009. While attending the university, he participated in intramural soccer and lacrosse and joined several clubs the tied into his interest, such as computing, math, science and environmental sustainability.

Currently, Unal Patel is pursuing his master’s degree in business administration. One day, Unal hopes to launch another startup focusing on the nonprofit sector. Completing his MBA will allow him to take one step closer toward that goal.

Unal Patel has both hard and soft skills that make him an asset at his current job. Regarding programming and languages, he has expert-level skills in VB.Net; ASP.Net; C#; C; C++; Python, Visual Basic; VBA, Java; SharePoint; MySQL; HTML; PHP; and Ant. Many of these programs were learned outside the classroom either as part of his own desire to improve his skill set or to perform his job more effectively.