Harshvardhan Sharma
VP Education and VP Outreach at Western Crypto- Claim this Profile
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Hindi Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Financial Markets - 97.6%
Yale UniversityJun, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Introduction to Accounting - 94%
The University of British ColumbiaMay, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Introduction to Corporate Finance - 84%
Columbia University in the City of New YorkMay, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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VP Education and VP Outreach
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Oct 2019 - Present
- Assemble and manage 2 multidisciplinary teams of 10 people to produce educational content for bi-weekly educationals and secure external partnerships, growing the Western Blockchain Brand professionally in Ontario.- Secured partnerships with reputed organizations like NDAX, Binance, DACM for guest-speakers, and professional development of our members. Additionally, piloting a mentorship program for students in EmergingTech.
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Director of Outreach
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Apr 2020 - Present
- Part of the lead group spurring WAI’s “TechHub” idea to unify Western’s Tech and Business clubs towards a common goal for shared events, networks, and greater cross-club collaboration.- Onboarding industry professionals for speaker-events and mentorship/support for WAI’s hands-on AI Projects.
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Consulting Analyst
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Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
- Built a framework of application for using accessibility solutions deployed in the USA, Canada, Japan, Germany to comply with the socio-political climate of Kazakhstan, ensuring applicability towards Kazakh-specific problems.- Successfully navigated a very new (and outside my comfort zone) project on accessibility solutions for disabled people in Kazakhstan to provide a comprehensive report on solutions for our client.
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Team Lead: Pro-Bono Consulting (Fall 2020)
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Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
- Built and led an agile team of 4 student-consultants and worked with professionals from KPMG, Capco, and BCG to build deliverables for our client. Managed multiple stakeholder groups and successfully managed client expectations. - Formulated a go-to-market strategy for attracting client’s target customers building user personas from scratch and created strategies based on our profiles to attract more target users. - Identified outside-of-scope solutions, allowing our clients… - Built and led an agile team of 4 student-consultants and worked with professionals from KPMG, Capco, and BCG to build deliverables for our client. Managed multiple stakeholder groups and successfully managed client expectations. - Formulated a go-to-market strategy for attracting client’s target customers building user personas from scratch and created strategies based on our profiles to attract more target users. - Identified outside-of-scope solutions, allowing our clients to dedicate additional funds to fulfilling customer loan requests and helping them align their referral program with industry standards. Show more Show less
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Pro-Bono Consultant (Fall 2019)
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Sep 2019 - Dec 2019
- Conducted extensive market research within the Canadian High-Tech demographic.- Provided the client with an updated content strategy to focus on online visibility and conversion.- Suggested the use of gated assets as the top of an email marketing funnel, to grow potential user contact repository. - Made suggestions for altering client’s product based on multiple interactions with existing and possible customers.Clients reported finding our deliverables to be aligned with… - Conducted extensive market research within the Canadian High-Tech demographic.- Provided the client with an updated content strategy to focus on online visibility and conversion.- Suggested the use of gated assets as the top of an email marketing funnel, to grow potential user contact repository. - Made suggestions for altering client’s product based on multiple interactions with existing and possible customers.Clients reported finding our deliverables to be aligned with and useful to their current digital and growth strategies. Show more Show less
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Branding and Strategy Intern
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Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
- Strategized a content flow based on customer profiling that grew CoinDCX’s social media following by 14,000%. Lowered drop-off rates by 25% and saw an average of 60% more time spent on-page by each customer. - Pioneered the company’s beginner-focused initiatives (#TryCrypto) and convinced the co-founders towards making investments in brand-building. CoinDCX has gone on to build one of the strongest brands for crypto in Asia.
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Education
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Western University
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International Baccalaureate
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