Manush Patel
Commerce and Computer Science Student
Queen's University
I am someone who loves learning, building, and working with others to make ideas come to life. Through my experiences in product management, strategy, and entrepreneurship, I have discovered how much I enjoy solving problems and collaborating with people from different backgrounds. I try to bring curiosity and positivity into everything I do, whether it is tackling a new challenge, supporting a teammate, or finding a creative way to get things done.
Outside of work I am a big sports fan and you will usually find me cheering on the Toronto Maple Leafs or following McLaren in Formula 1. I enjoy playing guitar, staying active at the gym, and exploring new places whenever I get the chance to travel.
Professional Experience
May 2025 - Aug 2025
Product Manager Intern
Pine Financial
- Pine is a mortgage lender and a real-estate platform that revamped the mortgage market in Canada through its digital-first process; analyzed deals totalling $25 million in mortgages daily.
- Constructed Python scripts to pull users automatically from the Wealthsimple database into Pine's CRM, saving 2 man hours daily.
- Performed feature QA and regression testing for Pine Homes - a home browsing software, identifying bugs pre-launch and ensuring seamless user experience across web and mobile interfaces.
- Developed a fully-fledged forecasting software independently over the summer, enabling the team to analyze historical performance and generate future projections on the company's monthly mortgage closing amount: https://forecaster-livid.vercel.app/
May 2024 - Aug 2024
IT Product Manager Intern
First National Financial
- Collaborated closely with engineering and design teams to deliver product updates on time for 350k users.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive test plans for four new software features, ensuring adherence to initial requirements.
- Worked with UX/UI teams to redesign the user interface, reducing user friction and decreasing support requests by 60%.
- Validated feature hypothesis using usability testing and delivering requirements to design and engineering.
Mar 2023 - Feb 2024
Chief Growth Officer/Co-Founder
Homiis Inc.
- Founded Homiis to connect young adults with each other to help find a roommate while providing properties for rent.
- Shaped company's long-term strategic plan to enter new markets, boosting revenue by 50% and increasing sign-ups from 50 to 700.
- Automated sales processes using Salesforce, reducing manual data entry and increasing efficiency by 50%.
Projects
A Chrome extension to help manage pantry items and reduce food waste. Published on the Chrome Web Store.
A forecasting software to analyze historical performance and generate future projections on monthly mortgage closing amounts.