Bhavana Patel Bhavana Patel is a Sr. Stock Administrator with eBay Inc. based in San Jose, CA. Over the last three years that she has been with eBay Inc., the company has grown from a 1,000 employees to 4,500 employees. Bhavana has worked with domestic and international stock options and employee stock purchase plans. Prior to eBay, Bhavana worked for ShareData/E*TRADE Business Solutions. She began in Accounting, and then moved on to the Outsourcing department where Bhavana managed several outsourcing clients like Northwest Airlines and VeriSign. Bhavana further expanded her career by joining E*TRADE'S consulting department where she worked on consulting projects of database conversions, mergers and acquisitions and other special projects. Bhavana is a Certified Equity Professional and has served on the NASPP Silicon Valley Chapter Executive Committee from 2001-2002. Workshop : Best Practices for Employee Stock Purchase Plans