Samad Shareef
Intelligent Automation Specialist
Irvine,CA
Summary
Certified and detail-oriented automation specialist based in the U.S. with several years of IT experience and a passion for delivering sustainable automation solutions. Expert in helping guide large enterprises with automation strategy. Within the past 6 years, personally developed and deployed over 90 automation projects which have resulted in savings of over $800,000 and freed 15,000 annual working-hours previously completed by full time employees.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Solutions Engineer
Capital Group
Los Angeles, California
08.2022 - Current
- Led successful end-to-end delivery of solutions for multiple business capabilities and products, primarily leveraging Blue Prism, resulting in 10000 hours freed up for employees.
- Fostered strong business partnerships by employing consultative approaches to deeply understand, anticipate, and address the unique needs and challenges of hundreds of business users.
- Demonstrated leadership through innovative thinking, critical analysis, collaboration, and proactive risk management, resulting in a 90% decrease in defects and code issues throughout all automated processes.
- Configured, maintained, rigorously tested, and seamlessly deployed several hundred virtual machines, optimizing RPA processes and delivering 50% increase in system performance.
- Mentored and guided several junior associates, resulting in their professional growth, increased productivity, and successful execution of 20+ automation projects.
RPA Solutions Engineer
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Chicago, Illinois
02.2021 - 08.2022
- Automation solutions I introduced have resulted in over 5000 annual hours of savings for full-time employees and Seyfarth's clients (Amazon, Chick-fil-A, Costco, 7-Eleven, BP, and more)
- Led the development & deployment of several automation projects utilizing a variety of technologies including OCR, PDF processing, chatbot solutions, ETL tools, browser-based applications, web-page scraping, and more
- Led sessions with stakeholders, technical staff, and business users to decide on the best potential projects for automation
- Oversaw design of automation solutions and helped set company standards to enforce proper development strategies ensuring successful and sustainable projects.
Solutions Specialist
CNH Industrial
Burr Ridge, Illinois
05.2018 - 02.2021
- Designed, developed, and deployed over 35 automation solutions using Blue Prism freeing over 3500 annual working hours and resulting in $100,000 of direct savings
- Collaborated with both business & technical leaders to identify and design automation solutions to streamline business processes
- Increased picking accuracy by 25% by integrating the PLM system (Team Center) and labeling software (Zebra) in combination with Blue Prism's OCR functionality
- Leveraged Blue Prism to extract data from several core systems (ERP, MES, WMS)
- Designed and developed a completely automated reporting system for CNH's North American manufacturing plants resulting in savings of over $80,000
- Acted as lead COE (center of expertise) contact and SME for automation projects for North America
- Trained colleagues on Blue Prism best practices and development standards
Education
Bachelor of Science - Engineering & Computing, Business & Cyber Security
05.2001 -
Skills
Blue PrismBusiness Process ImprovementChatbot SolutionsChange Management
Continuous Improvement
Data AnalysisDatabase DesignETLExcel VBAIntelligent AutomationIntelligent Document ProcessingIT Project ManagementJiraMicrosoft Power AutomateOptical Character RecognitionRobotic Process AutomationSQLWeb ServicesAPIOracle DBPythonSAPUiPathAgile
Analytics
Troubleshooting
Virtualization
XML
Visual Basic
Generative AI
Timeline
Senior Solutions Engineer - Capital Group
08.2022 - Current
RPA Solutions Engineer - Seyfarth Shaw LLP
02.2021 - 08.2022
Solutions Specialist - CNH Industrial
05.2018 - 02.2021
Indiana University - Bachelor of Science, Engineering & Computing, Business & Cyber Security
05.2001 -