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Samad Shareef

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

Indiana University, Bloomington
05.2001 -

Skills

Blue Prismundefined

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 -
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