Who is Guy?
Guy spent 30 years in technology and software. He was Chief Evangelist at UiPath from 2015 to 2021, and left the year the company listed in New York. He then studied at the Royal Agricultural University before moving to the farm.
Fiona and Guy Kirkwood now run Collacombe, at Lamerton in west Devon. They grow feed crops, look after the soil, and give wildlife room to recover.
Guy is also learning dressage. He is an amateur, competing at the lower levels of Prelim and Novice.
Articles
Guy Kirkwood: The Power of the Network in Scaling a Startup
How do you turn a seven-person operation in a Bucharest flat into a global business? Guy explains why being a chief storyteller matters more than being a technical zealot, and why the best brands show rather than tell.
Read "The Power of the Network in Scaling a Startup" on Crew CapitalHow Automation Will Help Us Solve The Retirement Crisis
With ageing populations and a silver tsunami on the way, Guy looks at how robots can improve everyone's work-life balance. Automation lets us close the care gap without losing people to overwork.
Read "How Automation Will Help Us Solve The Retirement Crisis" on the UiPath blogSoftware Robots: The Answer to a More Productive, Engaged Workforce
This one flips the script on the idea that robots are taking our jobs. Guy argues that by winning back time from dull admin, we can focus on work that makes us happy.
Read "Software Robots" on Node MagazineTraditional Offshore Outsourcing Made Better With RPA
The old model of sending work overseas to save money is over. Guy sets out why traditional outsourcing failed and how an automation-first mindset creates a different kind of delivery model.
Read "Traditional Offshore Outsourcing Made Better With RPA" on the UiPath blogHyperautomation: What's It All About?
Behind the buzzword sits a plan to automate everything that can be automated. Guy breaks down how AI, machine learning and process mining come together to create citizen developers.
Read "Hyperautomation: What's It All About?" on Control Engineering EuropeNew IDC Research: Benefits of a People-First Approach to RPA
Why do some automation projects soar while others stall? Guy commissioned IDC to test whether the best programmes are driven by people rather than by code.
Read "Benefits of a People-First Approach to RPA" on the UiPath blogArchive
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