Guy Kirkwood

Farmer and former Chief Evangelist of UiPath

About Guy

Guy Kirkwood is a British farmer and former Chief Evangelist of UiPath. With three decades of experience in consulting, outsourcing, and automation, he retired from technology in 2021 to focus on agriculture in Devon.

Fiona and Guy Kirkwood own Collacombe Farm, where they focus on modern farming practices, whilst improving biodiversity.

Guy and Fiona Kirkwood on the farm

Selected Articles

Guy Kirkwood: The Power of the Network in Scaling a Startup

How do you turn a seven-person operation in a Bucharest apartment into a global business? Guy explains why being a ‘chief storyteller’ matters more than being a technical zealot and why the most successful brands ‘show’ rather than ‘tell’.

Read on Crew Capital →
How Automation Will Help Us Solve The Retirement Crisis

With aging populations and the ‘silver tsunami’ looming, Guy explores how robots can improve everyone’s work-life balance. Automation allows us to tackle the ‘care gap’ and ensures that human potential isn't lost to overwork.

Read on UiPath Blog →
Software Robots: The Answer to a More Productive, Engaged Workforce

This article flips the script on the ‘robots are taking our jobs’ myth. Guy argues that by reclaiming our time from boring admin, we can finally focus on work that makes us happy.

Read on Node Magazine →
Traditional Offshore Outsourcing Made Better With RPA

The old model of ‘sending work overseas to save money’ is over. Guy analyses why traditional outsourcing has failed and how an ‘automation-first’ mindset creates a new kind of delivery model.

Read on UiPath Blog →
Hyperautomation: What's It All About?

Beyond the buzzword lies a strategy to automate everything that can be automated. Guy breaks down how AI, Machine Learning, and Process Mining come together to create a ‘citizen developer’ revolution.

Read on Control Eng Europe →
New IDC Research: Benefits of a People-First Approach to RPA

Why do some automation projects soar while others stall? Guy commissioned IDC to see if the most successful programmes aren't driven by code, but by people.

Read on UiPath Blog →