These RPA influencers deliver industry thought leadership and insightful commentary about RPA (Robotics Process Automation), intelligent automation, and cloud-native.
The RPA Influencers of 2023
- Phil Mennie, Advisor
- Dion Hinchcliffe, Consultant
- Joe McKendrick, Journalist
- Phil Fersht, Analyst
- Kate Leggett, Analyst
- Robert Hof, Editor
- Ronald van Loon, Consultant
- Ray Wang, Analyst
- Sally Eaves, Advisor
- Scott Luton, CEO
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a technology that helps automate manual, repetitive tasks by emulating how users interact with their applications or digital systems. It automates completing mundane, tedious tasks, usually involving human-computer interactions. This can help reduce costs and boost efficiency as it eliminates the need for manual processing.
RPA can automate any task that involves interacting with a digital system, such as entering data into a spreadsheet or updating information in an online database. It can also simulate human interactions with computer systems by automatically filling out forms, sending emails and notifications, and more. By leveraging RPA to automate mundane tasks, businesses can free up time and resources to focus on strategic tasks that require human judgment.
In addition, RPA can also help reduce errors by eliminating manual data entry processes and providing real-time feedback. This allows companies to quickly identify mistakes, adjust their systems accordingly, and avoid costly mistakes in the long run.
Intelligent automation is an innovation of RPA. However, it goes beyond just automation to include analytics and machine learning capabilities to help businesses make better decisions faster. This allows companies to quickly identify mistakes, adjust their systems accordingly, and avoid costly mistakes in the long run.
Below is an example of a bot reading an email, opening an Excel document, and entering data into an ERP platform.

2022 RPA Influencers
The RPA influencers below consist mainly of analysts from various firms. These individuals are at the forefront of RPA technology and talking with business leaders about the next evolution of RPA, deploying and securing the software, and integrating AI into RPA, also known as intelligent automation.
For your convenience, I put together this Twitter list of RPA influencers so you can easily follow their conversation and try to understand what is top of mind.

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