A practical guide to automating enterprise business workflows to deliver intelligent solutions
Allen Chan
Kevin Trinh
Guilhem Molines
Suzette Samoojh
Stephen Kinder
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Allen Chan works as an IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO for IBM Business Automation and Watson Orchestrate. He is responsible for defining and directing the technical strategy of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation. His educational background includes B.Sc., Computer and Electrical Engineering at Purdue University, United States, and M.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Kevin Trinh works as the Chief Architect for IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation Adoption and Deployment. He is a member of the IBM Business Automation CTO Office and is responsible for defining the cloud adoption strategy for IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation. His work experience includes 3 years as a cloud integration architect, and 18 years in FileNet development. His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, from the University of the Pacific, United States.
Guilhem Molines works as the Chief Architect for IBM Decision Services as a Senior Technical Staff Member, and is a member of the IBM Business Automation CTO Office. He has been working in the Automation/Decision industry for the last 15 years. His educational background includes an M.Sc, in Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, from the University of Paris VI, France.
Suzette Samoojh works as an IBM Architect and is a member of the IBM Business Automation CTO Office. She led the architecture and product roadmap for IBM Blueworks Live and is currently leading the SaaS and digital onboarding strategy for IBM Watson Orchestrate. Her educational background includes a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, Canada.
Stephen Kinder works as an RPA Architect and is a member of the IBM Business Automation CTO office. His work experience includes WebSphere Architecture, IBM SOA Foundation, and WebSphere as a Service SaaS Architect. His educational background includes B.S. Computer Science, California State University, Sacramento, United States.
Zach Silverstein is a business automation professional with deep experience in the architecting, delivery, and technical sales of business automation solutions. In his free time, he enjoys problem-solving and inventing, where he has submitted over 180 patents to the US Patent Office and holds the IBM Designation of Master Inventor.
Pierre Berlandier has more than 25 years of experience developing complex automation and optimization solutions for large organizations. He is currently a Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM, helping businesses modernize their business processes using the capabilities of the Cloud Pak for Business Automation, and is regularly sharing his experience through professional conferences, articles, and blog posts. Pierre received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from INRIA in France, where he started working on the synergy between the rules and the constraint programming paradigms.